Dear visitors of the site, from the master class presented by the author, you will learn and learn how to independently restore the old
furniture.
As you know, old tables and chairs are often simply thrown away, because it looks gloomy and old-fashioned. But this is not very appropriate at today's prices for furniture products.
By the way, the furniture of the old (sample), for example, Sovetskaya, is made very well and bringing it into a divine form, it will serve for more than a dozen years.
Let's consider what the master will need for the restoration? And also carefully consider all the stages of the work.
Materials1. restoration subject (table)
2. sandpaper
3. silver paint with purple tint (spray)
4. hardware
5. plywood
6. screws
7. rags
9. polishing
10 varnish
Instruments1. drill
2. sandpaper
3. brush
4. screwdriver
5. chisel
6. hammer
7 hacksaw
The restoration process of the old table do it yourself.And so, the old table was taken as a basis, having lived a very long life, inherited from the grandmother to the author. At first glance, it looks very inconspicuous and even dull, in places the plywood exfoliated, a lot of scratches and chips, the varnish burned out from the sun and time. But the general appearance is still stately, for this reason the master decided to reanimate him.
To begin with, all the boxes were removed and a visual assessment was made of all the more problematic areas requiring urgent restoration. On almost all crates, the bottom is stratified, plywood should be replaced with a new one.
Removes the old plywood and fastens the new one, making the bottom the old size.
All old fittings are also removed from the table, because the author will subsequently install a new one that fits the new style. The old should be left "useful in the household."
Then the table is taken out into the open air, because the work will be quite dusty, as well as contact with paints and varnishes, or painting should be carried out in a well-ventilated room. Oilcloth was spread under the table so as not to litter in the yard.
Further, it is necessary to remove the old coating of varnish or paint, for which today various washings and solvents are used, and you also have to work hard with sandpaper so that there is no trace of the old coating.
The work is laborious and you need a lot of patience with monotonous work.
And here the long-awaited moment (painting) came. The master will paint his table with a spray can, of course, one can’t paint the whole table with one spray, it will have to shell out for 2-3 balloons. The author paints with a thin layer so that the picture of the tree is slightly visible.
If you have a bullet machine, then it will be much easier and more economical for you to color the restored furniture.
Coloring should be done at a certain distance and evenly distribute the stream of paint from the spray can over the painted surface in order to avoid smudges.
After the table has been painted and a certain time allotted for drying has passed, the master applies an additional layer of varnish, just as you can rub with a special composition based on wax, so that the product glistened and glossed playing in the color of the sun.
In place of the old fittings, a new one, matching the new style of the table, is screwed. Here everyone should have their own choice and preference.
Look at the beauty that came about in the end.
Such a table will fit perfectly into any interior and will delight the author and his household for a long time with its appearance, it’s even possible that it will be inherited by the owner’s grandchildren, but as they say “this is another story”
As can be seen from the presented material, it is not so difficult to restore old furniture with your own hands, the main thing is to have a desire) Next time, think carefully before throwing a table or chair out on the street that has served your family for a long time.
This concludes the article. Thanks for attention!
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