wine grape press..

[Rocky]

Just found this thread and you did a great job cleaning the press and a greater job in snagging the two items for 200 beans!

I have a very similar press that I plan to restore and I was wondering what type of poly you used on the wood. I was going to sand mine down real well and rub them with mineral oil only. I noticed that you chose not to paint the cast metal on the press. Any reason why not? My press looks to be in a little better condition than yours was when you bought it so I will have less work to do. Did you also redo the crusher/destemmer?

 

[kendo]

Hey Rocky, I used EZ-DO POLY..Its from john boo & company..great stuff, it comes with a little brush and piece of cloth material . i sanded down each slat, then applied 3 coats of this stuff mainly with the cloth, i did the crusher and destemmer as well, same thing , hand sander then 3 coats, both came out nice, i didnt paint the cast part of the press , i hit it with a power hose, its in good shape (NO PAINT CHIPS)..I Scrubbed the $hit out of it and its good to go..i will post a pic of the crusher when i get my camera back from the wife..looking forward to the vino............