A Peterson Refinish

[Coastie3202]

I just completed a refinish of a Peterson that belongs to the wife of a guy I work with.  I had refinished his Pete and his wife liked it so much that she asked me to do hers.

The pipe started with a very dark color:

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I sanded the finish off the Pete, which I have to say is like removing powder coat from metal, and once the finish was off two medium size fills and a lot of little sand pit fills were revealed:

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So instead of putting the finish over the pits, which would show through, I connected them with some rustification that a female piper would find attractive:

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I then applied a coat of Fiebings Leather Dye - Oxblood, then rubbed it out good so that it was thin and the grain could show through:

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The final step was a good buffing with Tripoli, White Diamond, and the application of two coats of Carnuba:

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I think she will like it.

 

[huffelpuff]

Nicely done sir! I'm sure she'll love it!

Jim

 

[RDPipes]

Very nice sir, I kinda even like it.  
Of course I'm colorblind.

 

[Brewdude]

:cheers: 



Cheers,

RR

 

[pepesdad1]

It looks terrific!
 
The rustication and new stain really makes it shine.

 

[Briar Spirit]

I love the new stain and the ridding of the opaque finish, cleaned up nicely, good job.

For me rustication should be a part of the pipe because it just 'feels' natural being there, I couldn't rusticate a piece of Briar to cover up one of more of natures beauty spots, but that's just me.

 

[jeepnewbie]

I like the refinish you did on that.

 

[riff raff]

Excellent work, again! Peterson should just send this pipes to you and get it right the first time.

 

[APKurt]

<table><tr><td><table><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>Beautiful! I especially like the added rustication.