This was the first piece, I got to use a new technique on this chest of drawers (rolling & then buffing Osmo’s Polyx-Oil!) and I am hooked!
Materials:
- Wood sealant: Osmo Polyx-Oil Clear in Satin
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Tools used:
- Needle nose pliers (to remove the bottom frame)
- Dewalt impact driver
- Bahco 1″ pocket scraper with pear shaped blade
- Dewalt cordless vacuum
- Dewalt 5″ random orbit sander, variable speed
- SurfPrep 3″X4″ electric ray sander
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- Elite microfibre roller
- Elite round brush
- Osmo pad applicator
- Osmo Superpad
- 320 grit foam sanding pad
How I refinished this piece:
🪛 Removed hardware
⬇️ Removed the base to make sanding easier
🍐 For the details on the top drawer, the front edge, and the legs, I scraped using Bahco 1” pocket scraper with the pear shaped blade (purchased at Lee Valley Tools)
🏝️ Sanded flat surfaces with my Dewalt random orbit sander starting with 100 grit and smoothing with 150 grit
🏖️ Used my Surfprep sander with its foam pads to remove the finish on the curved parts on the top drawer; used a medium 5mm profoam pad
🦭 Sealed the the wood with Osmo’s Polyx-Oil in Satin
- Coat 1️⃣ & 2️⃣: used both an Elite round brush (for the edges) and an Elite roller to apply (to the flat surfaces); completely saturated it and then squeezed out as much as possible on the tray chevrons to apply very thin coats; waited 8-10 hours in between
🏝️ Sanded with 320 grit and removed dust with a tack cloth
- Coat 3️⃣ & 4️⃣: buffed in two more coats with Osmo’s Superpad attached to the pad applicator
🧼 Cleaned up hardware
👴🏻 Finished drawers with Grandpa Ernie’s sanding method; let me know if you need a further explanation 😏
The wood grain on this piece is absolutely stunning and that original brass hardware complements it perfectly 👌🏼
I'd love to know what you think!