Thrift Store Rescue #10 | Mid Century Furniture Restoration

it was a rainy day in Minneapolis a good day to go thrifting there wasn't a whole lot at the thrift store that day but I did find this little nightstand or end table it was pretty rough but I liked the style and it was only ten dollars so I picked it up the finish was in pretty bad shape it had a few chips in the veneer and the veneer on the base was coming off in the back corner first I removed the spiders next I took off the back panel and this would make it a lot easier to refinish the inside and once the back panel was off and the drawer was taken out it was easy to see inside that the veneer they used for the interior was not walnut it was a lot lighter there was some green streaks in the grain that looked kind of like poplar and you could see here how they finished it at the factory you can see that they sprayed a dark finish over the part that was visible underneath the drawer and then on the top where the drawer was you could see where the finish dripped from the outside so it looks like they sprayed a dark finish over the light veneer on the inside to make it look more like the walnut veneer that was used on the outside of the cabinet and then that finish that dripped over on the top that was probably a stain that they used on the outside or maybe a glaze next it was time to strip the finish and there's not really much to this you just want to put on a nice thick coat and then remove it but don't take it off too fast you want to let it do its work and then once it's ready then he can remove it and I usually take it off with a spatula and then I go over it with some steel wool and mineral spirits just to clean off any residue to fix this veneer that was coming off I just put some wood glue in there and put a clamp on it and that was it to fix this big gouge I first used some wood filler I just filled it in and let it dry but then I realized that the wood filler wouldn't be the best solution for an edge repair like that so instead I decided to use some epoxy wood putty so I chipped out all the filler that I just put in then I used epoxy wood putty to fill it in and the epoxy putty comes in a tube and you just slice off as much as you'll need and then knead it together you want to get the two parts mixed together evenly and then just start putting it into the repair and shape it as best you can I like to get it as close as I can to the final shape before it dries so then I have less sanding to do and it helps if you get it a little wet your finger won't stick to it as much when you're shaping it for the sanding I used an orbital sander and I started with 150 grit then went to 180 and then 220 and the base i just sanded by hand and i didn't strip to finish off this because it's just gonna get painted over again anyway after the sanding I applied a stain and I used gel stain for this and it's just a walnut gel stain by general finishes I put it on with a foam brush and then wiped it off with paper towel as you can see here the spot where I used the epoxy putty still need to some attention after the initial stain had been put on so I just took a small brush and some more of the gel stain and just lightly went over it just to try to blend it into the rest of the piece this section around the drawer and also the base both got black paint which is what it originally had and I just used a latex black paint and brushed it on once the stain and the paint had dried I went over the whole piece with some satin spray lacquer and the last step was to put the back panel back on the rain still hadn't stopped once I finished the project so I couldn't take it out to the driveway for my traditional closing shots so here it is in my dimly lit garage thanks for watching

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Keywords: mid century, restoration, thrifting, thrift store, refinish, minneapolis, rain, asmr, mid century modern

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Length: 8min 42sec (522 seconds)

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