Stillboardin
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Back in 2001 I bought a house in Michigan. When we closed and moved in I noticed the previous owner had left a file cabinet in the garage. When I looked at it my first impression was that it was just a crappy old file cabinet that he didn’t want anymore. But when I opened it I realized it was a heavy duty fire safe Steelcase file cabinet. When I tried to move it I again realized this sucker is heavy.
IMG_20140730_110426 by sward99, on Flickr
Since we became friends with the people we bought the house from I asked him if he still wanted it. He said no he didn’t want to have to move it. So I stored garage stuff in it for a few years before deciding to clean it up and use it as a file cabinet.
My first cleanup attempt I cleaned it the best I could and sprayed it with some suede paint I had lying around. It looked OK for a while.
In 2007 I took a job across the country in Seattle and the company moved us so the pro movers came and loaded it all on a truck and I said take the cabinet. I watched as their hand truck wheels flattened as they tried to move this cabinet. It got moved and came to rest in our apartment garage.
Fast forward to a few months ago. We moved into a new house with a nice three car garage that is in the process of being finished out like so many I see on this forum. Storage, toolboxes, benches. This cabinet just didn’t look right, so I started to refinish it right.
I stripped it,
IMG_20140809_151736 by sward99, on Flickr
IMG_20140809_151740 by sward99, on Flickr
Primed it, SPI Red Oxide Epoxy
IMG_20140809_164327 by sward99, on Flickr
Painted it, Rustoleum Sunrise Red
image by sward99, on Flickr[/IMG]
[/url]image by sward99, on Flickr
Much better
image by sward99, on Flickr
image by sward99, on Flickr
image by sward99, on Flickr
The cabinet is rated for 1 hour fire protection. Hope I never have to find out if it works.
IMG_20140730_110426 by sward99, on FlickrSince we became friends with the people we bought the house from I asked him if he still wanted it. He said no he didn’t want to have to move it. So I stored garage stuff in it for a few years before deciding to clean it up and use it as a file cabinet.
My first cleanup attempt I cleaned it the best I could and sprayed it with some suede paint I had lying around. It looked OK for a while.
In 2007 I took a job across the country in Seattle and the company moved us so the pro movers came and loaded it all on a truck and I said take the cabinet. I watched as their hand truck wheels flattened as they tried to move this cabinet. It got moved and came to rest in our apartment garage.
Fast forward to a few months ago. We moved into a new house with a nice three car garage that is in the process of being finished out like so many I see on this forum. Storage, toolboxes, benches. This cabinet just didn’t look right, so I started to refinish it right.
I stripped it,
IMG_20140809_151736 by sward99, on Flickr
IMG_20140809_151740 by sward99, on FlickrPrimed it, SPI Red Oxide Epoxy
IMG_20140809_164327 by sward99, on FlickrPainted it, Rustoleum Sunrise Red
image by sward99, on Flickr[/IMG]
Much better
image by sward99, on Flickr
image by sward99, on Flickr
image by sward99, on FlickrThe cabinet is rated for 1 hour fire protection. Hope I never have to find out if it works.