We received a chair that belonged to Conor's Granny as a child, and we wanted to refinish it for the nursery. Conor started working on it in January. He began by using stripper to remove the old green paint.
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Last week, Conor applied a couple more coats of stripper and spent many, many hours sanding the chair. He borrowed an electric sander but also did quite a bit of it by hand. Conor also tightened the joints since they had become lose over the last 90-plus years.
Here the chair is sanded and ready for the next step. The oak looked beautiful.
Conor applied 2 coats of Minwax stain in Natural since we wanted to keep the wood pretty true to its natural color. He followed this with 4 coats of General Finishes Semi-Gloss Poly, a water-based poly that we also used on our headboard.
Conor with the beautifully finished chair that will always remind us of Granny.
