Restoring a kitchen set today

[Clipper]

Our kitchen table is too big for our kitchen when the leaf is in, and too small without the leaf. We found a kitchen set with a table just the right size, and six chairs that is in good shape for $100 at a church basement sale. There is some minor wear and blemishes, but nothing deep.

I started last night restoring the chairs with Howards furniture restorer.

www.howardproducts.com/product/restor-a-finish/

I did 3 of the 6 chairs last night in about 2 hours. This stuff is amazing. You apply it and rub it in with a soft terry cloth rag, wait a couple of minutes and buff it out with another clean terry cloth rag. It somehow restores the color to the scratches quite well without affecting the color of the rest of the finish. The chairs came out beautiful and not only did the stuff cover the blemishes, it left them with a nice shine.

When I have the set restored I will bring in the table and take our present table out to the shop and do Howard's restoration to that table. When I am done with that table I will put that table and the six chairs up for sale for $250 and have no doubt that it will sell. We have 4 swivel base dining chairs with arms and upholstered seats that we want to keep so I will sell our present table and the six chairs.

Just a project to keep me busy. Seeing how effective the Howards is I may well purchase a piece of wood furniture occasionally at a yard sale when the opportunity arises, restore it and resell it for a profit.

[Atticus Pizzaballa]

You are so talented. God Bless!

[chris]

I look at some of the stuff on FB marketplace whenever MZ pushes it in front of my face…lots of great things and sometimes are free, just you must go pick it up yourself….Where do you get the Howards, my china cabinet could use a spruce up…

[Clipper]

Lowes, Ace Hardware, and Home Depot all carry Howard's, or you can order it online from Amazon.

www.bing.com/search?q=howard%27s+furniture+restore&form=ANNTH1&refig=f4911d48c411414b828d8846e07e43ba&sp=2&lq=0&qs=SC&pq=howards+furnitrue&sk=SC1&sc=10-17&cvid=f4911d48c411414b828d8846e07e43ba

It does a great job. You just have to work it in a small area at a time. You can't cover a large area and get it buffed out properly. Just follow the directions on the can and apply it evenly.

[Atticus Pizzaballa]

I have a scratch on the side leaf of my kitchen table which is maple. I wonder if that stuff would work on hiding or repairing it. I do not know what to use on the darn thing.

[Clipper]

It should make it less noticeable if not invisible, but do you want to spend $10 or $15 to cover one scratch and then have the rest of the can laying around forever?

[BHU]

Mar 29, 2023 15:53:48 GMT -5 Clipper said:

It should make it less noticeable if not invisible, but do you want to spend $10 or $15 to cover one scratch and then have the rest of the can laying around forever?

Maybe he can scratch "paint" on the can & take part in the newfangled NY Paintcare Recovery Program, the brainchild of the geniuses down in Albany who think we're too dumb to know how to dispose of old paint, such as just letting it sit in the can until it hardens then tossing the can into a damn garbage bag. Lol

[Clipper]

Here we can recycle latex paint if we stir in kitty litter to absorb some of the paint liquid making it into a paste that crusts over quickly. We painted every room in this house before we moved in, plus the usual accumulation that I gathered in my shop.

I also use sawdust and the shavings from my jointer and thickness planer. One of the advantages of recycling pallet wood for crafting. I need to go pick some up in the next few days. We have a restaurant supply house that gets large pieces of restaurant equipment on nice clean white oak pallets, some 6 feet long and up. I noticed today that their pile is looking good and they are always willing to part with some, or all of them. I toss them a dozen donuts when I go and everyone is happy.