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 The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | What type of sandpaper do you use if there is alot of paint on a piece vs. just a think coat or a finish over a stain?
For large areas on a dresser or large piece do you hand sand or use an electric sander - what kind?
How do you get into the nook and crannies to sand? |
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 Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | Gail I use Minwax Stains and Minwax finishes. I like to stay with the same brand so there isn't a chemical reaction between the two. |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | I have a stash of sandpaper from 80 grit down to 200 grit. 80 being rougher ,200 being fine. I have an electric palm sander as well as an orbital sander. Sand all the surfaces I can with those then sand the rest by hand. Usually the 80 grit first to get all the finish off. It's not so rough that I have to go to smaller grit. After a good coat of Sealer I will lightly sand by hand before a go on ith sealing. Just takes any small roughness out.
Edited by thejerseylilly2000 2013-04-19 9:02 AM
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | Sometimes sanding paint can be tricky. If it gets gummy when your sanding it's most likely latex based and you'll have to use stripper. |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | And always always wear a mask to avoid breathing the dust. And if possible do your sanding outside. Preferably on a breezy day so you can stay downwind.
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| FLDrmRnr - 2013-04-18 8:15 PM
Heres the dresser you guys are talking about
 
Anyone know how to get the picture on the drawers like that?! I have a dresser very similar to this one!! I may have to try it!! |
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 Looking for Lady Jockey
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | bocephus's mama - 2013-04-19 6:56 AM
FLDrmRnr - 2013-04-18 8:15 PM Heres the dresser you guys are talking about
I'd love for this type of thing (furniture makeover) to catch on like other crafy-type things have caught on...I mean, *I'm* not crafty AT.ALL (I toss clothes if a button comes off) but I have a great admiration for those with the talent and patience to do it -- and I'll support them with my $$ :).
This is amazing!!!  |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | This is what I am doing to the chest of drawers I have posted in this thread. |
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| Oooo Awesome! Sorry I miss understood! I thought you were just refinishing that one with that beautiful wood! Can't wait to see!!! |
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Location: Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Central Illinois | My mom has a pretty awesome wood shop & she is always going to classes to learn how to do things she's not sure of. She's always so excited to come home & tell us about what she's learned. Last week she went to a class to learn about finishes & was so stoked because one of the techniques she learned will undo (or at least minimize) the damage my roommate did to my vintage Ethan Allen coffee table & milk stool by sitting on them (& moving around...) with blingy jeans. Took huge gouges out. We thought we were going to have to strip everything down & refinish them but nope! So awesome.
I would highly recommend looking up wood shops in your area if you are looking to do this kind of thing for fun - you will get expert advice for cheap or even free & they will be able to tell you about classes as well. |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | The lady I'm doing it for preferred the natural wood vs. paint. So I just refinished it instead of painting. Waiting on the picture now so that I can put it on the drawers. |
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| Where did you order the picture from in order to get a large enough one? |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | I haven't gotten the picture done yet. I have it ready to take to Office Depot or Walgreens. The do posters. I'm going both places in person to check quality and prices. But one of those two places for sure. |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | And so y'all don't think I'm ignoring a question.....when I get to working on something...sometimes it's the end of the day or wee hours of the morning when I get online. I hope there are others that chime in with advice too. |
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| I've got a question... What made u decide to decoupage instead of using an adhesive sticker? |
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | I've never worked with adhesive stickers on wood. I've done alot of decoupaging. Plus I think having an adhesive sticker made would be alot more expensive? |
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The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | Thankyou so much for the information on sanding. |
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Location: Kansas | There was definitely one project I wanted to do and it was take an older dresser and put a picture on the drawers. Gwen, do you know how to do this?! I can try to find an example, but I loved the one I saw!
ETA: saw the one from above, thats the one!!!!
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Lover of Old Things
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Location: South East Texas | hoofs_in_motion - 2013-04-19 2:37 PM
There was definitely one project I wanted to do and it was take an older dresser and put a picture on the drawers. Gwen, do you know how to do this?! I can try to find an example, but I loved the one I saw!
ETA: saw the one from above, thats the one!!!!
Yes go back thru the posts. The chest that I've posted, I am doing this to. Only difference is I refinished instead of painting the chest. |
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Location: MT | Here are the old apple crates I'd love to do something with. I am unsure what color to do and really like the look of a little bit of white showing through the color on the edges, like they are worn. I've also printed out a couple old labels that I was planning on mod-podging on them once they were painted. We use them for bookcases in our office.
Would sure like to hear your ideas and suggestions!
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