We started to drill wholes for the new drawer pulls to be screwed in and...
We found that the paint was rubbing off!!!
Turns out I should have sanded the old paint off before applying new....because apparantly I was painting over oil base paint with water base paint! Oooops! :)
So it was a learning experience, and on the upside I got to play with electric sanders today...something I've never done before!! So now we have drawers that look like this...
I still have two more drawers to sand and half of the main part of the desk to finish sanding. I'll work on it tomorrow. Let me just say, I will ever be thankful that the Good Lord gave some person out there the knowledge and know how to create those electric sanders!! I shudder to think how bad of a set back this would have been if I had to sand it all by hand!!
Oh jeesh! But, to look on the bright side....you did a GREAT job sanding them! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!! My sweet husband felt bad and he helped with some of the sanding, too, until it became too dusty in the garage. He has cautioned me to wear a mask when I commence sanding today.
DeleteI love refinishing furniture. Taking it down to bare wood leaves SO many options. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm having a lot of fun with it!
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