Starting the varnish now. This will take about ten coats to get a shine, but will not take away from the vintage look.
If I do say so myself, this is really looking sharp. Between each coat of varnish, I give it a light sanding to take out any imperfections in the varnish. After the sanding, I vacuum it and wipe it down with denatured alcohol. Then I use a tact cloth for the final cleaning.
Before I put this on the ground, I will install wheels on the bottom of it to make it portable. The wheels I buy are pretty heavy duty with a locking capability. This boat bar can be transported from indoor to outdoor or moved around a pool or deck area, whatever you would like.
Oh, yes, this is looking really good. I was building this with a deadline so they can move it into their new home. I made the deadline at this point in time.
Oh, yeah! The top is looking really good with a nice shine…just about ready to serve some cocktails on this.
Wow, with all the sanding in between coats, the shelves on the inside really got dusty. I have to clean that up. At this point, we haven’t quite figured out how we can get it from Springfield, Illinois, to Las Vegas, but we’re working on it. We’ll come up with something soon, I’m sure.
That back return on the bar does a couple of things. It kind of finishes off the end of the boat, for one, but also gives the boat bar stability. That’s very important when alcohol is involved.
Jack