Questions tagged [refinishing]
Techniques, tools, products and safety related to removing finish from a piece and reapplying a new finish.
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Sanding barn beam that is already coated in water based poly
I purchased a used barn beam with the intention of using it as a gas fireplace mantel. The beam is currently coated with a water based poly. I would like to stain the beam to make it darker. Is it ...
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Refinishing antique mahogany table tops with white stains and some raised grain and uneven color
I have a pair of beautiful mahogany end tables that have lived pretty hard for some years. The sides and drawers are in pretty good shape. The tops, however, have areas with raised grain and areas ...
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Refinishing 100 year-old plus stairs
I have finished stripping four or five layers of paint off my 125-year-old stairs.
I don’t wanna paint them again. I would like to keep the wood as close to natural as possible. It is Pinewood.
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How to remove scratches in finish
My darling cat scratched a section of a windowsill trim that is stained and I am looking for the best way to remove these light scratches. It looks like most of them are just in the finish. Should I ...
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removing scratches from a table
I acquired a dining table (link below) which is in pretty good shape but has some surface scratching on it - nothing major, just normal wear but it shows when the light hits it right. I did use the ...
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Can I do touch-ups of finish losses on my vintage furniture?
I have this old mid-century credenza that has some kind of finish on it (it's sold wood not cheap stuff). It's in great shape and only has a few very small scratches and a penny sized spot where the ...
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Grain filler to reduce milky/ white-ish appearance on poplar burl
I have recently acquired a guitar and ended up sanding though the clear coat of it, as described in this question. Now I am trying to find the best way to refinish the body.
In the picture below we ...
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re-finishing only a limited area of a guitar body
I have bought an Ibanez electric guitar some time ago and the finish was really bad, the top coat was very wavy and not properly finished, like it had not been properly sanded. So I decided to sand it ...
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Will splotchy bleached wood stain evenly?
I’m trying to refinish an old oak table.
I stripped it with Klean Strip™ premium stripper, two rounds to get all varnish off.
Sanded with a 150 grit. Then I cleaned with mineral spirits. Then let it ...
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What would cause wood filler to turn black when refinishing oak floor?
I was refinishing some old oak floors in rough condition, and troweled in Duraseal wood filler after a rough sand. Mostly, it worked fine, but in some places in one room, the filler turned dark or ...
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How to fix failed attempt to remove spot on table?
I built this table out of ash, and finished it with Osmo Polyx hardwax oil, about 2 years ago. Recently a brown stain about 1/2" circle appeared. It looked to be down deep in the wood. The Osmo ...
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Prep for refinishing shellacked dining room table
I was gifted with a dining room table whose top is now worn enough that it's probably worth refinishing. Current evidence is that it's finished with shellac, though I need to make sure I'm not just ...
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Help IDing what the type of wood finish this is
The project is to renew these handrails, but I found it hard to figure out which type of finish this is. I sanded a part of wood, tried various finishes:
Interior wood varnishes (all kinds: gloss, ...
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Is it possible to smooth over sides of re-finished area?
This will be a very basic question, but I'm not sure I trust Googled results. For example, there is a suggestion that I "feather out" polyurethane finish; my experience tells me that it is ...
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What finish is this and how can I fix after bad coffee accident…?
I just had a pretty bad friday morning coffee spilling experience and the coffee seem to have ruined the surface finish of two of my kitchen chairs:
Either the heat or the acid in the coffee caused ...
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