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| in the beginning... |
i tackled my first solo woodworking project! got a great old chair from a consignment shop in town, she thinks it came either from a courthouse or a library. it's really reeeeally nice, real wood, nice and heavy, a great find. but it was USED. lots of scratches, plus it wasn't the color i wanted either. so here we go.
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| sanded down to most of what i could reach with the power sander. gotta make sure you use good pressure or it'll take forever to get through the varnish |
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| if i do this again, i'll do these tiny parts first that are hard to reach. after you spend hours sanding the rest, these little guys are a real pain. |
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| rubber gloves, stain brush, stain, stir sticks, rag. all of these are required. next time i might use those cheapy foam brushes (a lot of people use those for staining), but for this project i used a brush and a cloth to wipe the excess off. the directions say nothing about wiping with a cloth, but my dad is a great woodworker, most of my general wood knowledge comes from him. GLOVES are SO important. stain will stain your hands and it is SO STICKY. |
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| this 1/2 pint was enough for 2 chairs |
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| stain applied with brush |
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| stain wiped with cloth |
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| you can see the left-to-right motion of wiping the stain |
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| i left the seat for last, and it had stain splattered all over it by the time i got to it, so i hit that with sandpaper again before i stained that part |
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| VOILA! it's beautiful, and it looks like new |
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| the best thing about wood is all the natural variation in color that's possible. |
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| good extra seat for the living room, all it needs now is a throw pillow! i can handle that. |
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