{"id":1899,"date":"2012-12-25T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andresz.com\/wordpress\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2012-12-25T12:27:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T16:27:15","slug":"mid-century-chair-refinished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.degeneratepress.com\/wordpress\/?p=1899","title":{"rendered":"Mid-century Chair Refinished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"chair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.degeneratepress.com\/vault\/2012\/12_chair\/chair1.jpg\" alt=\"chair\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" \/>My mom asked me if we needed  anything around the house. I said we&#8217;d been looking for a mid-century  chair or two. Coincidentally, she had one in her shop. She had spotted a guy tossing this chair out. Nice lines, in good shape, but someone had painted a dark, faux woodgrain over the thing. She took it home with the intent of refinishing it, but gave it to me instead.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d never done a chemical stripping, but mom gave me a jug of Citristrip, a mild stripper that smells like oranges. I got to work.<\/p>\n<p>I had to go through probably 5 rounds of the stuff. Apply, wait a bit, then scrape it off. The instructions said to use those green brillo pads and a plastic paint scraper. The scraper did great on the flat surfaces but the dowels and other round surfaces required other methods. The green scrubber pads didn&#8217;t do a good job either. After my third round, I went to the hardware store and got a scrubbing brush with stiff, plastic bristles. That and a garden hose seemed to do a better job. Another couple of rounds and it was down to bare wood, with paint remaining in some of the deeper scratches.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"chair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.degeneratepress.com\/vault\/2012\/12_chair\/chair2.jpg\" alt=\"chair\" width=\"439\" height=\"600\" \/>A few rounds with an orbital sander and some sanding sponges got most of the scratches and paint off. I couldn&#8217;t do too much without screwing up the lines of the chair, and I couldn&#8217;t do much on the round surfaces either, but it looked a lot better without the paint.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"chair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.degeneratepress.com\/vault\/2012\/12_chair\/chair3.jpg\" alt=\"chair\" width=\"458\" height=\"600\" \/>The results were so pale that I wasn&#8217;t sure what stain would look good on the thing. My first attempt was Minwax Colonial Maple&#8211;hated it. A bit too orange on this particular wood (whatever it is), and not dark enough to cover the scratches and other imperfections in the thing. I didn&#8217;t want to make it more orange, so I stopped at one coat and changed directions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"chair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.degeneratepress.com\/vault\/2012\/12_chair\/chair4.jpg\" alt=\"chair\" width=\"426\" height=\"600\" \/>Next &#8211; Red Oak. Even the first coat looked better. I did a couple more coats, getting it dark enough to hide some of the flaws but not so dark that the grain got lost.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>A coat of beeswax\u00a0 polish and it looks great!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"chair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.degeneratepress.com\/vault\/2012\/12_chair\/chair5.jpg\" alt=\"chair\" width=\"370\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mom asked me if we needed anything around the house. I said we&#8217;d been looking for a mid-century chair or two. Coincidentally, she had one in her shop. She had spotted a guy tossing this chair out. Nice lines, in good shape, but someone had painted a dark, faux woodgrain over the thing. 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