These are a pair of wooden radiator covers that I stripped and restained. They were pretty beat up, and the customer wanted them sanded down and stained to match her furniture. The old finish was sanded off, the wood was sanded smooth, then espresso-colored stain was applied, followed by three coats of satin polyurethane. The metal mesh was then spray-painted to match the newly-stained wood.
In addition to refacing existing radiator covers, I’ve also built new radiator covers for customers concerned about their kids touching the hot radiators and/or who wanted to hide their radiators.
Sanding off the old finish. The radiator cover in the foreground hasn’t been worked on yet, and still has its old beat-up finish.
A radiator cover with most of the old finish removed.
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The radiator covers with the all of the old finish removed and ready for staining. |
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The radiator covers finished in the customer’s house. |
