Furniture Refinishing

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I just moved and we got some of our old furniture out of storage. I just bought a new bedroom set, but its not been delivered, so I got the bug from my wife to do something with this junk we had. She told me she wanted it stained, but clearly does not know the definition of stain. Even after seeing a demo prior to completion.



I picked up an HVLP gun and I have a D/A, so I cleared out the garage. I used to work in my auto body shop many moons ago. This isn't far from painting a car, you just use grits of paper that wouldn't make their way into a auto paint shop.



Here is the start. These are from my apartment on 84th st 10 years ago.

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This is a "staining" job my wife tried to do while we were dating. She always hated this furniture.

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AFTER:



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Now, I will have new furniture in about 2 months, but my wife hates this look. She picked the stain and saw the "test panel" prior to spraying the lacquer. I have to say my painting skills are still on the money. No sags, no drips, smooth as silk. An entire weekend WASTED:bounce
 
Looks good. I've just started to get into woodworking and am hoping to redo my hardwood floor yet this winter. I love the feeling of doing stuff yourself.
 
Just like anything else. 99% preparation, 1% execution.

As you can see from the before picture, I sanded the hell out of these things to get them clean and ready for stain. I started with 100, then 150, finally 220. After the first coat of lacquer, I hit them with 400.



In the body shop, I would START with 600 on prepping a fender, then finish the clear with 2000.
 
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