Making Over A FREE Dresser & How to Fix Lifting Veneer

hello my furniture friends welcome or welcome back  if you're new here my name is katie i am the k   in salvaged by k scott i'm a full-time  furniture painter and refinisher   and in this week's video i'm going to bring  you guys along with me through the entire   makeover process of yet another free dresser that  i picked up off the curb and saved from the trash   last week as i was scrolling through my facebook  marketplace feed like i do a million times a day   i was so excited when i scrolled  past a five minute old post   for a free curb alert mid-century modern  dresser i hopped in my van so fast and   scooped this guy up despite being really dirty  and already painted in some blue chalk paint   this piece is in really fantastic condition all  of the drawers are dovetailed and work smoothly   there doesn't appear to be any major damage  just a few nicks on the corners of the drawers   i can tell that this is chalk paint because it's  really porous and matte to the touch and chalk   paint just has a very distinctive feel the person  who painted this previously did a really nice job   with their paint but it never got sealed with a  wax or a protective poly top coat that chalk paint   really needs i looked all over this piece for a  maker's mark or any kind of branding information   and i couldn't find it anywhere and it's also  missing all of its original hardware when i   take a look at the inside of the dresser i can see  that it is built out of the typical particle board   with a wood veneer over top and that's okay it is  still solid and sturdy the first thing i wanted   to do was remove those awkward looking placards  on those middle three drawers usually these are   tacked on with small finishing nails and  you have to pry them off but when i took   a look on the inside of these drawers i could  see that they were held on with three screws once i removed the screws from the back  the front placard just fell right off   very surprisingly to me anyways these are actually  solid wood pieces and i thought they were a neat   shape and could be useful so you may see them in  a future video repurposed into something else next   up i removed the rest of the drawers so i could  take a look at the interior structure of the piece   i always check over the drawer runners make sure  there aren't any loose nails or screws popping out   and then i started vacuuming out  some of the dust bunnies and cobwebs   this is normally the part of my process where  i give everything a really good scrub down with   a strong degreasing cleaner but i'm going to be  making a ton of a mess sanding down the texture   that is built up with this blue chalk paint so  i decided to take a risk and do my sanding first   i put some coarse 80 grit sandpaper on my five  inch random orbital sander and started sanding   my first intention was to remove as much of this  chalk paint as i could but as i was sanding with   this really heavy duty aggressive sandpaper i  could tell that this paint was adhered extremely   well which is a great thing for me that means i  don't have to remove all of the paint in order to   put my new paint on top i'm completely confident  that this blue paint is on there and it's not   going anywhere and it's not going to affect  my finish after i had come to that conclusion   i decided to give up on removing the paint and  just to smooth everything out this blue chalk   paint had been hand brushed and there were quite  heavy textured brush strokes in the finish so i   used my sander just to eliminate all of that brush  stroke texture and smooth out any areas of damage   i like to use my five inch random orbital sander  on flat surfaces like the body of this dresser   and these drawer fronts because it gets the  job done really quickly but when it comes to   curved details trim and edging i like to switch  it up to my surf prep 3x4 electric ray sander this   sander fits into tight furniture spots much more  easily than the round sander and it does a great   job with these foam sanding pads of getting around  curves and contours without flattening them out once i had the previous paint job smoothed out and  i was satisfied with the way it was feeling to my   hand it was time to fill in those old hardware  holes for this one i'm going to be using some   of this pc lumber wood epoxy this is a two-part  epoxy product it comes in a tube with a lighter   putty color in the middle and a darker natural  wood tone wrapped around it basically all you do   is mix those two putties together until you get  a consistent color and then you can use it to   fill in old hardware holes or make repairs and  it will dry as hard as wood in about an hour   a few of the corners on the drawers were missing   some of their veneer so i used  my putty to fill in that as well after i'd smoothed out all of my wood putty  i noticed that there was one drawer that was   having a lot of issues with veneer it was cracked  and lifting in a lot of spaces so i went ahead   and grabbed my wood glue and i'm going to try  and save this i bought a 10 pack of these craft   syringes off of amazon and they are perfect for  getting your wood glue into tight spaces i used   the syringe to apply the glue up underneath the  veneer and there were a few spots where i actually   had to grab a little razor blade to kind of pry it  up far enough that i could get the syringe inside   once i had the glue where i wanted it i  clamped everything down and let it dry now comes the deep clean i mixed up a  bowl of hot water and dawn dish soap   and gave the whole dresser inside and out a really   thorough cleaning nobody wants to buy a  dresser with someone else's dust inside the last thing that i want to do before i move on  to primer and paint for this piece is to protect   the inside of the drawers they are beautiful bare  wood in really clean condition so i don't want to   risk getting any overspray or paint drips on the  inside i use some low tack green painters tape   to cover things like the dovetails on the sides of  the drawers and then i used some scotch brand blue   painters tape and plastic in one to encase  the drawer so that i don't make a mess   i will leave a link to all of the products that  i used in this video down in the description box hmm my next step is primer as always i'm using  my favorite zinzer bin shellac base primer   this product tends to separate really quickly the  shellac will separate out of the white pigment   base all you need to do is just make sure that  you give it a really good stir up before each use   for the sake of speed i decided to spray my primer  with my gravity fed hvlp pneumatic spray gun   i run this gun with a 30 gallon air compressor  that is just barely big enough to keep up with me   i always apply at least two coats of this primer  it dries really quickly so usually by the time   that i have covered the entire piece it's dry  enough for me to go back and immediately apply   a second coat and then i usually let it dry  for three or four hours before i move on to paint once my primer was nice and dried hard  i came back with my little surf prep   sander again and some super fine 400 grit  sandpaper just to give it a final smooth out   there happened to be a ton of dandelion fluffs  floating around from the lawn that day so i had   a few of those that landed in my wet primer  and this sandpaper is gonna take care of that the color that i've chosen to paint this dresser  is a little outside of my own personal comfort   zone when it comes to flipping furniture but  i bought the can of paint about six months ago   because i loved the color it spoke to me and i've  been waiting for the right piece to come along   this is that piece i'm going to be painting this  massive dresser in a house in canvas paint color   called burnt sienna it is a gorgeous  warm earthy terra cotta orange and   these colors on their own might seem a little  intimidating but terra cotta and these kind of   muted oranges and corally pinks are so hot right  now in interior design and home decor trends   i think this dresser is  going to wear this color well house in canvas is a low voc really user  friendly matte chalk style furniture paint   it dries very quickly so i let my first coat sit  for about an hour then i came back and gave it a   light sand again dandelion fluffs and wet paint  don't mix and went ahead and applied my second   coat of paint as soon as that second coat of  paint was dry i lined up all of the drawers   and drilled some new holes for the hardware  that i'm going to be putting on this piece   i really wish that i would start remembering to  drill my new hardware holes before i paint a piece   that way if i mismeasure or i make a mistake i've  got lots of opportunity to fix it before the final   paint job is done but c'est la vie this is where  i end up every time as soon as my husband got   home i had him help me bring this beast inside  the house and now i'm going to seal it up with   some of housing canvas's ultra matte wax top  coat i've chosen to use a wax top coat over my   usual satin poly top coat because i want to keep  this piece ultra matte i just think it suits this   color better than a slightly shiny finish and  once this wax dries down it will be just that   dead flat this is a soft wax that is very easy  to apply housing canvas does also sell a great   kind of medium sized wax brush which i find  fits in my hand perfectly basically all you   do is smear the wax over the painted surface and  then i come back once i've got my section waxed   with a clean lint-free rag buff off any extra and  swipe it back and forth sort of in the direction   that the wood grain would go so that you get a  nice soft even finish across the entire surface once i had all of the drawers waxed and put back  into the dresser it was time to start putting on   my new hardware these delicious chunky brass  poles are also sourced from house and canvas   they almost match the metallic on the original  legs of this piece not quite but close enough   and i just really loved the lines on  these i think that they pair well with   the straight line details on the dresser  as well as the curved drawers on the sides   you guys let me know what you think about  this hardware choice down in the comments so so a really quick numbers breakdown for those of  you who are here for that i have my general   shop expenses like sandpaper cleaner um wood  filler stuff like that then i have my primer   paint and wax and the real big ding out of  the budget for this one was the hardware   hardware can be expensive especially if you are  replacing it on a nine drawer dresser that was   the biggest chunk of my expenses on this flip  but all together only about 116 in on this one   i spent a total of somewhere between six and seven  hours worth of labor working on this piece and i'm   gonna sell it for 525 that leaves me a profit of  409 which is great for me but more importantly   i have saved this beautiful sturdy useful piece  of furniture from the landfill and you can't be   mad about that thank you for hanging out with me  again this week i'm gonna leave a few videos here   that i think you might be interested in watching  next and i will catch you guys next time you

Channel: Katie Scott SALVAGED by k. scott

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Keywords: MCM, Mid Century Modern, Mid Century Furniture, Furniture Flipping, Trash to Treasure, Furniture Makeover, Furniture Transformation, Restyled Furniture, Refinished Furniture, Painted Furniture, Chalk Paint, Chalk Painting Furniture, House & Canvas, Furniture Paint, DIY, Spraying Chalk Paint, Veneer, Fixing Veneer, Side Hustle, Flipping Furniture for Profit, Furniture Flipping Business, Salvaged by K. Scott, Free Furniture, Thrifted Furniture, Thrift Flip, Upcycled, Thrift

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Length: 17min 8sec (1028 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 12 2021