creepy

i have quite recently got hold of an old 8 drawer boss box,with all the original parts.but it has had an awfull paint job done,so i was wondering,if anyone had any pictures of what it may have looked like,in its original glory!!

chavey

The top of the 8 drawer was black, they had about 3-4 coats of paint applied with a roller followed by 3-4 of varnish again with a roller, finally a thin gold strip about 3 or 4mm wide was applied about 1cm up from the base. The fibre glass base was black with the colour applied to the gel coat, not painted. The 6 draw you could get in all black, two tone blue burgundy/blue or burgundy/black ( the burgundy being the base colour). A friend of mine used to work for Boss, and told me how they made them.

Brian G

I am sure Pete M had one that he refurbished and took a few piccys of it, he will no doubt respond when he comes on

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jethro

Brian the original Boss is mostly as Chevey say's but the paint finish to the drawers unit is hammerite black the drawer fronts are mahogany stain.

Pete M

This is the 6 drawer that I refurbished.




The only difference is that the 8 drawer base was Black. The colour of the base is impregnated into the fibreglass gel coat and I was lucky enough that mine just needed a good dose of elbow grease and a decent coat of wax.
The drawer casing was in good condition once I cleaned it up and just needed a couple of minor chips touched in with some gloss black enamel prior to a good waxing.
The seat was recovered by a professional upholsterer.
The drawers were just stripped back and restained and varnished. However I did partition the drawers out to fit my needs at the same time.

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creepy

many thanks guys,and pete your box looks brilliant!! i have now done mine in black and the drawer unit,i have stripped down and let my engineer mate at work get his hands on!!(working in a builders merchants comes in quite handy!!).i doubt it will be to the same high standards of petes,but i wish i had this box years ago!!totally awesome bit of kit!!

Pete M

Thanks creepy.
The box has a new home now as I've changed to a Platt-forms series 3.

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