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
painting and restyling found and thrifted furniture
my absolute favorite thing to do is take a piece of furniture
that is worn out or just plain outdated and turning it into something sleek and
modern again in this week's video i am going to take
things right back to basics i am going to do this transformation old
school the way i did four years ago when i
first started painting furniture before i had all the fancy tools
i love making over small dressers like this
they're so versatile this guy is the perfect size
to be an oversized nightstand a change table in a baby nursery
extra storage in the guest room or home office
an entry table the possibilities are endless
so when i found this guy for 17 at the habitat for humanity restore you better
believe i snatched it up i want to do a sleek
light two-toned or paint dipped finish on this guy
and i'm gonna go back to basics i'm gonna put down my fancy sander
and my paint gun a few months ago i invested in this surf prep 3x4 electric
ray sanding system with a vacuum hookup i absolutely love it but it's expensive
and i started this business way back when
with a little mastercraft mouse sander you can get a lot done with a cheap
little sander like this for the new design i have in mind i need
to strip the old finish off of the top section of this dresser
i started out with some 80 grit sandpaper on my mouse sander
to avoid sanding swirls you want to try and move your sander slowly
with the grain of the wood and try not to apply too much pressure
you want to let the machine do the work since i'm already here sanding i went
ahead and just scuffed up the bottom portion of
the dresser that i'm going to be painting
as well
once i was done removing the original finish and stain with my 80 grit
sandpaper i went ahead and switched it up to a
120 grit to start smoothing things out
then i switched out my sandpaper one more time to a 150 grit to start closing
up the wood grain and get it ready for my new lighter
stain color
she is looking like quite a mess at the moment but don't you worry i've got big
plans the next morning i came back and just
went over everything one more time by hand sanding with that 150 grit
sandpaper just to make super extra sure i didn't
have any swirl marks from my sander
this dresser is constructed with maple which tends to be
a little finicky when it comes to even stain coverage
because of that i decided to pre-treat with some of this verithane wood
conditioner wood conditioners or pre-stain
treatments like this seal up the top layer of the wood so
that the stain color that you apply will absorb a little more evenly i just
followed the directions on the can applying with a clean lint-free rag 30
minutes before i was ready to stain
for my new wood color i'm going to use this verithane ultimate wood stain
in the color sun bleached again just applying it as directed on the can
with a clean lint-free rag once i had my stain
applied to the entire surface i came back with another rag and wiped
away any excess
after i left my stain to dry for a few hours i came back out to the garage and
taped off the bottom portion of this dresser
that i'm going to be painting bright white
here i'm using some frog tape which is my preferred brand when i'm wanting a
really clean crisp line it just works better than
anything else i've ever used i'm going to go ahead and prime all of
the areas that i'm going to be painting with some zinzer bin primer this is
going to seal in anything that is going to want
to stain my new bright white finish
i like to let this primer dry really well for a few hours
and then i came back in with some 400 grit
extra fine sandpaper on a sanding block and sanded back any texture that was
left behind by my roller
now i'm going to apply some rust-oleum chalked
in linen white with my zebra two inch palm pro
paint brush when i'm brushing chalk style paints i like to add a little bit
of water both to my paint and to my brush i find it helps the
paint glide a little easier over the surface and also reduces brush strokes
i like to pop my brush into a little plastic zip top bag between coats to
keep it fresh i also like to sand again with that 400
grit sandpaper between coats of paint to minimize brush strokes and keep
everything sleek and crisp
after i applied two coats of the chalk paint sanding in between
coats i wanted to apply two coats of this
verithane poly topcoat i decided to seal the painted portion on its own
so that i wasn't accidentally dragging any of that white pigment
up into my wood stained area the zebra fan brush is my preferred
brush of choice for applying liquid
topcoats
once i had two coats of top coat applied to the painted portion of the dresser
i went ahead and peeled off that tape and applied
two coats to the top wood stained area as well
and before i put my dresser back together i decided to
apply the same sun bleached wood stain to the sides and
interiors of the drawers just to finish everything off
never ever let not having all the fancy tools
hold you back from being creative let's take a look at what i created with
a really old sander and a paintbrush i got this feeling like
it's starting now starting now i feel adventurous with you
and there is nothing that can hold back hold us back
we can do what we want to do
together
i hope you guys love this transformation just as much as i do
if you are not already subscribed to my channel i would be so grateful if you
could take a moment to do that before you go today
and i will catch you guys next time