[63air]

At last I get to redo the woodwork in the "Trotter". This is more pleasure than than redoing a Steinway. The cabinets look deceptively simple but I do appreciate the workmanship, lots of as curves and miters as I found out when rebuilding a couple of them. I do have to say that the finish in '63 wasn't the best (colored lacquer and not much off it) but it makes for easy stripping. At this point I have about 2/3 stripped and should be done with the rest with about another 8 hours of masking and stripping.

After that, a little minor veneer repair , then a '60's color stain job and into the finish . I'd like to do lacquer and be done in a long day of spraying but I worry about the overspray and it's effect on my fridge. So it will be a special varnish mix that I've used in restoring fine antiques. I guess a '63 A/S qualifies as fine antique.