Furniture Refinishing

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Well that came out well despite all your trepidations. See...........you CAN do it peanut. It looks great.

Thank you. It did and you know it's a quality piece of wood. I was carrying it lengthwise, dropped it with me on top and skidded about 5 feet in the garage and nothing broke. Then my son ran in to it with my car and again, couldn't find any damage or even a wobbly leg. It's a solid piece of furniture!

I learned a LOT doing this piece. I was afraid I was going to end up with bubbles or brush/lap marks, splotches..anything that can go wrong. I did end up with some splotching on one side of the top but I sanded, reapplied and it was fine the second time around.

I really wood like to hunt for cheap, solid wood pieces that have been painted or something and refinish them. But...I don't have anywhere to put them.

Actually, there's one project I could tackle. We have a chest in our laundry room that was in one of my kids' rooms when they were a baby. I'm pretty sure that puppy is solid maple. In our office/second bedroom, we have a chest that I picked up at a flea market 20 some years ago that's all particle board. I've measured and the laundry room chest would fit up there. Yeah, I'm going to do it. My family hates my hobby (at least my son does because he can't skate in there) but too bad. As soon as I finish cleaning up from the last project (and getting rid of as much dust as possible), I'm going to tackle that mo-fo. I'll post starting and ending photos of that one as well.