This was a curbside pickup. The wood was all rotten & needed replacing. Hardest
part of this project was removing the paint from the cast iron. White coat came off fairly easy, but there was a black rubberized paint under the white that was really tough to take off. Paint remover barely dented it, used a heat gun & blow torch to no avail, had to wire brush & scrape to get then rest off. they used that heavy black rubber coat for rust proofing. Mostly used to hide the imperfections of the casting, I think. I sprayed a primer on it, then a finish coat. I'm happy with it. Wish I could put these pictures in the order I want them, without uploading again.The wood is Douglas Fir, it has two coats of stain & four coats of Minwax Poly. Then Armor All. Hardware soaked in grease & WD 40. Hope it out survives me.
