Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - Solid oak table
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kcroesch
02-09-06, 12:24 PM
Hello and thanks for your attention,
Background:
I have a solid oak table and 6 chairs with what seems to be a thick clear finish of some sort over the natural wood. We bought the set about 5-6 years ago and now my wife would like it to be antique distressed black. My intention is to strip, then stain, then paint black, then distress by sanding to allow the stain underneath to show through, then clear finish. I am fairly new to this work having only done small projects such as coat hooks and a small shelf, neither of which required stripping. I thought sanding would be the easiest way to remove the finish, so I started on one of the chairs but this has proven to be quite tedious. The chairs have spindles and some intricate lathing.
Questions:
1. Would a chemical stripper be a better option, and if so, what kind?
2. Now that I have started sanding a chair, can it be finished with a chemical stripper, or should I sand it completely?
3. How would you personally tackle this project?
I greatly appreciate your advice. thank you,
Keith
Background:
I have a solid oak table and 6 chairs with what seems to be a thick clear finish of some sort over the natural wood. We bought the set about 5-6 years ago and now my wife would like it to be antique distressed black. My intention is to strip, then stain, then paint black, then distress by sanding to allow the stain underneath to show through, then clear finish. I am fairly new to this work having only done small projects such as coat hooks and a small shelf, neither of which required stripping. I thought sanding would be the easiest way to remove the finish, so I started on one of the chairs but this has proven to be quite tedious. The chairs have spindles and some intricate lathing.
Questions:
1. Would a chemical stripper be a better option, and if so, what kind?
2. Now that I have started sanding a chair, can it be finished with a chemical stripper, or should I sand it completely?
3. How would you personally tackle this project?
I greatly appreciate your advice. thank you,
Keith
DGO1223
02-10-06, 07:29 PM
I had the same kind table, chairs and buffet. Same kind of factory finish. I did not sand at all, I primed with BIN 123 stainblocking primer, 2 coats. I then followed with 2 coats of a cream color paint, did a dry brush tea stained glaze on it, and sealed with 2 coats acrylic poly.
Now, you want to use black, but why on earth would you strip and/or sand all that down and then restain it, then paint it? What color are you wanting to use to show through the black when you distress it? If it's something like a dark red, you could paint the red on first, then black on top of that.
I saw some interesting details on something similar to that online the other day.
The process would be, paint black, paint red, then black. Then lightly distress. The point of the steps would be that the original color would not show through when lightly sanding. Only the red. Or whatever color you want showing through.
I would be willing to try that on something myself sometime.
Now, you want to use black, but why on earth would you strip and/or sand all that down and then restain it, then paint it? What color are you wanting to use to show through the black when you distress it? If it's something like a dark red, you could paint the red on first, then black on top of that.
I saw some interesting details on something similar to that online the other day.
The process would be, paint black, paint red, then black. Then lightly distress. The point of the steps would be that the original color would not show through when lightly sanding. Only the red. Or whatever color you want showing through.
I would be willing to try that on something myself sometime.