I found this coffee table set at an estate sale a few days ago and I was able to scoop up all
four pieces for sixty dollars a lighter version of this kind of 70s early 80s
Kane webbing has come back into style and been an incredibly strong interior design
trend for the last few years so I always like to scoop it up when I find it it's
a really easy step to update with a little bit of paint and that is exactly what I'm gonna do
oh hello Furniture friends Katie here from salvaged by K Scott I am pumped to get started
working on this set it's all in pretty amazing condition especially compared to the furniture
that I usually get to work on but it does have a few big spots where the lacquered Finish is
bubbled up and starting to chip away from the wood underneath which for me makes this stuff
perfect for a makeover I do think I'm gonna break up the set though and Tuck the octagonal
side table away because I've got a bit of a different idea for that once I get that all
flushed out I'll definitely share it with you and I'm just going to be working on the main
coffee table the other side table and the sofa table today my plan is to lighten up the cane
inserts and then use some enamel paint from Home Depot to paint the frames black the first thing I
need to do is remove all of the glass panels wrap them up and find a safe place for them to chill
so I don't have any accidents and then all clean all of the tables with some of this all-purpose
degreasing cleaner and warm water I always start my projects with this step just because you never
know what's on the surface of used furniture and there's usually some sort of furniture polish
residue on there if nothing else and that can really resist a painted finish [Music]
once everything was dried out again I put a coarse grit sanding pad on my little detail
sander this is going to help me mold around all of the details on here and help to scuff up the
surface enough to create the texture or tooth that I'll need for my paint to make the best Bond but I
do want to note here you definitely do not need a fancy sander or professional grade sanding system
to get this done you could use any foam sanding block to do the same thing pretty quickly by hand
I made sure to pay special attention to any of these spots where the Finish was failing
so I could get all of that loose stuff off and create a smooth transition between the
old finish and the spots that are now bare wood I don't need to sand through the factory finish
on all of the surfaces my goal here is really just to dull that shine and make it feel smooth
I did also sand the cane but I did it with a really light hand this stuff is delicate
it's grass and you can sand right through it or even just tear it without much effort and having
to repair cane webbing or completely replace a panel is a whole different project and not one
that I am interested in undertaking I wipe the tables down with a damp microfiber cloth once I
was done sanding to pick up any dust that was left behind and then I decided to Prime these
with some clear shellac the paint that I'm going to be using on these does recommend a separate
primer but since I'm going dark I don't really want to use a light colored primer like I usually
do this clear shellac means that if there is ever a chip or scratch in my paint job the dark wood
color is what we'll show through instead of the typical white or light gray primer and shellac
sticks to everything and pretty much everything sticks to shellac it is a great adhesion primer
that got about an hour to dry and then I moved on to lightening up the cane the top of the panels
have the same tinted lacquer treatment as the rest of the tables but if I flip them upside
down I can see the natural color of it here so I tried my best at Home Depot to match the
color from memory and I got pretty close with this dainty lace pale yellow from bear it's
not a perfect match but it'll get the job done I grabbed myself a clean brush and then I just
barely dipped the bristles into the can and use this kind of crisscross motion to work the paint
into all of the little crevices in the cane if you get too much paint on your brush it's just gonna
drip down through the holes and make a huge mess so I find this kind of dry brushing works best
all right [Music] I did two coats of this one right after the other to get
an even color and then I left it to dry overnight
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the next morning I took some time to mask off all of the cane panels with
some low tack painters tape and paper so that when
I spray the frames of the tables the cane is going to stay nice and clean
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then I laid out a drop cloth and set all of the tables upside down on some plinths to keep them
up off the ground and also took a second to peel off all of these old felt pads on the bottoms of
the feet [Music] I got out my Wagner Flexio electric sprayer this is the 3000 model and
the detail finish nozzle which is perfect for spring small Furniture surfaces and I grabbed
this can of leftover paint from a dining set that I painted a few weeks ago I had about half of this
quart left over from painting a dining table and four chairs so it should be enough to do
all three of these tables too this satin enamel is an interior exterior paint that's got all of
the durability qualities of an oil-based paint but in a water-based formula that can easily
be cleaned up with soap and water that is why I love it I poured the paint through a paper
strainer after I mixed it really well just to make sure there weren't any little dried bits
in there that might clog my sprayer this paint has got great self-leveling properties in it too
so it can be brushed rolled or sprayed like I'm doing today but they do recommend not thinning it
with anything it's a little bit too thick for me to get good results with my pneumatic spray gun
which is why I've chosen the Wagner Electric option here if I push this thing up to all
of its Max flow settings I've had really good results spraying this paint unthinned foreign
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recommends two coats of this paint for maximum durability and they suggest
four to eight hours in between coats with darker colors taking a little bit
longer than the lighter Shades so once I had this first coat on I just went about
my day and came back about six hours later to spray the second coat [Music]
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the next morning I was ready to flip all of this over and get the rest of the paint on
the tops I just made sure to wipe everything off to get any little crumbs that were stuck
on there from being down near the floor I also had a little scab of paint over the
spray tip from sitting overnight so I picked that off with my fingernail and kept on going
thank you [Music]
there is definitely a little bit of that orange peel texture that this paint gets when it
first hits the surface but it does level out so incredibly smooth as soon as it starts to dry and
this was the same thing I sprayed on a coat waited until about that six hour mark and then came back
for my last coat on the tops just to fill in any light areas that I hadn't hit previously [Music]
when all the Olive dry I peeled up the matte
math paper and tape and I had just a couple of little spots on the corners that I needed to fix
up so I grabbed a little artist brush and hid those Corners with some more of my dainty lace
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this paint does need about a week to cure enough to start using it but it doesn't need
any additional top coat I brought the tables inside and put the glass back in so that I can
show you what they look like now but then I'm going to take that back out and let it finish
curing so that the paint doesn't stick to the glass I am so happy with how these turned out
they still have lots of vintage character but now they're easily able to fit into a more modern home
I think if I was going to be listing them for sale I'd be asking somewhere between five to
six hundred dollars for the set 2 to 250 for the coffee table in the console table and then another
100 for the side table that is a great margin on the 60 initial investment sixty dollars worth of
paint and primer some masking tape and about six hours of Total labor anywho I hope you had fun
working through this project with me let me know your thoughts in the comments remember
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