Vintage wooden table restoration

[Tommy B]

Help me with this.  What do I do?

I think you are supposed to list that grill on ebay and sell for thousands.... I kid. Really nice looking grill ad looks like the table turned out great!

[GregS]

those tables are horribly thin veneers.  nice job being careful not to remove too much of it.  the poly finish should hold it together.

with a little water damage, these tables separate badly.  so it's ok to go a little thick with the poly and do many coats but make sure it's dry before applying each additional coat. 

i'm going to take a stab at making a solid wood top for one at some point, once i find the right piece of wood.  i'll likely use mahogany just because of the lighter weight. 

looks great troy!  nice job! 

[Troy]

I screwed up the veneer in a couple places,  but I'm happy with the results. 

Time invested: less than one hour.







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[Hell Fire Grill]

That was way to fast....

[Troy]

That was way to fast....

I know. I didn't spend much time with the legs and hardware either.

After christmas, I'll probably sand it some more and do more coats of shellac or spar varnish or something.
and I'll color in the spots with missing veneer.

Annnnnnnnd i'm going to replace the slotted screws with phillips screws, because holy shit slotted screws are the stupidest thing ever.

[harris92]

@Troy  Nice setup.  Your Glen Blue is looking sharp!  Did you get the bowl vents on?  If so, can you provide a close up with those half rivets (or whatever they are called)?   

[Troy]

@Troy  Nice setup.  Your Glen Blue is looking sharp!  Did you get the bowl vents on?  If so, can you provide a close up with those half rivets (or whatever they are called)?   

I didn't.
I ended up sealing from the inside with aluminum duct tape to keep the black widows out.

[GregS]

take a red and brown marker and fix that light streak. 

[MikeRocksTheRed]

Looks good to me!

[Idahawk]

Something I considered with mine was removing all the hardware , flipping it over,filling the screw holes
with putty and re-finishing it because mine was so greasy on top but perfect on the other side it's an option if a guy found one in really bad shape.

I did cost out teak plywood just like these are made of .At that time a 4x8 x3/4 sheet was a several hundred dollars special order and you could cut 6-7 table tops per sheet I think ?You'd have to add trim to that


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[AZ Monsoon]

Looks good. Howard's restor-a-finish and some #0000 steel wool is awesome and dead easy. Available at Home Depot etc.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=howard%27s+restor+a+finish
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http://www.homedepot.com/s/howards+restore+a+finish?NCNI-5

[Bob BQ]

Looks great! @Troy

Can you provide a picture of how it attaches to the kettle and whatever the support is on the legs to keep the table from sliding down.

Seems like theses tables would be easy to reproduce, and even use a solid piece of wood instead of a veneered laminate.

I've always like the look of these tables

@WNC  Here you go.  That thread has close-ups of the leg holder and one style of handle hook (for either a 22" MBH or 18" MBH). This style will hook onto a wood or plastic handled bowl.

[WNC]

Thanks @Bob BQ !
Just what I was looking for, now it's time to start finding the parts. There's a salvage shop in town that I think has some solid wood slabs for a reasonable price...

[zavod44]

As an FYI spar varnish is UV protected, so I recommend using that since it will most likely be outside.....