A couple of weeks ago I found this old wheel barrow in the back of the garden. I thought it was a shame to let it go to waste so I thought I fix it up a little bit.
The frame was really rusty and needed sanding. The worst part of the job...
Then I painted the frame blue. I used some paint that is OK for covering sanded rusty surfaces.
To be able to use the wheel barrow again (decoratively) I made a wooden tray and gave the wood several layers of varnish. The last layer was a nice glossy one.
I think it looks nice and I'm happy to have used the wheel barrow instead of letting it go to waste!
The frame was really rusty and needed sanding. The worst part of the job...
Then I painted the frame blue. I used some paint that is OK for covering sanded rusty surfaces.
To be able to use the wheel barrow again (decoratively) I made a wooden tray and gave the wood several layers of varnish. The last layer was a nice glossy one.
I think it looks nice and I'm happy to have used the wheel barrow instead of letting it go to waste!
2 comments:
Looks very nice. I think I would have painted the wheel in a different colour, just to set it off against the overall blue. That way you put more emphasis on the fact that it is a wheelbarrow. Still, no complaints…
@ Kees: I thought of that too. I was also thinking about painting the edges of the wood black. But that would've added another weekend to the project and I wanted to move on so...
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