welcome or welcome back if this is your first time here my name is katie i am
the owner and artist behind salvaged by k scott i run my very own furniture flipping
business right here out of my garage taking pieces of furniture that i have
thrifted or picked up at the side of the road and bringing them right back to life
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upload a new video this week i am working on a french provincial chest on chest style dresser
this was actually a part of my grandparents bedroom set and my mom has recently decided
to purge a bunch of the hand-me-down furniture that just hasn't been in use in my parents home
so she's gifted me a whole pile of awesome furniture pieces to flip this is a high
quality dixie brand dresser in clean condition it should be a pretty easy one to work on it's
a very traditional style so i'm gonna stick with a simple traditional design just to freshen it up
now i know for a fact that this dresser was dusted and polished on a regular basis for
its entire life in my grandparents home and then in my parents place as well
so i need to give it a really good wash with a degreasing cleaner to break through
all of that lemon fresh build up before i move on to anything else
i took off all of the poles and tucked them into a zip top baggie for safe keeping
and these old drawer liners are not cute so they will need to come out as well
once i had cleaned everything really well with that heavy duty cleaner i came back with some
clean water just to rinse away any residue i added a little lightweight wood filler to some
of the deeper scratches on the top surface of the dresser and around some of the edges as well
and then once that was dry i used some 220 grit sandpaper to smooth out the filler and
also scuff up the old varnish surface to give my primer something good to hold onto
you want to be really careful sanding around curved details like this
i like to use the foam pads that fit on my surf prep sander but if you don't have
a fancy sander like mine i would suggest hand sanding areas like this so that you
don't accidentally grind down these curves or tear off any delicate trim
this is one of surf prep's medium grit rad pads they are perfect for ornate details like this i'll
leave a full list of the products that i used on this project down in the description box for you
before i put my sander away though i want to get the rest of this old paper off of
the bottoms of the drawers and clean up some old scratches and pen marks
so i sanded down all of the drawer interiors with that same 220 grit
sandpaper
so
you know
oh it's been all right
i'll be applying my favorite bin shellac base primer with a four inch microfiber roller since
this is a shellacked base primer and it is really hard to clean out of my spray gun
i prefer to apply it with a roller this primer will give me a little extra grip
and also help block any wood tannins from bleeding through my new painted finish
this primer dries super fast so as soon as i finished with my first coat i went back
to where i started and applied a second coat that is going to be plenty to seal things up
i left the primed dresser to sit and cure up really hard for about an hour
and then i came back with some 320 grit fine sandpaper to knock down any texture
that was left behind by the roller and then i wiped away all of my sanding dust
i mixed up some bb frosh paint transformer powder and water into a donut glaze consistency
and then added in some latex paint this paint transformer powder
will turn my latex paint into the chalk style paint that i prefer to use on my furniture flips
always use the paint and products that you feel comfortable with and you feel are going to give
you the best results this is just what i prefer i added just a little bit more water to get a good
consistency for spraying with my hvlp pneumatic spray gun loaded things up and got to painting
i got really fantastic coverage with just two coats of this color but when i came
back out to check whether it was dry or not i noticed there was just a tiny bit of texture
on my painted surface so i went over the whole dresser with some super fine
sandpaper just to smooth things out one more time and then i was ready to seal
to protect my pretty new paint job i decided to go with my favorite tried and true
verithane diamond wood finish in a satin sheen i cleaned all of the paint out of my
paint gun loaded it up with the varithane and applied two coats over the entire
piece
so
i really loved the authentic antique brass patina that was on the poles so i'm not going to
do anything really fancy with them i just gave them a good clean up in some warm soapy water
i let everything dry really well in the garage overnight and then the next morning
brought it all back into the house and started to put it back together
once i had all of the hardware reattached i used some of my favorite wise owl furniture
salve in the scent righteous rain to rehydrate these crusty old drawer bottoms
this is a really beautiful hemp oil and beeswax product that is lightly scented
and i think is just a really beautiful finishing touch for any furniture piece
i think this is such a gorgeous fresh update and this color
really keeps with the traditional style of this french provincial piece
now it fits perfectly into the cottage core or granny chic style that's currently trending
i was planning on doing a little sign off here in front of the finished dresser
but it's actually already gone to its new home in a beautiful preteen bedroom so i'm just gonna
leave it right here thanks for watching again this week and i will catch you guys next time
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