Coastie3202
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I just completed a refinish of a Peterson that belongs to the wife of a guy I work with. I had refinished his Pete and his wife liked it so much that she asked me to do hers.
The pipe started with a very dark color:
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I sanded the finish off the Pete, which I have to say is like removing powder coat from metal, and once the finish was off two medium size fills and a lot of little sand pit fills were revealed:
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So instead of putting the finish over the pits, which would show through, I connected them with some rustification that a female piper would find attractive:
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I then applied a coat of Fiebings Leather Dye - Oxblood, then rubbed it out good so that it was thin and the grain could show through:
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The final step was a good buffing with Tripoli, White Diamond, and the application of two coats of Carnuba:
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I think she will like it.
The pipe started with a very dark color:
![IMG_20140206_204101_zpsed2d312c.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/25f/25f2b40d84f7276be0c658a4cb4f75dd.jpg)
I sanded the finish off the Pete, which I have to say is like removing powder coat from metal, and once the finish was off two medium size fills and a lot of little sand pit fills were revealed:
![IMG_20140209_134933_zpsd9be8946.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e61/e6181b178dbc28528f94cfd4b140bf0d.jpg)
![IMG_20140209_135006_zps76b889fc.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/442/4424ceaa3c7164326be72c945b0f5ff9.jpg)
So instead of putting the finish over the pits, which would show through, I connected them with some rustification that a female piper would find attractive:
![IMG_20140209_143612_zpsc4742672.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/912/912e1b6dcdbbacbf6bfb99246f25e6ee.jpg)
I then applied a coat of Fiebings Leather Dye - Oxblood, then rubbed it out good so that it was thin and the grain could show through:
![IMG_20140209_165137_zps10c93c11.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1e8/1e8156bde11ebe27deeff6b518396c77.jpg)
The final step was a good buffing with Tripoli, White Diamond, and the application of two coats of Carnuba:
![IMG_20140209_183143_zps20bdcdd4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/fc8/fc878c3d6a98dfe90082fa8a2f8879e3.jpg)
![IMG_20140209_183300_zps1d0944ae.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/281/281785d6bab5c082e640cf9827e13ab8.jpg)
I think she will like it.