Grill Cart Renovation
A friend of mine sent me some pictures of what appeared to be a grill cart. A grill cart that seemed to have taken a beating by the elements. My friend requested that I “do my thing” and make this pretty.
Several days later, I picked up this cart from my friend. It was constructed in a Home Depot DIY class. 6 years of rain, sun, wind, and snow had really taken its toll. My only instructions were do your thing, and incorporate some motivational text into the design
The cart was carefully disassembled. The wod planed and sanded smooth. A chamfer was added to all the shelf aprons and to the shelves themselves. Chamfer were added also in between the slats.
The top pieces of wood was carefully glued together to make a table top. This cart was to be funcion as a food prep station. Transforming the top to function as a massive cutting board seemed appropriate.
After a gigantic juice groove was installed, the edge received a Roman ogee profile. Finally the text “surround yourself with those you love” was burned in by hand by my pyrography tool. Being that it was to be food safe, the top was soaked in mineral oil. Now that the top was thoroughly saturated with, I slathered on some SugarTree Sap. Our very own in-house blend of local organic beeswax and mineral oil.
There were some text requests left to sear into the wood. I love this part. Using my pyrography tool, I burned some text into the aprons of the shelves and top.
Happy with how this looked, I applied some stain to the shelves and aprons. Finally many coats of thinned poly was wiped on. This created a hard, smooth, protected finish.
This project turned out great. What a huge difference the minor details make. The text came out just perfect. The stain goes well with the unstained top. Juice grooves, and fancy edging, along with, chamfered shelving really come together.
I hope food prep for grilling is enhanced for many years to come with this renovated grill cart!
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