During my re-wire I had a good portion of my interior cabinetry out of the boat. One piece, the HUGE cabinet above the STBD settee needed some attention so I stripped it and re-finished it.
So I am just about ready to apply the final coat of rubbed effect finish, after three coats of gloss have already been applied, and then I do it..
I reach for my gallon of denatured alcohol and a microfiber rag to "tack" off my bronze wool & sanding residue and actually grabbed the gallon of ACETONE!
:cussing::cussing::cussing:
Yup you guessed it, I saturated the rag in acetone and before I even realized it had wiped the entire front of the cabinet. When the rag began to get "grabby" I suddenly realized what I had done but it was far to late. The three coats of gloss just blistering like a vapor trail behind my rag, the entire three coats of gloss, sand, gloss, sand gloss, sand was TOAST.
I guess when you get so comfortable with acetone that you don't even notice the difference between it and the sweet smell of denatured alcohol you've been working on boats a little to long.
I managed to strip the cabinet back down in about 4-5 hours time and began the long process of apply finish, wait 24 hours, sand do over until I was done. It is finally back in the boat and I managed to not chip it climbing up the ladder with an 80 pound piece of furniture & re-installing it..
My acetone is now a DIFFERENT BRAND than my denatured alcohol cause my nose obviously no longer works..
Thought you guys would get a kick out of this.,. In hind sight I should have taken photos but I was soooo pissed off that the last thing on my mind was the camera...:cry:
So I am just about ready to apply the final coat of rubbed effect finish, after three coats of gloss have already been applied, and then I do it..
I reach for my gallon of denatured alcohol and a microfiber rag to "tack" off my bronze wool & sanding residue and actually grabbed the gallon of ACETONE!
:cussing::cussing::cussing:Yup you guessed it, I saturated the rag in acetone and before I even realized it had wiped the entire front of the cabinet. When the rag began to get "grabby" I suddenly realized what I had done but it was far to late. The three coats of gloss just blistering like a vapor trail behind my rag, the entire three coats of gloss, sand, gloss, sand gloss, sand was TOAST.
I guess when you get so comfortable with acetone that you don't even notice the difference between it and the sweet smell of denatured alcohol you've been working on boats a little to long.
I managed to strip the cabinet back down in about 4-5 hours time and began the long process of apply finish, wait 24 hours, sand do over until I was done. It is finally back in the boat and I managed to not chip it climbing up the ladder with an 80 pound piece of furniture & re-installing it..
My acetone is now a DIFFERENT BRAND than my denatured alcohol cause my nose obviously no longer works..
Thought you guys would get a kick out of this.,.
In hind sight I should have taken photos but I was soooo pissed off that the last thing on my mind was the camera...:cry:
