I know its been a while since my last post. Winter time is busy for me at work. As the weather warms up I am back again looking for projects. I was at my favorite pickin' place The Guerra Ranch and I stumbled upon this old chair. I asked my father in law about it and he asked why I wanted that chair. I told him that Ryan needed a chair for his desk. How could he say no it was for his grandson. It was in pretty rough shape
I thought about just putting a clear coat on it but my son did not think it was such a good idea. So I went ahead at took on the task of stripping the paint off. I decided to try a new product to strip the paint off.
The product worked well. I never have used a spray on stripper but it was very easy to use. As I was taking the paint off I decided to rehab the structure of the chair, it was a little shaky. As I was taking off the seat top, it broke. I was pretty upset. But that just gave me a opportunity to use one of my favorite tools made by KREG. I was able to use my KREG JR. to make the pocket holes since the seat top was too big to fit inside the original KREG JIG.
I reassembled the chair and finished the stripping process. Yeah it was a bit messy but the end product reveled the awesome yellow paint that looked original to the chair. But of course my son wanted to to match his desk.
The finished chair came out great. My son was happy to finally have a chair that matched his desk. I have to give special thanks to the best pickin' spot ever The Guerra Ranch. The products are great and the price is always right.
Thanks,
Rene
aka " The Shabby Chico"
I reassembled the chair and finished the stripping process. Yeah it was a bit messy but the end product reveled the awesome yellow paint that looked original to the chair. But of course my son wanted to to match his desk.
I Started painting the chair with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Graphite to match the desk.
It took a few coats but the end product was amazing. Instead of using wax to seal the chair, I went ahead and used some spray on Minwax Polyurethane. I have used this product before and got great results.
Thanks,
Rene
aka " The Shabby Chico"