John, my father in law : “Darren, could you have a quick look at our garden bench and give it a quick tidy up?”
Me : “Sure, shouldn’t take long”
2 months later :
Every single screw, nut and bolt was rusted. They all had to be drilled out, chiseled out, or angle-grinded off.
The wood was rotten in a few places so that had to be chiseled out and filled with wood filler.
Two of the slats were too far gone to be saved so I had to go out and buy new slats that were about the right size and then plane them down to be close enough to the originals so that it wasn’t too noticeable.
The metal work was all scrubbed down and painted with some metal paint and then the whole thing had to be reassembled. I think Oli and I may have put the back rest on upside down though.
Still, I was pretty proud of the end result.