It was overdue for re-upholstery, so I picked up some material yesterday and recovered my 1950’s Steelcase chair. The finish on this one is in okay shape, but I really want to refinish both it and its twin which I spent a bit of time cleaning up yesterday.
It’s now been redubbed the Quidditch chair by the household.
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Made some good progress on furniture refinishing projects today. The weather has finally warmed up a bit for improved painting and drying times.
Day Four on the Shaw-Walker Filing Cabinet
Rust mitigation, sanded, cleaned, and primed all four drawers, primarily the front faces and edges, though the full bottom on one drawer;
Primed the bottom of the cabinet to prevent further rusting;
Next steps:
Choose a paint color and get clear coat;
I’m half tempted to mount onto steel plate and add casters, otherwise felt stripping/feet to prevent scratching floors;
Finish cleaning hardware (not sure how much better these might get without replating) and remount
Day two on the Steelcase stick leg office chair #2
Spray painted all sides with two coats and left to dry
Sanded down the chair back, washed it, and spray painted with two coats and left to dry.
Next steps:
Clear coat;
Reupholster the seat (same Quidditch material as the other?);
Re-assemble;
Fix broken foot on one leg;
Strip and refinish chair #1
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Made some good progress on furniture refinishing projects today. The weather has finally warmed up a bit for improved painting and drying times.
Day Four on the Shaw-Walker Filing Cabinet
Rust mitigation, sanded, cleaned, and primed all four drawers, primarily the front faces and edges, though the full bottom on one drawer;
Primed the bottom of the cabinet to prevent further rusting;
Next steps:
Choose a paint color and get clear coat;
I’m half tempted to mount onto steel plate and add casters, otherwise felt stripping/feet to prevent scratching floors;
Finish cleaning hardware (not sure how much better these might get without replating) and remount
Day two on the Steelcase stick leg office chair #2
Spray painted all sides with two coats and left to dry
Sanded down the chair back, washed it, and spray painted with two coats and left to dry.
Next steps:
Clear coat;
Reupholster the seat (same Quidditch material as the other?);
Re-assemble;
Fix broken foot on one leg;
Strip and refinish chair #1
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