How to restore Parker nordic cats eye sideboard?

[rebeccaz]

 I'm refinishing a Parker nordic sideboard with cats eye handles. I've stripped the old finish but can't get in the corners of the handles. Any tips on what I can use?

[EricL]

Hello @rebeccaz 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about your beautiful Parker Nordic sideboard. 

You may need to get a little bit creative on this section, I recommend using a Dremel tool with a Dremel 80 Grit Sanding Flap Wheel. I recommend extreme care as the Dremel too can take a great deal of timber off the surface very quickly. I also suggest looking into using fine steel wool and running it along the interior surface of the handle. 

Let me call on our experienced members @Dave-1, @Nailbag and @JoeAzza for their recommendations.

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.   

Eric

[Nailbag]

Hi @rebeccaz 

The important thing is to sand with the grain because any other direction will leave scratches. Though they may not be noticeable as the time they will be when you apply the clear coat. A mate of mine was restoring an old cabinet with inset detail similar to yours. I suggested this mini detail sander which worked very well. Otherwise you can fold sandpaper around things like ice-cream sticks or the end of old toothbrushes to get into tight areas.

Nailbag

[Dave-1]

Good Evening @rebeccaz 

Thats a hard call, Ive been staring at the image for the past 5 mins trying to come up with something. Apart from using a cut out round piece of sandpape rthat fits in the hole and then using a pencil with eraser on the end of it to move it around (time consuming) or even quick gluing to the back of the sandpaper the pencil so you can put more effort to the sandpapering. I cant add more then what @EricL and @Nailbag have suggested.

Dave

[rebeccaz]

Thank you for the ideas. I ended up using wood stripper, a mechanical parts cleaning brush and then the pointy end of a stake knife to really get into the corners.

[Nailbag]

Some nice ingenuity there @rebeccaz 

nailbag

[MitchellMc]

Nice one @rebeccaz. Those tricky areas typically take a few different methods to get right in there. 

Well done and many thanks for the update.

Mitchell