I’ve worked on many pieces of old furniture that had layers of paint built up over the years. Paint can hide beautiful wood, and today showing off natural wood grain is more popular than ever. Whether you’re restoring an antique, flipping a marketplace find, or just bringing an old piece back to life, removing paint … Read more
You finally found a furniture refinishing project that you want to get started on, but where do you start? After some simple cleaning and degreasing often your next step is removing the current finish, whether its paint, stain, or a simple topcoat the process is actually quite simple. My guide today focuses on removing stain … Read more
Using a paint stripper can get pretty messy, the first few times I tried the process it went horribly wrong. I applied the stripper way to light and it just created a sticky disaster, at this point, I could have picked up the coffee table and taped a “free” sign on it and placed it … Read more
