{"id":6416,"date":"2021-06-18T12:21:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T12:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thriftingwonderland.com\/post\/making-the-old-new-again"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:16:12","slug":"making-the-old-new-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=6416","title":{"rendered":"Making the Old New Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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Welcome to a beautiful morning at the Blog. It’s refinishing day and I have a great project to share with you. If you’ve been reading the Blog for awhile, you know that my daughter is in the process of moving to a new place and we have been helping her by thrifting some items for her new home. There is a great deck space outside her door and this week’s project will have a new home there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This outdoor table and chairs in the picture above looks brand new. I estimate that it’s probably over 30 years old but now looks terrific. That was not the case one day ago.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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In this picture you can see how rusted the chair looks. The table was even worse but I knew it could be restored to look just like new. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When looking at old garden furniture like this you need to be sure that the rust is mostly surface wear. I took a good stiff bristle brush to the table and chairs to take off any rust flakes or peeling paint. Then wiped it down to give myself a clean surface. Although the surface was rusted and the original patina was disappearing the metal itself was not pitted or worn through.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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I spread the furniture on a tarp in the back garden and then took some cans of black satin rust oleum to apply a layer of paint to the furniture. After shaking the can really well I used short bursts of paint about 12 inches from the furniture to adhere the paint to the table and chairs. Using a stroking motion and short bursts adds an even layer without any drips.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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You can see, in this picture, what a difference a layer of spray paint can make. The set now looks brand new.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Here are some additional close-ups of the newly painted table and chairs. I was really pleased with how this turned out. Our daughter will have a great set of outdoor furniture for her deck at the cost of a 30 year old set of furniture, three cans of paint and a little elbow grease. I call that a bargain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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