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Monthly Archives: October 2006

How To Refinish A Dresser – Part 2 – Stripping Old Paint

Stripping paint from a wood dresser

My first real action step in refinishing my wife’s 80 year old dresser was stripping the layers paint off the wood that had been applied in the past. At first I was afraid a commercial paint solvent would hurt the wood, but scraping and scratching with a wire brush got me pretty much nowhere....
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How To Refinish A Dresser – Part 1 – Assessing the Project

Refinishing an antique dresser

One of the most rewarding and most time consuming home repairs I’ve ever accomplished was refinishing an 80 year old clothes dresser that my wife’s father used when he was a little boy. For the longest time this heavy wooden dresser was painted with several thick coats of white paint and used for storage...
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How to Identify Different Types of Wood Furniture

Guide To Identifying Wood

When I was refinishing an 80 year-old dresser one of the first things I did as I started to remove the paint was try to identify what type of wood it was made out of. I really only had a couple options based on the piece’s time period and style, but I didn’t really...
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