hello YouTube welcome or welcome back if you are new here my name is Katie I am
the owner and artist behind salvaged by K. Scott I run my business right here
out of my home where I take found and thrifted furniture pieces that are a
little worn out restyle them and send them home to be loved again the dresser
I'm going to be working on today is a mid-century modern style piece that you
may have seen hanging around in the background of my last few furniture
flips so stick around to see how I took this banged up brown old dresser and
turned it into something bright and beachy
this dresser is one that I found at the side of the road for completely free you
can see here quite clearly it has seen better days it's constructed completely
of MDF and laminate with the exception of some solid maple poles and legs a
couple of the drawers had been repaired at some point this one is particularly
messy with glue so we're gonna have to deal with that and here's a fun drawer
repair that I don't think I've ever encountered before
besides the rather messy glue jobs on the drawers the rest of the dresser is
structurally sound I did notice though that the back of the drawers are missing
the glides that help them slide in and out I removed all the maple poles from
this dresser I will be sanding them down refinishing them and reusing them on
this piece
and I don't think we need this nasty old drawer liner
you
once I removed all of this old packing tape I sanded down as much of the
residue as I could with some 80 grit sandpaper I also used my 80 grit
sandpaper to get into the dovetail areas that were caked in glue as well
and now the whole dresser is going to get a good scrub down with some TSP or
trisodium phosphate thank you to everyone who has messaged me telling me
I need to wear gloves while using this product I am aware however I never
remember these gloves are for you
and here I'm just wiping everything down with some clean water to remove any
residue left behind by that TSP once everything was nice and dry I went over
the whole piece with some 120 grit sandpaper to scuff up the laminate
surface and also buff out any scratches or nicks
I used some dry decks spackling to fill in some of the bigger gouges on the
front surface and then once that was dry they got sanded smooth as well
I use the same 120 grit sandpaper on these legs to remove the brown paint and
reveal the really pretty maple underneath the same process happened on
all four poles as well because I'm going to be painting this in a very light
color I decided to prime the whole piece with some of this bin shellacked based
primer this stuff is very stinky so try and use it either outside or in a
well-ventilated area I like to apply my bin with a four inch roller that I can
just toss when I'm done this is not a fun product to clean up so I like to
make it as disposable as I can
once my two coats of primer were completely dry I came back with some 220
grit sandpaper and sanded out any texture left behind by the ruler I'm
gonna be painting the body of this dresser in lazy linen by country chic
paint it is a beautiful pale gray color I like to add an ounce or two of water
to this paint just to help it flow through my gun a little smoother
while my second coat of lazy linen dries I took the legs and the poles down into
the basement and I'm going to be coating them with some of this country chic
glaze in the color limestone it's gonna give a really pretty whitewashed or
pickled effect and now it's time to seal everything up with some country chic
clear coat I like to apply a liquid top coat to any chalk or mineral based
paints that I use to make them wipeable and just add an extra layer of
protection I applied two full coats to the dresser and also the poles and legs
and now I'm going to install some new nylon drawer glides I'm not sure why
these were missing from the dresser but they are necessary to keep the drawers
where they're supposed to be
time to put everything back together and deal with the finishing touches
and just to cap off this amazing transformation I wanted to let you know
that this dresser sold within two hours of me posting it for sale on my Facebook
page if you love a good old fashioned furniture flip anywhere not already
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next time
you