[Music] Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here and today it's a pine Welsh
dresser that's looking a bit tired and dated, I know how it feels actually!
And we're going to be updating it and modernising it so it looks like this,
absolutely fantastic and unfortunately the drinks are not included in this video!
We're going to be going from this to this right let's get cracking. What you're going
to need today is a pair of rubber gloves these are optional don't have to use them
some fine coarse sandpaper and a sanding block some sugar soap and some masking tape
some good quality brand new paint brushes and you're going to need some chalk paint
we've got this Annie Sloan chalk paint which is really good stuff
some chalk paint wax and you're also going to need a sponge or a cloth and also some lint-free
cloths just to wipe down the wax, and here is the list of items here you can pause that if
you want to get some more detail. We've separated the top and the bottom of the Welsh dresser and
removed the drawers then take your sandpaper and your sanding block just give this a really
light sand all over every part of the dresser that you're going to be painting and it's a good idea
to use 240 grit sandpaper which is a very fine sandpaper, if you've got easily removable knobs
on the front of your cupboard drawers then you can remove those normally you just unscrew them,
talking of cupboard knobs if you've got one that's loose and you can't tighten it up there's a link
above now about how to try and fix that, then take your sugar soap and mix that in a bucket with some
hot water, sugar soap is brilliant stuff because it cleans and prepares surfaces before painting
removes any grease and grime and things like that, then take a non-scouring sponge dip it in the
sugar soap hot water and basically you're cleaning every part of the Welsh dresser where you're going
to be painting so wherever you've sanded this will just make it really nice and clean ready
for painting, you will need to let this dry overnight just to make sure it's fully dry
but just give it a really good scrub this sugar soap is brilliant stuff, let it all dry
completely and this is the next day and look at that it's looking really fresh and clean.
Make sure you put your masking tape on any hinges and we've got some glass windows on
this so we're just putting some masking tape around there to stop the paint going on the glass
then take your chalk paint give that a really good shake and then give it a
stir with a nice clean stick and then it's ready to start painting now ideally when
you're painting especially on the top here it's best to do nice long strokes
but we're actually going to be doing two coats it requires two coats of chalk paint
so the first coat doesn't have to look amazing as long as it's nice and uniform
across the whole Welsh dresser just get one decent coat on it everywhere.
I suppose if you think about it someone like Michael Sheen or Gareth Bale getting dressed
every day then they're Welsh dressers aren't they? But I don't think they need updating!
It's always best to use a really good quality paintbrush oh look there's my dinner in the slow
cooker there looks like a nice stew very tasty bit of bread and butter cup of tea lovely job
so this is the front of one of the drawers
so it's coming on get one decent coat on there
and also on the top part of the Welsh dresser as well
painting it all inside the inside of the cupboard doors
and again we will let this all dry overnight before we put a second coat on
and this is 24 hours later so put another complete coat on of chalk paint
this will give it a really nice finish
looking really nice and remember to paint the inside of those doors as well
it's already looking amazing and we're not even finished yet just doing the
inside of the doors here where you where we've got the masking tape
and look at that that is looking absolutely fantastic but we're not finished yet because
we need to do the chalk paint wax, if it's winter you can warm the wax up on a radiator
that just makes it a little bit more pliable, so let all that paint dry for 24 hours and now we're
going to be applying the wax take a fresh brand new good quality paintbrush dip that in the wax
and then start waxing where you've painted
now this wax is really good because not only does it give it a nice finish it also helps
protect it so if anyone spills a drink on it it'll just run off like water off a duck's back
we only need to put on one coat of chalk wax
once you've got a decent amount on there with your paintbrush
then what you do is you take a lint-free cloth
and you're just smoothing that wax over kind of rubbing it in
just make sure it's got a nice clean uniform finish you've got no blobs
this wax really makes the finish on this really does make it look really nice
and I didn't actually get involved with any of this work my wife did
the whole thing sanded it all down cleaned it all painted it waxed it
now going to be waxing the top of the Welsh dresser
it's quite easy to see where you've wax because it does have this kind of Sheen kind of a wet look
as I mentioned earlier it's really important to use a good quality brand new paintbrush
then take your lint-free cloth and just smooth that over
and you can see here it's really coming on now really looking nice
that chalk wax is absolutely brilliant just gives it a really nice finish and also helps protect it
It's hard work all this filming watching my wife
update the Welsh dresser and she is doing a fantastic job and this is the finished article,
look at this absolutely incredible we are so pleased with that because before at the
beginning it was looking tired dated and now it just looks incredible really really pleased,
and then once you put all your drinks on it look at that wow that just looks so good,
really really happy with that and hopefully you'll be able to get yours updated so it
can enjoy a new lease of life and that's what we all need! And I tell you what all that hard work
of filming my wife doing the Welsh dresser it's made me thirsty, time for a lovely cup of tea,
hello Daisy. In the top right there's a video on how to keep your curtains super smooth on the
curtain rails that is a TOP TIP and in the top left how to remove mould from Silicone without
any scrubbing at all again that is a really good tip, and in the bottom left how to keep
your washing machine hygienically fresh, I hope that video is useful to you, cheers.