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Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 10:37:43 GMT -5 theintended, krisandgrace, and 22 more like this

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H and I bought our dining table set off of Craigslist about a while back. We had been searching for something made well and able to extend to around 8 feet but couldn't afford to spend $1k+ at the time. We found this farmhouse table and 6 chairs for $400. It was the perfect size for us and it weighs like a million pounds so it wouldn't move around easily with all the kids around. After getting it home and using it for a while, it drove me crazy because the finish was tacky and stuff would stick to it and it was impossible to just wipe it clean easily. I knew it was well used and that the finish was worn when we got it but I didn't realize what a pain in the ass it would be. anyway, I contacted a local professional restorer and it would have been $1800 for him to refinish the table and chairs. Yikes! Then in September I contacted a girl that started a restoring business nearby, she would have charged me around $400. H wanted to go with her, but the more I thought about it the more I wanted to try it myself. I had refinished two dressers myself, so why couldn't I do this?

Here is a before picture. You can see how worn the finish is.
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So I bought myself a new sander and went to town.

It took some work, but I finally got all of the old stain off.
First test stain. Not at all what I was going for. It was almost exactly the same color as before, which I was never wild about.

I don't have a picture of the second stain test, but it was a success. Here's after one coat of stain and one coat of black on the legs.

Many more coats followed, plus three coats of poly, the last of which I applied last night. Here's the finished product this morning.

(that white bit on the edge is just a reflection of the overhead light.)

All in all it cost me $50 for the sander, $18 for two cans of stain (since the first color wasn't good I had to buy a second can. I still have a lot of stain left I can use for something else), $5 for a bunch of tack cloth, $6 for fine sandpaper and steel wool for finishing, and $20 for the black paint (which I will also use to paint the dining chairs and our coffee table). So about $99, and I'd guess around 20 hours of work. It wouldn't have even taken that long if I was more sure about what I was doing...it took some trial and error to learn to use the sander correctly. Anyway, I'm very happy with how it turned out and H is happy that it's finally finished and we can stop using a white plastic table as our dining table.

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Looks great!

As a side note I am loling at the 'about a while back' in your OP. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad started telling a story. It went, 'way back in the year a really long time ago'. He forgot the year midsentence and improvised, we still raz him about that from time to time.

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Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 10:49:08 GMT -5

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Jan 22, 2015 10:43:22 GMT -5 @kjewell said:

Looks great!

As a side note I am loling at the 'about a while back' in your OP. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad started telling a story. It went, 'way back in the year a really long time ago'. He forgot the year midsentence and improvised, we still raz him about that from time to time.

Lol...apparently that's exactly what I did! I was going to say "about X years ago" but forgot how many years ago it was. Haha!

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WinterWine Full Member Posts: 1,438 Likes: 884	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 10:52:07 GMT -5 via Tapatalk cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WinterWine on Jan 22, 2015 10:52:07 GMT -5 It looks gorgeous!! Such an improvement!
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orangeblossom Elder Posts: 17,740 Likes: 17,737	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 11:04:14 GMT -5 cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by orangeblossom on Jan 22, 2015 11:04:14 GMT -5 Very nice.
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Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 11:16:13 GMT -5 cajunmom likes this

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Post by raangoli on Jan 22, 2015 11:16:13 GMT -5

It looks great! I have the dining table (its a farm house style as well) from my parents house that I've been meaning to refinish. Maybe I'll do it this spring; you've inspired me!

PS You have the cleanest garage and garage floor I've ever seen!

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sicilygirl Full Member Posts: 1,439 Likes: 1,090	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 11:16:54 GMT -5 cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sicilygirl on Jan 22, 2015 11:16:54 GMT -5 It looks great! I have several pieces I want to refinish but never seem to get around to it. I need to get motivated and just do it!
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magdala Full Member Posts: 3,578 Likes: 1,171	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 11:43:38 GMT -5 cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by magdala on Jan 22, 2015 11:43:38 GMT -5 Looks great!
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youhadmycuriosity Junior Member Posts: 836 Likes: 499	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 12:05:35 GMT -5 via mobile cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by youhadmycuriosity on Jan 22, 2015 12:05:35 GMT -5 Looks amazing! Great job.
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explorer2001 Senior Member Posts: 5,135 Likes: 3,474	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 12:24:38 GMT -5 via mobile cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by explorer2001 on Jan 22, 2015 12:24:38 GMT -5 That's beautiful!
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lys Full Member Posts: 4,201 Likes: 800	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 22, 2015 17:03:24 GMT -5 cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lys on Jan 22, 2015 17:03:24 GMT -5 Great job! AND very MM too! Enjoy your good Craigslist find and hard work.
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irene adler Senior Member Formerly mrschicken. New name, same pithy commentary. Poet Laureate of H&F Posts: 5,983 Likes: 14,490	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 23, 2015 11:03:18 GMT -5 via the ProBoards App cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by irene adler on Jan 23, 2015 11:03:18 GMT -5 That's gorgeous!
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drloretta Elder Posts: 11,340 Likes: 7,035	Furniture refinishing AW Jan 23, 2015 11:13:19 GMT -5 cajunmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drloretta on Jan 23, 2015 11:13:19 GMT -5 Great job!
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