Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Do-It-Yourself Sanding Furniture

Instead of stripping the finish of many wood tables, cabinets and desks, as a diy-er you always look for the opportunity of refinishing furniture by painting over the existing finish. You must ensure that the original finish does not have cracks within it, or else those cracks may show even after your furniture refinishing project has been completed. This is the necessary consideration before you refinish your furniture.

If the finish gets bad, the first step you should always undertake in your furniture restoration project is the removal process. But if the finish is juts perfect, you can now move straight into preparing the surface for refinishing. You can remove skin oils and furniture polishes you've used while cleaning or even traces of food or drink that have been left on the surface of the furniture. But how do you do this? Simply wipe down the surface you are working with.

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