Restored Vintage Cast Iron Angel Garden Bench

Restored a vintage Cast Iron Angel garden bench. Used old barn wood and painted it.

What you will need:
Paintbrush
Painters Tape
Spray Paint or Outdoor Paint
Wood
Polyurethane
Screws
Screwdriver (preferably motorized)
Drill
Drill bits
Bolts
And a Steady Hand ;)

Clean and prep your pieces to paint. One man's trash really is another man's treasure, because these pieces came from the local dump.

Next paint your pieces, the easiest way I know how to do this is with spray paint.

Next use a paintbrush and paint of your choice to paint the details.

Next tape up around details and paint. Wait till dry and then pull tape off.

Same as in the previous step.. tape and paint, let dry and pull off.

Tape and paint, let dry and pull off.

These pics show how it will look once the tape is pulled off.. you can touch it up later.

Next I Hand-painted the Grapes. I mixed some paint to get the right color. Let dry. If you want eyes on the Angel you can use the end of the brush and dab a spot on each eye, I put some on it but that is optional.

After everything has dried, it is time to touch up the black on the back. Tape up the designs then spray the entire piece the color of choice . Let dry. after the piece is dried, you can touch up any imperfections. (This can be done with the spray paint and a brush, spray the paint into the cap and then use the brush.)

Time to do the framework.

Gather some wood (in this case old barn wood). Cut and rip to length. Run the boards through a planner to smooth them up, be careful to get all the nails out. Next cut the end boards to fit around the back as seen in the last pic

After making sure that the boards fit, screw them in place. I had to cut the boards slightly at a angle to make them fit. As you can see in the pics the screws I used was a little to long so I had to cut the excess off. Mark and drill the bolt holes for the back.

Measure and cut the length of the boards. Mark and drill holes for the bolts to go through. Sand the boards down using 50 grit and then 220. Next it is time to coat them and the boards on the back piece with polyurethane. Let dry

Next assemble the boards for the seat. Note the screws are long here too, so they will have to be cut off. After assembling the boards for the seat, assemble the back piece. Sand and re coat the places that were scuffed by cutting the screws off. Let dry.

You are all finished! Enjoy your new bench, sell it or trade it (which I did).

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