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Anna Morris 🎩🍿
@klusya
I managed to squeeze in a little side quest project before new year - restoration of a mid century coffee table. The top was worn, and the legs were flimsy so those horizontal bars have fallen out at some point. I thought it will be a quick one - sand the top, glue the legs and bars together, finish with wood oil. The first part was exciting - I finally got to use the paint stripper the right way! The lacquer layer was thick enough for it, and the dopamine from scrubbing it off when it turned into a paste was great 🤤 But it wasn't as quick as I expected, still took ~2 hours. The real challenge came with glueing. Turns out the legs were flimsy cause the original joints were broken in two places and very lazily replaced by screws (I didn't have the energy to think of anything better, so the screws had to stay 😔). (This turned into a long read, will have to continue in the replies ⬇️)
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Kriptokotya
@kriptokotya
How beautiful! You're a magic maker!
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Anna Morris 🎩🍿
@klusya
You're flattering me 🥰
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Kriptokotya
@kriptokotya
Actually no 😄 Recently, I decided to try a light restoration on some doors - they're not valuable, but they’re in terrible condition. I think I scratched one while sanding it. Thankfully, I only worked on one door and on the hidden side, but now I’m wondering what to do next. Now I think it's much harder than it looks 😅
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Anna Morris 🎩🍿
@klusya
I've scratched the poor cupboard many times, it's not that scary 🙏 You were probably doing the first sanding with the harsh sandpaper (p40-80). So these are the options: - do a second sanding with a milder sandpaper (p150-200). This will smooth out the previous scratches and will generally give the wood a more polished finish. - ignore and let go. When you cover it with colour the scratch won't be that obvious. I was lazy with the last side of the cupboard and left some nasty marks from the sanding, but no one will notice if I won't point them out 😅 The scratches usually happen when there's buildup on the sandpaper, so I just try to look out for those 😉
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Kriptokotya
@kriptokotya
Thank you very much for the advice! I'll try and go and get a new sanding today
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