Kristin Lia Restoration

Refinishing an Mid Century Modern Buffet with a paint accent

2–3 minutes

I really don’t know why it took me so long to get to refinishing this buffet because this grain is GORGEOUS 😍

Materials:

Wood sealant: Osmo Polyx-Oil Clear in Satin
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Paint accent: Country Chic Paint – Dark Roast

Tools used:

How I refinished this piece:

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🪛 When removing the hardware, I taped the screws into the locations that they originally came from to make reinstallation easier
🪵 Scraped handles using Bahco 1” pocket scraper with both the pear shaped and triangle shaped blades
🏝️ Sanded flat surfaces with my Dewalt random orbit sander using 120 grit and smoothed with 150
🏖️ Used my Surfprep 3×4 electric ray sander to remove the finish from all the detailed areas- started with 100 grit film, then progressively used a 5mm foam pad in medium and then fine
⛽️ Filled in a damaged spot with PC Woody (an epoxy resin) and sanded smooth
🎨 Painted the inside front area and along the bottom of the sides using Country Chic Paint’s Dark Roast- a deep espresso bean colour
🪵 Osmo’s Polyx-Oil Clear in Satin, I both sealed, protected and enhanced the natural grain on the drawers and legs; used a round Elite brush to apply
Coat 1️⃣: applied thinly and did not wipe the excess; finished application with long even strokes to ensure no puddling
Coat 2️⃣: applied thinly and wiped excess with folded blue shop towel
👴🏻 Finished drawers with Grandpa Ernie’s method; let me know if you need a further explanation 😏