Kristin Lia Restoration

I’ll be honest, I passed this piece by when I first saw it. But when I went back and it was still there, I took it as a sign. While this piece may look like a normal cabinet – it’s SO much more 🤩

Products:

• Paint: Country Chic Paint – Liquorice
• Wood glaze: Country Chic Paint – Tiger’s Eye
• MTN (Montana): Universal Primer
• MTN (Montana): Water-based paint Carbon Black
• MTN (Montana): Marble Gold Effect
• MTN (Montana): Acrylic Varnish
• Hardware paint: Rustoleum Vintage Gold spray paint
• Cleaner: Krud Kutter Gloss-Off

Tools used:

• Dewalt impact driver
• Bahco 1″ pocket scraper with pear & triangle shaped blades
• Dewalt cordless vacuum
• Dewalt 5″ random orbit sander, variable speed
• SurfPrep 3″X4″ electric ray sander
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• Painter’s tape (generic brand)
• 1.5″ Country Chic Paint oval brush
• 400 grit foam sanding pad
• Tack cloth
• Safety gear- respirator, ear protection, anti-vibration gloves, Suadex Salant safety shoes
• 2000 grit sandpaper and sanding block

How I refinished this piece:

1. 🪛 Removed the base and disassembled as much as I could
   
2. 🏝️ Removed the original finish on the entire piece my Dewalt random orbit sander using 100 grit and smoothed with 150
   
3. 💪🏼 Rebuilt the front corner using PC Woody – an epoxy resin and shaped with my Surfprep sander
   
4. 🎨 Used MTN (@montana_colours/ @rexall_solutions) products to completely change the inside bar area
   
5. 🖤 Universal Primer to prep the surface; Carbon Black water-based spray paint for colour; Marble Effects for gold colouring/texture; Acrylic Varnish to seal and protect the paint
   
6. 🎨 Decided on a “dipped look”; For the bottom half used Country Chic Paint’s Liquorice – a very deep black
   
7. 🖌️ Applied using a 1.5” Country Chic Paint oval brush
   
8. 🪵 Used Country Chic Paint’s Tiger’s Eye Furniture Glaze for a little colour (but not too much) on the top (wooden) half
   
9. ⭕️ Sealed the paint and glaze with Country Chic Paint’s Clear Coat using a round CCP sponge
   
10. 🏅 Installed new champagne gold knobs from Amazon
    
11. 👴🏻 Finished drawers with Grandpa Ernie’s method; let me know if you need a further explanation!
12. Reinstalled the top and hardware

This once dated cabinet is now a beautiful focal point!

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