hey guys welcome or welcome back if you're new here
my name is katie i am the owner and artist behind salvaged by k
scott i make my living right here out of my home in bradford ontario
painting and restyling found and thrifted furniture
this week's video is going to be yet another awesome free facebook find
i saw this ad pop up in my marketplace feed
and i knew i had to have it so what i picked up
is actually a two-piece dining hatch but i'm not a hundred percent convinced
that the top and the bottom were originally
meant to be together the size is very different the backboard
on the top shelving unit and the backboard
on the bottom credenza piece are completely different
materials and i don't know they just looked kind
of awkward together so i went ahead and split up the pair
i'll be focusing on the bottom buffet section in this video
so this cabinet obviously used to have some doors and they look like they were
rather unceremoniously removed or ripped off i should say and there is
quite a bit of damage from that
first step as always is a cleaning with my heavy duty
tsp you always want to remember to go back with a clean rag
and some plain water to remove any soap residue when you're finished
since the doors are missing i'm not going to need these magnetic catches
anymore so i'm going to add them to my hardware stash
to fill in these really large damaged areas i'm going to be using some of this
epoxy wood putty it's a two-part product that
you mix together and it's sort of like wood play-doh
i forgot to put my latex gloves on while i was working with this and i regretted
it it is quite sticky and toxic gloves are
definitely recommended
while i'm waiting for that epoxy to set up i'm going to sand the interior of the
drawers just to freshen them up and remove any ink stains from the previous
life of this piece
this epoxy takes approximately one hour to cure but because i used so much of it
in a concentrated area i let it sit for three hours
i then went back with some 80 grit sandpaper which is quite coarse
to grind down any excess and recreate those sharp
90 degree angles that would have been on the original piece
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i also gave the rest of the piece a quick scuff sanding with some 220 grit
sandpaper
i then switched out my sandpaper one more time to a 150
medium grit sandpaper to remove the original finish
and stain from the bottom skirt and legs of this piece
i recently splurged and bought myself a fancy surf prep
3x4 electric ray sander the thing that i really love about this sanding system
are these foam pads that allow you to sand contoured surfaces
without compromising the shape this medium grit sanding pad was the
perfect way to strip sand these curvy legs
and as always i removed any sanding dust that was created with a damp rag
i'm going to be using my favorite zinzer bin shellac base primer
to prime this piece two coats of this primer is going to give me really good
stain protection for any wood tannins that want to leach
up where i've sanded through the original finish
it's also going to seal up the porous wood filler that i use to make my
repairs
to paint this piece i'm going to be using rust-oleum chalked in country gray
i'm going to do the bottom skirt first in a paint wash you've seen me do this
before in previous videos i mix a tiny bit of paint with a whole
lot of water and brush it over a bare wood surface as
a faux stain
and now i'll use my hvlp pneumatic spray gun
to spray the top of the dresser and all of the drawers with that same
country gray
i do always thin my chalk paint when i'm spraying with
some water but it's not really a precise recipe i'd say it's probably about three
quarters of a pint of chalk paint and 1 8 of a cup of water
you should probably also mix your paint up before you add it to the hopper and
definitely filter it before you start spraying
my pore and shake technique is definitely not the proper way to do it
but it gets the job done for me i went ahead and applied
three coats of this paint to the top portion of the dresser and all six
drawers
apparently i completely gapped on pressing the record button
for the protective portion of my furniture flip
i did go ahead and seal this piece with three coats of verithin diamond wood
finish in satin which you can see me do in
pretty much all of my other furniture flips i don't even know what i was
thinking apparently i wasn't thinking about
youtube
i have been totally crushing on this wise owl furniture valve
to revive any old wood drawers lately it just brings the wood right back to
life and leaves a beautiful scent behind
i use a brush to apply the salve all over the interior of the drawers and
then i wipe off any excess with a lint-free rag
let's take one more quick look at the before of this piece
and then i'll show you guys how it all came
just what you together to trust
feelings
the forever has known it all along
maybe this is where our story starts
maybe it was written in the stars and that wraps up another awesome
furniture refresh if you love a good old-fashioned
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and i will catch you guys next time