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great diy content i'm in my shed today doing some upcycling and i have four upcycled projects i'm
doing today that were found at the dump these are fantastic finds and i'm excited to show you what
i'm going to do with them and how i'm going to upcycle them the first thing that i have
is this old vintage window one of the panes of glasses broken but that's okay i can work around
that we're going to clean that up and upcycle it the other up cycle is this little kid's chair it's
really chippy and kind of um in rough shape right now needs to be cleaned up i'm going to upcycle it
and it's really sturdy so i was excited when i found it what the heck was i going to do
with this but when i saw them i had to bring them home it's two legs off of a table but the legs are
really dirty right now but they're the glass balls and the metal claws so i'm gonna clean this up i
have a fantastic idea of what i'm gonna do with this so stay tuned for that and this was the best
find a rocking chair it's really in good shape it's sturdy it's just been really weathered so
i'm going to give it some tlc and bring it back to life and it's going to be perfect on my
porch i was so excited when i found this chair it's in really good shape and it's still really
sturdy i am going to preserve this paint i try really hard to achieve chippy paint like this
so i'm not going to sand it down and start from scratch when this is what i usually try to get
on most of my projects i'm just going to take a 220 sandpaper
and just sand the entire chair and bring some of that lighter teal up from underneath when
it was all finished being sanded i put some black chalk paint on the base of the chair
just to kind of neaten it up because it was kind of blotchy in different colors underneath
i'm going to seal it up with some poly acrylic sealer and it will be ready to display on my porch
this is going to be covered with a roof over it if i was going to have it out on a deck
and exposed to the elements i would seal it with an outdoor polyacrylic sealer i love the chippy
layered look that i achieved just by doing a little bit of sanding and it is gorgeous
next project we're gonna work on this window the one pane of glass was broken
but that's okay because i can work around that and it'll just give it a little bit of character
i've cleaned it all down with some soapy water and some tsp just to get any grease and grime off of
it and again like the chair it has a fantastic chippy finish and i want to try to preserve that
i scraped off any loose paint chips washed it down with soap and water
and then once it was all dry i sealed it up with some poly acrylic sealer once that was
all dry i'm taking my windex on those window panes and i'm making sure it's nice and squeaky clean
for the next step i had these stencils and they fit perfect right in those square panes
i'm going to spray on some spray adhesive so i can place the stencil in that glass and it won't
move around when i paint it and using my stencil brush i'm going to paint with my black chalk paint
and once it was dry i'm going to peel that stencil off and i'm going to repeat that process
on all of the other panes i love using the spray adhesive because it keeps that stencil
nice and firm in its place once it's all dry we're ready to use the mirror effect spray paint
i love this stuff and i've been using it on a lot of projects and the effect is fantastic
for creating an antique looking mirror i've taped off all the wood with some painters tape
when you're using the mirror effect spray you have to have a solution of 50 vinegar and 50 water i've
just put some in my spray bottle and i'm going to spray on the mirror effect a light coat and
then i'm going to take that water and vinegar mixture and just spritz it on that wet spray paint
once it's sat for about 30 seconds you're going to take a paper towel and just dab at it you're just
going to dab wherever there was that vinegar and water mixture that paint is not going to
stick and it's going to give it that mere vintage effect i'm going to do two coats on this mirror
doing the same process you can spray the vinegar water before you spray or after you spray
i don't find it makes that much of a difference everything is completely dry now and it already
is starting to look fantastic but we're going to put some black paint on the back of this
over top where we put the spray paint and that will let the mirror show through better just
putting one coat of my chalk paint over all four of those paints and then peeling off the painters
tape and it is all finished if you haven't used this mirror effect spray paint you should give
it a try i'm almost obsessed with it with all of the projects that i've been using it on i'll put
a link down below in the description so you can grab some for yourself and what a great don't find
now to tackle this table leg it has that metal claw foot and the glass ball inside
it is absolutely gorgeous and i wanted to incorporate it into a vintage antique looking
sign i had this rusty chain and we're going to use that to hang the sign from the table leg
to make new wood look old i like to take a hammer all around the outside and put dings and chips and
holes in it before i paint it i'm going to use some candle wax all around the outside wherever
you put candle wax the paint's not going to adhere and it just gives it an extra level of layers
first coat some of my black homemade chalk paint i always like to start with the darkest color first
now we're going to start layering up some colors the first i'm going to use is this green acrylic
paint i really like creating a crackle finish with hairspray so after that acrylic paint had
stride i'm going to put a really good coat of hairspray all over that board and then
when it's dry i'm going to put the next layer which is this orange and then put another layer
of hairspray on hold tight i know this looks funky but it's going to be worth it in the end
i wanted a little bit more of that green color so i'm just kind of putting speckles of it all
over the top of that last coat of hairspray just brushing it on dry and then i'm going
to put on my last coat which is some white chalk paint now to get the crackle to activate
i use my heat gun i use it on the low setting and you'll see as i dry those crackles are already
starting to appear it creates a really fine crackle it's such a fantastic way
to make a new piece of wood look old and then i'm just going to take my scraper and anywhere there
was candle wax or different layers of paint it's going to bring up those different colors and i
like to use a stencil brush dip it in a little bit of water and just brush away some of that top coat
so it looks more aged and gives you those three dimensional colors i'm going to finish it off
sanding it with an 80 grit sandpaper and we've taken a piece of brand new pine and made it look
antique and old now we're going to turn this into a sign i'm using my mod podge reverse graphic
transfer method i've printed these graphics off on my laserjet printer on regular computer paper
if you want to try this technique make sure you remember to reverse your text
if you want to create one of these signs for yourself this graphic is available in my etsy
store make sure you use the code say 50 so you can get 50 off all of my graphics in the store
the sign has sat for 24 hours i'm taking a little rag with a little bit of water on it
and just dampening them so you can just start to see the graphics show through the paper
and then you rub the paper off and you're left with a fantastic graphic on your sign and this
is what i created with that table leg from the dump i think it worked perfect with this sign
and it looks old and vintage and antique i still have the other table leg and i
think i'm going to make another sign like this because i love this one
i'm ready to tackle this gorgeous rocking chair i couldn't believe when i found it and it's
actually in really good shape the woods kind of dried out and the caning is a little bit brittle
but i'm pretty sure i can save it the first thing i'm going to do is i'm going to take it and wash
it all down with some tsp get it nice and clean and then take a sanding block to it a 220 grit
just to knock off any high edges or any little bit of stain or paint that may be left on it
i wasn't sure what products to use on it so i took a picture of this chair and then
i went to our local home depot i have a fantastic painting section there and they're really helpful
and they pointed me in the right direction of what products to use i'm going to put on some
linseed oil that will just moisturize it and help it not be so brittle and stand up better and for
the wood i'm going to be using some penetrating oil wood finish and i just got a clear finish i
didn't want to stain it another color i wanted to keep it this color so i'm really excited to get
at this and see how it turns out and talk about a fantastic dump find for free i was so excited
i got it all prepped and it's ready for the finishing oil i used a 220 grit sandpaper
over the whole thing it works really well there's a few spots that it didn't come up
and it left a little bit of a dark spot but that's okay because it'll just give it character and then
we're going to put the penetrating oil on next and then i'm going to when that's all dry put the
linseed oil on the caning and i'm going to have a beautiful rocking chair so let's get to work
so
so there you have the four completed projects that i found at the dump in the wood pile i think they
all turned out really great and i was so happy to be able to upcycle them and make them pretty again
let me know down in the comments which one was your favorite thanks for watching have a great
day and we'll see you in the next video and if you love this video i'm sure you'll love the next one