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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scoutshouse, post: 1103862, member: 267&quot;]Ok, [USER=12186]@raven19189[/USER] - Thank you (and [USER=33]@Figtree3[/USER]) again for asking, as it made me knuckle down and carry on cleaning. </p><p><br /></p><p>As I don&#039;t have clamps or equipment to square it up, it remains unglued. Those chunky dovetails are what&#039;s keeping it vertical. I discovered the hinged back panels are slightly bowed, complicating matters. Needs professional attention.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to avoid changing the surfaces of that top split, and since I don&#039;t have 30x vision or clamps to hold tiny pieces firmly, I didn&#039;t take glue removal to the nth degree. I dissolved or pulled off as much as I could. The natural ivory color against the whitewash makes the top split appear worse than it is. Again, it&#039;s not glued, just laying there. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t try to clean the panels, just removed as much rust as I could. I used [USER=1496]@Hollyblue[/USER] &#039;s technique... Not clinically rust-free, but much better. The waxy finish definitely helped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really too bad about the the vandalism to the front edge <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>1.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210813[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>2. I reversed the top, so the split is at the back. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]210814[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210806[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4. It looks wonky, but it&#039;s in a very flexible state :O</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210808[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>5.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210811[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>6.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210807[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the top was two layers plus a veneer, which would have made putting it back together really tricky. Thankfully, it&#039;s all one piece, hand routed to slide into the top panel grooves. I didn&#039;t even try to re-glue any of the weird shims and repairs they had made. It slides in the way it slides in. </p><p>7.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210805[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a little hard to see, but the straight edge of a mylar sleeve shows warping. Because of the curvature, it no longer matches up front to back perfectly. You can also see that mismatch on images 2, 3 and 6.</p><p>8.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210809[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There you have it! I wanted to contact the people I mentioned, and it&#039;s much better that it&#039;s a least standing. So grateful it was all hide glue, which is easy to dissolve <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>BUMP[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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