This old wood table was the second piece I started but actually completed another project before this one was done (you will get to see it as well). This was partly stripped, then re-stained and painted. Curious as to what it originally looked like? Have a look...............
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| Before |
So my original intention for the remake of this piece was to completely strip it and then stain the whole thing, but seeing how rustic the top of it really was I decided to stain the top and paint the rest. I knew I wanted a medium/darkish brown stain and I picked the shade of blue I used because I thought it seemed like a shade that would have been used long ago. (The blue seems lighter in the picture then seeing it in person) I got to try something new on this piece as well since it was my first attempt at stripping furniture.
These are the products I used on this piece.
(was gonna take a pic of the products but can't find the can of stripper, I do imagine it will turn up eventually, or not :)
- stripper
- Minwax wood finish stain
- Zinsser Primer
- CIL paint sample size 450ml
- Minwax Polycrylic
- Lepage wood filler (natural)
- metal scrapper
- putty knife 1 1/2 "
- sandpaper
- angled paintbrush 1 1/2"
- paintbrush 2"
- small foam roller
- stain applicator pads
- steel wool
Step 1........
Since I was going to be using stripper I took the stand out to the ol' storage building and put some plastic down on the floor to catch the gunk that was gonna come off this thing. I could see that it had at least two paint jobs in it's past, the obvious yellow and some green peeking out under that. I covered the top of the stand with stripper using a paint brush and true to the instructions on the can of stripper the paint started bubbling up almost immediately. Using my metal scrapper I scrapped away the first few layers of paint and discovered that it had also been grey and white at some point in time. It was about this time in the project that I switched gears as I had mentioned and decided to only strip the top. I believe the picture gives you a good idea of the gunk I referred to earlier as well.
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| a nice gunk shot :) |
So it took several applications of stripper (three I believe it was) Apply stripper, scrap another layer of color off, repeat. I used a piece of steel wool towards the end to get the last bits of paint off.
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| getting there |
Step 2......
When the paint was finally all off and the top was dry I filled the nail tops and a bit of an indent on the side with my wood putty, let that dry then sanded it with 100 grit sandpaper. On the rest of the piece that still had paint I used 60 grit sandpaper to wear off some of the paint, smooth the surface some and scuff it up for primer. Before it would get to the priming or staining stage for that matter though my wonderful man and I ended up buying a small hand sander (in anticipation of lots of future projects) This was kind of the test piece before we do the kitchen table, coffee table, end tables. Anyway we both used the hand sander on it and this was how it eventually looked.
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| naked wood |
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| naked on top with a bit of coverage below |
Step 3........
The most fun part of any project is when you get to the point of adding the finishes, so it was time to start staining, a first for me. Using my straight paint brush (which will only be used for staining, not painting, just would never get it cleaned for paint and besides I have my handy angled one for when I need a brush) So I spread a coat of stain on and let it sit for about 10 minutes or so then wiped off the excess with one of the stain applicator pads, and let me tell you it takes awhile to dry, the can says 4-6 hours but it was tacky for a few days. The weather the next day was damp and it was out in an old building so I'm assuming that was the issue. Anyway I eventually did get a second coat on it and with weather, work and life it kind of sat out in the building for awhile (I'm guessing probably got rained on as well) So wanting to see a bit more progress I decided to prime the body of it for painting even though it was gonna get one more coat of stain. This is with two coats of stain and two coats of primer.
For the third coat of stain I didn't wipe any excess away and it also sat out on the deck on a sunny day. So it was finally ready for the blue paint, three coats of it to be precise and one coat of polycrylic applied the day after the last coat of paint went on and finally a month later this little project was completed.
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