BENCHMARKED

 Our 20 year old alder bench (made in Burlington, Vermont...NOT China), was looking sad. You're looking at the finished product above after 3 days of work.

 Mr. A  using nifty spray stain on all the pieces after we took it completely apart and sanded off the raised grain and what was left of the old Varathane.

 This is the back rest, reassembled with fresh Gorilla Glue in all the joints and clamped for overnite drying.

 The next day we attached the frame...sides and front & back seat supports. Mr. A made some custom clamps long enough to pull the pieces together while the glue set. We left it outside on the front porch overnight as the stain is really stinky!

Day 3 and we managed to convince the seat slats to go back on the bench with new screws. Once it finishes off-gassing I'm sure the cat will enjoy it again!