"Mary Fisher" wrote in message et...
I acquired a single drawer example of this which had been used in a foundry
so was VERY encrusted with, well, muck.

I spent a lot of time on it with soap and water and a dishcloth. It came up
beautifully and is still in use, forty years on.

I somehow felt you would be the non-invasive spit and polish type
Mary. Well done. Did you finish it with beaswax by any chance :=))