It was in great shape structurally, but had more rust than I wanted. I sanded off most of the rust and gave it a thorough cleaning. Then I sprayed it with a rust inhibiting primer by Rustoleum in gray.
I really liked the way it sprayed. No matter what I did, the primer went on even. And best of all, it stops rust.
After priming the cabinet, I glazed it with a walnut color glaze. What a difference the glaze made! It softened the gray and made it look like the original cabinet and gave it a smoother finish.
I wish I had a picture of the before.
See how great it looks. I cleaned up the pulls. I left a little of the tarnish and rust to keep it looking vintage and added these cool labels.
The really cool thing about this whole experience is that when I first brought this cabinet home, I discovered that I had bought the history of the cabinet too. Inside the drawers were newspaper clippings and other papers from the All Jersey Dairy Company! It was fun reading ads and magazine articles from the 1960s about dairy farming and the nutritional value of milk.
It turned out great! I'm a little jealous.. I've been trying to find a card catolog too. That's so cool it came with all those papers. How fun to learn the history.
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