How To Refurbish Antique Furniture

Wooden furniture often holds a special place in our homes because it is so timeless and can easily be passed down from one generation to the next. Well built wood furniture is hard to come by these days and often costs a small fortune when bought new. More and more do-it-yourselfers are buying older pieces of wooden furniture and refinishing them back to their previous condition. Refurbishing old furniture is a good way to get "new" furniture at a fraction of the cost.

Refurbishing plain pieces of furniture is always less challenging when you're first starting out, so you might want to begin with a piece like a small desk or even an old door. The process of turning an old piece of wooden furniture that has been forgotten and returning it to a noteworthy piece of art can be time consuming but the end results are worth it. If you have persistence and a little bit of curiosity then it isn't difficult to restore most wood furniture pieces. Here are the basic steps you'll follow to restore most wooden pieces of furniture:

Dealing with the original finish of a piece of wood furniture is the first challenging task you'll have to undertake. You'll first want to remove any old paint or finish carefully without damaging the wood beneath it. You can reveal the bare wood surface of a piece of furniture with chemical removing agents, specially designed scrapers and lots of arm muscles. Taking off an old paint finish can take a long time, so take your time and try not to get frustrated by how long it takes.

There are lots of different tricks you can follow when you have to sand antique wood furniture pieces with different power sanders. After removing all the old finish you'll want to sand every surface of the furniture piece you're refurbishing. Sanding a piece of wood furniture removes any left over finish and it preps the bare wood to accept a new stain of some sort. There are lots of different tips you can follow when sanding old wooden pieces of furniture with different power sanders.

You can repair split wood pieces with an adhesive and use wood putty to hide any obvious dents. At this point you will want to fix anything that's not working on your wooden piece of furniture. If your wooden furniture piece has any metal moving parts or knobs that aren't working you'll want to replace them now.

At last, you can move on to applying a new finish to your old wooden furniture piece. When it's time to choose a finish you'll have a lot of options open to you. There are many different types of stains you can use to change the color of your furniture and then you should consider what type of wood protection you're going to use to preserve that new finish.

When your furniture refinishing project is all done it's comforting to know that you can transform a piece of trash into gold! Restoring an antique piece of furniture is often an incredibly challenging project to take on. Turning a forgotten furniture piece into a surprising treasure can be a great summer home improvement project.

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