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Location: South East Texas | I have been busy busy busy....will get back to posting pictures soon :)) |
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Location: Texas | wow these are awesome!!!!
I really want to redo an old couch table (you know the long ones people put behind their couches)
But i have no idea what to do with it, especially the legs. |
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| What do you use to strip the paint off? |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | I've been using Citra-Strip .... Works really well. Got it at Walmart. Be sure to wear protective gloves and read the label for all steps, for clean up etc you will need Ty have some other stuff on hand....putty knife, gloves. Alcohol, and lots of paper towels.
Edited by thejerseylilly2000 2013-07-09 12:24 PM
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| So I saw this thread and thought about refinishing a used baby crib. My concern is with the chewing that infants do on the rails. Would you be concerned about the possible toxicity of any of the finishes? I'm thinking paint would almost certainly come off, and I know that on some used cribs you can see the raw wood where the child has scraped off the finish. |
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 Heart of Orange
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Location: At The End of The Red Dirt Road | I have totally missed this post until today! Good timing! My DIL is doing our granddaughter's room (she's due to arrive Sept.9). I bought an antique twin bed for her to eventually put in there & we were going to have someone else refinish it - you have about enlightened me enough that I'm thinking I can do it myself! LOL! I also have several smaller pieces - tables, an old wooden ash tray stand & a couple of etched mirror wardrobe doors I saved off of an old wardrobe that was my grandmothers - after moving it thru 5 states it had pretty much fallen apart. Think I will practice on some smaller pieces and see what I can do - thank you!  |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | As for baby beds and toxicity of finishes. I've really no experience with something that might get chewed on. My best advice there would be to go talk to someone in a paint store and see what's available. I will say this tho...if you don't sand it down, nothing is going to adhere good, be it paint or finish. |
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 Little Miss can't be wrong
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Location: SW Missouri | Wow!
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Location: Somewhere playing in the mud....Oklahoma | Love! |
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Sock Snob
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| I have a question i had put some finish with stain and put a coat of clear poly and i made sure i stired the poly well left some white haze, i sanded it off and bought a new can and it did the same thing, i know some of yall where using the water base kind. what did i do wrong. |
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| daisycake123 - 2013-08-04 6:35 AM
I have a question i had put some finish with stain and put a coat of clear poly and i made sure i stired the poly well left some white haze, i sanded it off and bought a new can and it did the same thing, i know some of yall where using the water base kind. what did i do wrong.
How's long did you let the stain dry before you put poly on and hoe long did you let the poly dry before you decided to sand. Some of those finishes need a couple days to dry before they turn clear. |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | Daisycake, from the wording of your post, it sounds like you mixed the stain with the finish? or am I not reading that right? if that's the case...it would probably cause major issues with the finish. |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | Ok...finally getting to sit down and post some pictures. I've had major computer issues...ended up just going and buying a new one. Sometimes I hate technology lol
I've been super super busy with furniture these days. So....I will just post before and after photos of each piece I've done. If you have any questions, I will try to answer them. Thanks for being patient with me.
Also you'll notice I started putting my name on the final photo....because of Pinterest and other sharing sights it's a necessity. The last dresser is the one I'm working on right now.
Edited by thejerseylilly2000 2013-08-04 11:52 PM
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| Love it all!!! where do you find all of your great furniture? |
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 Looking for Lady Jockey
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | Once again...................AMAZING work!!!  |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | Kgirl, some of these pieces were done for the people that owned them, the bar, small cabinet with barrel horse, tall cabinet yellow rose. As for the other stuff...I find them at yard sales, estate sales, flea markets, thrift stores.....and sometimes just have people contact me and say I have this do you want it. Lol |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | Thanks GOIN' FAST :) |
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  Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | WOW! You do amazing work! You have so much talent! |
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