Kristin Lia Restoration

This dresser is part of a set that belonged to my friend’s grandparents and I’m so honoured that she trusted me with it.

Products:

• Wood sealant: Osmo Polyx-Oil Clear in Satin
• Front edge: Osmo Polyx-Oil Tints in Terra
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• Coconix Furniture Repair Paint

Tools used:

• Dewalt impact driver
• Bahco 1″ pocket scraper with triangle & pear shaped blades
• Dewalt cordless vacuum
• Dewalt 5″ random orbit sander, variable speed
• SurfPrep 3″X4″ electric ray sander
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• Elite washi tape – Toughtape
• Elite microfibre roller
• Elite round brush
• Osmo pad applicator
• Osmo Superpad
• 320 grit foam sanding pad
• Tack cloth

How I refinished this piece:

🪛 Removed hardware
🪛 Removed the base to make sanding easier

🏝️ Sanded flat surfaces with my Dewalt random orbit sander starting with 100 grit and smoothing with 150 grit

🔺 For the details on the top drawer and the base, I scraped using Bahco 1” pocket scraper with triangle and pear shaped blades

🏖️ Used my Surfprep 3×4 electric ray sander to remove the finish from the decorative parts; I started with a 100 grit film and then smoothed with a medium 5mm profoam pad and then a fine 5mm profoam pad

📼 Taped off the front edge with Elite washi tape
🪵 Used Osmo’s new tinted Poly-Oil in Terra for a complementary tone on the front edge and base
🪵 Sealed the rest of wood with Osmo’s Polyx-Oil in Satin

• Coat 1️⃣ & 2️⃣: used both an Elite round brush (for the edges) and an Elite microfibre 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
🎨 Touched up a couple of spots with Coconix Furniture Repair Paint

• Coat 3️⃣ & 4️⃣: buffed in two more coats with Osmo’s Superpad attached to the pad applicator

👴🏻 Finished drawers with Grandpa Ernie’s sanding method; let me know if you need a further explanation 😏

🪛 Reinstalled the base

🧼 Cleaned and reinstalled the hardware

The sunlight sparkled on this dresser as I staged it and I’d like to think that it was a seal of approval from up above 🥹

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