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Location: The stix of Utah | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-04-23 7:58 PM
I did do one door. And I was fairly sure there was lead based paint on it as well. The paint on it however was curled up and peeling off. So I scraped as much as I could off. Sanded it as little as possibly needed by hand wearing a mask and vacuuming up any dust afterwards. Then prime with KILZ. Then paint.
Do some research on your own about painting over lead paint. I surely wouldn't want you to do anything harmful based soley on my advice. I think Home Depot carries a small kit you can test to see if paint is lead based. That might be your first step. Then go from there.
Thank you! I have been looking online and only found info for refinishing walls in a home with lead based paint. I never even thought about going to Home Depot. I will look for those kits and try to find out more information. Hopefully there isn't any lead paint and I am good to go. I can't wait to get started!
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Location: South East Texas | Thank you ... The dresser .... is sitting here in my kitchen and I just can't stoop coming up with other pictures I'd like to do on pieces....endless possibilities with this technique.
Please keep us posted on the lead kit as it may be useful to others on the board as well in their refinishing projects :) and your progress as well on the door. |
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| I am sooooo in love with that dresser! It is truly amazing! |
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Location: South East Texas | Hey everyone, I've noticed in my area that the first weekend in may seems to be filled with antique shows, trade days, etc that are going on...y'all might check around in your area to see what's happening....might find that special piece :)) |
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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! Wish I was crafty and had time. Again when your ready for a holiday your more than welcome to come and paint........I mean stay.  |
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Location: The land of mosquitos | That dresser is amazing! GREAT JOB! I think you may be near me in the S TX area. (I think I saw this posted on FB.) :) Do you do this for a living or just as a hobby? (Sorry if I missed it earlier.) I have a piece that came from my grandparents house that I would love to have worked on but can find no one to restore it in my area. Again - GREAT JOB! I love this thread. Please keep it going! |
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Location: Texas, and loving it | My daughter and I do alot of furniture makeovers. We made our own chalk paint at first but now we use Anne Sloan Chalk Paint. Yes it is more expensive but the finish you get is amazing and it goes a long ways. Whether you make your own chalk paint or use Anne Sloan you do not need to sand your pieces first. Just paint it. It sticks really well, even to metal. Will try and post some pics later.
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Location: South East Texas | ArenaRat....I've only used it on a couple pieces. So...from experience would you say it would stand up to use for years? I just don't know that much about it. I have read and read.....but just can't make myself wanna think it will really stand the test of time.
Coming from a car restoration as well as furniture restoration back ground...everything must be sanded for paint to adhere. Please don't think I'm bashing chalk paint. Im not...I just don't have that much experience with it....willing to learn something new lol
I do love how alot of the furniture looks that is done with chalk paint. |
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Location: South East Texas | All finished, and she gets to go to her new home tomorrow. The hardware was rusty. Instead of sandblasthing and painting them as I normally would....since the rust color went well with the sepia tone of the picture....I just used a wire brush on them....and then coated them with sealer.
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Location: Louisiana | Okay quick question!!
I found a set of old high back chairs. They are in good shape just an ugly, dirty pink. Do you have experience reupholstering?? Or is it fairly easy? If I get them they will sit until I actually have a place to put them and know what color to do. |
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Location: South East Texas | I haven't ever reupholstered anything like that. There are YouTube videos showing how to...I've just not tried it. Now they have paint you can paint the fabric with but I haven't tried that either...it's a spray. Think it's dr by Tulip. |
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Location: Louisiana | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-04-27 10:50 PM I haven't ever reupholstered anything like that. There are YouTube videos showing how to...I've just not tried it. Now they have paint you can paint the fabric with but I haven't tried that either...it's a spray. Think it's dr by Tulip.
Thank you! I don't know what's been on them and even in the pics you can see they are very dingy. So I will most definitely redo them if I buy. I'm still trying to convince myself! I always seem to find good deals when I really don't have extra cash to spare LOL. And I want both, not just one! She is only asking $80 for both, which I think is a fair price after looking online, considering they are in good structural shape. And I wouldn't be putting any $$ in them for a while. See, I'm almost convinced! |
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Location: tx | Here's a high back chair I redid-got it at a yard sale for $5.00
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Location: tx | Also, here's a couple more projects I did, plus I rocked my fireplace-the mantel is part of a cedar tree we cut down on our property.
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Location: South East Texas | Very nicely done...on all of your projects Tee!!! I have a few pieces that need redone...just haven't ever made my mind up to tackle them lol |
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Location: tx | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-04-28 1:02 PM
Very nicely done...on all of your projects Tee!!! I have a few pieces that need redone...just haven't ever made my mind up to tackle them lol
Thanks-I'm no pro by a long shot but what the hay-I enjoy doing it:) Your stuff is just too cool-haven't seen anything you've done that I didn't like! |
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Location: South East Texas | Visited with another forum member this weekend at a barrel race and she had such nice things to say about this thread....thanks BeanCounter :)) |
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