Recent content by holleyrj

Here's the paint, for those interested. It appears to be very very close to this Waterloo Wrinkle finish color I'm looking for. Keeping my fingers crossed :) Rust-Oleum Hammered 12-oz Verde Green Item #: 89137 | Model #: 7219830

Just got a call from Lowes Customer Service (Lol, I know right) and my paint will be here tomorrow morning. :rocker: Time to get this jewel finished up :thumbup:

This is actually my second box re-do. The first was an old Craftsman Rally box that I inherited from my Paw in Law. It was a simple paint job and done. That was about 10 years ago, and its back on the bench for an upgrade. I have a few ideas rattling around in my head for a new paint scheme...

I had zero problems with the rivets. My local fastener shop had'em by the pound. My problem was not being prepared on my end. I dont have the proper tool to fasten the rivets. So I decided I'd just go buy the proper tool... :shocking: WOW ! They are proud of those bad boys. One with enough reach...

I searched maybe a million links looking for the latches. Theyre everywhere. A member here shared this link with me. They had exactly what I wanted, at a very fair price, and they shipped really quick. These match almost identical to what came on the box...

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Well, while I certainly appreciate your enthusiasm, I must say, this was a first for me and I've had to figure this out pretty much on my own, one step at a time. I have had some advice and tips passed along by other members, that was a great help. There are other threads here, posted by guys a...

Waiting on that green paint to get here... :rolleyes: Got tired of waiting on Waterloo to respond. Grizzly wanted way too much, for way too little. I went with the Rustoleum Hammer finish "Verde Green", its very very close. It should be here sometime late this week and I can wrap this up.

I looked at several different alternatives to replace the small pulls. The original ones were just too far gone to re-use. I like these. They're available and easy and inexpensive and I think they'll do just fine.

I was able to get the insides of the drawers, and chest painted last night. I sprayed them with Rusto Truck bed liner. I like that stuff. The pics show the drawers still a little wet, but they gassed out and dried really nice and even. The drawer slides needed a little work. The steel...

They had exactly what I wanted, thanks for the heads up :rocker:

Thanks, I thought so too :) We've determined that it's a Waterloo... As usual, I jumped in with both feet, full steam ahead, without first getting more accurate information on the latch rivets. The latches, as you can see in the other pics, were, in my opinion, beyond rescue. At least with my...

I did get a little work done on the drawer fronts. They're slicking down nice after some minor peening and sanding. I'm going to shoot the inside of them with some black bed liner. Got to work on the original pulls. They're in about as bad shape as the latches were, so I dont know if they'll...

I stand a better chance of running into Bigfoot at the Walmart Deli, than I do matching the rivets, then affording the tool to install them lol. I didn't think that far ahead :dunno: Its looking like I'm gonna have to use a machine screw, with a nut... Or something of that nature :headscrat...