On 22 Feb 2006 04:12:16 -0800, "pen" wrote:

Errm....if it is a "lovely antique", is etching the surface and
painting it the best thing to do?

It's the sort of "lovely antique"that's suitable for this "change of
use" treatment, in my fuzzy estimation.

Although of course MDF is not normally a feature of antique furniture!

That's what I thought! I suspect it's just pretending to be an
antique. I wouldn't want to hurt it's feelings by telling it so
though.

If you need a bathroom
cabinet, why not sell the antique and buy something more appropriate?

Several reasons:
Antiques made from MDF don't usually attract top prices.
I believe in making best use of what just turns up.
My next door neighbor offered the cabinet to me and my adviser told me
to never refuse a gift.
I guess if I did sell it, mythology would soon have it that it was a
genuine Sheraton which fetched thousands at auction.

Not that I'm trying to dictate or anything, just that your eventual
heirs might curse you for ruining a valuable piece.

Surely painting it Avocado to match the rest of the items in the
bathroom could only increase it's value?
Unless, that is, it collapses like a milk soaked shredded wheat
because I got the painting chemistry wrong.
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Mike Halmarack

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