Finished product - another refinishing project done

[fed]

I bought these from one of our respected members. As you see picture is a little fuzzy. When I got them they had just a little too much "character" for my liking. So out came mister "Sander"

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[fed]

This is after mr."Sander" and mrs. "Brush" were done. The tumba has freshly mounted mule skin from Isaac at JCR.

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[vinnieL]

very nice work!

[Derbeno]

Now you're talking! Great labour of love!!!

What finish did you use? Also did you just re-use the conga head? Did you mark it so that you re-mounted it in exactly the same position?

[fed]

Now you're talking! Great labour of love!!!

What finish did you use? Also did you just re-use the conga head? Did you mark it so that you re-mounted it in exactly the same position?

THanks for good words guys.

The finish is Cabot Polystain. The conga had a plastic head that doesn't sound too bad in the band situaiton. So I put it back on for now. I do have a mule skin that I'll probably put on the conga. I didn't mark the head, didn't seem to make much difference for the plastic one.

[ozrivera]

Saludos
hey fed, nice work. i have few refinishing projects i have done. and it is a labor of love.
ill post some pics of the one's i have already done soon.
im currently working on some carribbean rhythms conga set of 3. that had the paintings on them. i stripped them down, sanded, stained and finished. i love art but the paintings werent doing any justice to them. and now they look sweet. i am also adding bands to it. they are going to look really nice when complete.
like i said, ill post some pics once complete.

oz

[blango]

Nice work!!

If i may ask... Did you strip, or sand? or both?

did you spray on Poly?

Tony

[fed]

If i may ask... Did you strip, or sand? or both?

did you spray on Poly?

Tony

you sure can...
I sanded... it was major pain in the neck, that maroon stain was tough to get rid off. The clear coat wasn't that bad. I actualy used belt sander first, but you have to be really careful.

The stain was brushed on with very cheap spongy brush, 5 coats. Gently hand sanded after first coat with 220 sand paper. Oh and it's a stain and poly in one.

[fed]

here is picture of the product and brush I used, only this is different color stain from another project. The color I used for this one was walnut.

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[pavloconga]

Awesome job!
Apart from looking great you've probably doubled the congas value.

[Sakuntu]

All you need to do now is buff 'em up with a buffing wheel so they glimmer like gold! :p

I can't wait to try out that tumba with the mule skin!