tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85792042012-02-16T05:43:57.336-08:00a blog of random projects.carriebloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123866978156954205noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579204.post-79695028751659959302009-01-18T17:28:00.000-08:002009-01-18T18:11:37.957-08:00My grandmother had some old antique rosewood chairs (probably over 200 years old now), that at some point (maybe 50 years ago) she decided to stain/paint a light gray and reupholster with a light rose pink.  Perhaps in the 1960s, this chair may have looked lovely.  However, today the potentially beautiful chairs are more of a site for sore eyes.  <div><br /></div><div>I mentioned to my father that the chairs might look nice if reupholstered (perhaps adding different padding... the chairs have a little bit of a crunch feel if you can imagine what that means...)</div><div>Since their original antique finish was removed long ago... this idea inspired us to try completely stripping the chairs in hopes of restoring the potentially beautiful natural rosewood.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OImA2AzA-OM/SXPc4RZo7OI/AAAAAAAAItA/qVQznt-vLkQ/s1600-h/IMG_3757.JPG"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OImA2AzA-OM/SXPc4RZo7OI/AAAAAAAAItA/qVQznt-vLkQ/s400/IMG_3757.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292816846392192226" /></a><br /><div>Attempt #1 with some liquid paint stripper got a bit of the paint off, but left us rather dissapointed as the stain remained quite prominent.</div><div><br /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OImA2AzA-OM/SXPc4xteXAI/AAAAAAAAItI/c_EyFQAUYRM/s400/IMG_3763.JPG" style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292816855065320450" /><br /></div><div>In Attempt #2 we bought some more powerful stain remover. I coated the chair with gobs of the gel, and let it sit for almost 40 minutes.</div><div><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OImA2AzA-OM/SXPc5YDRSEI/AAAAAAAAItQ/uFKV-LN7SCQ/s400/IMG_3769.JPG" style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292816865357285442" /><br /></div><div>After scrubbing and scrubbing at the chair with steel wool, then hitting it hard with a power hose we still have much work to do, but the second round has given us a little more promise that we might be able to pull this thing off. Currently drying, the chair looks pretty terrible, but I'm not giving up yet!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OImA2AzA-OM/SXPgDqqR3fI/AAAAAAAAIt4/t-Yl9fvqcJo/s1600-h/IMG_3771.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OImA2AzA-OM/SXPgDqqR3fI/AAAAAAAAIt4/t-Yl9fvqcJo/s400/IMG_3771.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292820340686314994" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8579204-7969502875165995930?l=blogcarrie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>carriebloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123866978156954205noreply@blogger.com0