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Little kid tables dark stain9/28/2023 We have family coming to town to sit around this table with us…we can’t wait! The vintage blue chairs are from Craigslist and they bounce! and wipe down beautifully. Then we used our paint sprayer to spray the bottom of the table and the chairs.Īnd here it is in the kitchen, bare and clean for just a second. I called in my favorite 4 yr old assistantĪnd we went to town with a toothbrush, some Dawn dish soap and warm water. I decided to use the same color as our entryway: Glidden’s Olivewood.įirst, you need to clean your nasty chairs. Now, for our captains chairs and the bottom of the table. You’ll want to lightly sand between the coats of protectant~I use a very fine sanding block. I use a cheap brush that I can toss after the job. It’s been almost indestructible with my 5 kids (except for some spilled nail polish remover!)Īpply one coat at a time, again with the wood grain. UPDATE 2016: Zip Guard was okay, but I now recommend a clear lacquer in a stain finish. Time will tell, but right now it gets two thumbs up from me. The guys at my local hardware store recommended it and said it was stronger than poly, and it has withstood everything my kids have dished out in the past 3 months. It comes in satin, it’s water based and it is tough as nails. After your stain is dry, you’ll want to protect all of your hard work! I love this finish: Zip Guard Wood Finish. It’s already looking so much better! Maybe all that blasted sanding was worth it?Ĥ. Here is the difference in the stained table and the sanded leaf. Let your first coat dry, then apply additional coats until your color is achieved. I used three different gel stains to get the color I wanted. Apply wood conditioner, wait about 15 minutes and then wipe off the excess. Down with anymore sanding! Make sure you get it bare and smooth.Ģ. It also made the decision for me not to sand the legs of the table. It took me about 3 hours (with plenty of interruptions) with an electric sander. Completely sand down the existing finish on the table. It has been such a good, solid table to us, but she really needed a facelift. 3 children later and now we use both leaves. We started out using the table with our 2 oldest girls without any leaves. Remember when we used to shp from the newspaper classifieds before Craigslist? It was $450 and our first major furniture purchase. We got our table in 2003 from the classified ads in Boise, Idaho. UPDATE: we re-finished it again, here is the updated post. “Round or square, mahogany or oak, the table is the heart of every home, the nucleus of domestic life.” ~Doris Christopher
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