I hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend! We spent it having fun at multiple barbeque parties and our neighborhood pool opened. I seriously need to “detox” from my weekend of hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and brownies!
Even with all of the weekend festivities, I was able to get some work done on the farmhouse table. It looks fantastic! The table is really huge so sanding back the top was quite a large job. It was covered in old shellac and once I got it all off, this is what it looked like underneath. Well worth the hours of labor involved!
The table will have to wait yet another day, sigh… I’m off to my 5th grader’s field trip to Mt. Vernon as a parent volunteer. Have a great day!
oh i just love the look of the top! it’s going to be so beautiful!
Oh this is going to be really nice!
Suzanne,
You probably know that if you’re going to put stain on that nicely-sanded RAW wood top, you should brush on a wood conditioner first. It will only take you about 10 minutes and is SO worth it! Minwax makes a Prestain as well as other companies, too. Without it, you may very well end up with “blotchiness.” I never skip this step anymore and get good results.
Thanks, Sharlee! Yes, I know (from trial and error lol)! I was wondering if you had ever had the issue of the pre-stain conditioner making the wood super wet and it takes ages to dry? It happened to me before with pine and I am a little worried for this one.
This is going to be so beautiful. I can’t wait to see it all finished!