Saturday 28 December 2013

Furniture refinishing can helps in saving your furniture and money

Nowadays, buying new high quality furniture is very high in its cost. Other than this, you will get the quality similar to the olden day furniture’s. In general, olden day furniture is designed by using the non-toxic or eco friendly products, but in these days the products used for manufacturing furniture are not exactly eco friendly. Olden day furniture are really strong when comparing with these day furniture’s because of it nature. However, it always better to refinish your old furniture rather than buying a new one.

Buying new furniture will look beautiful, but the facts behind this furniture are not really strong as similar to your old furniture. Refinishing your old furniture will help you in getting high quality product back to you. Refinishing furniture not only helps in extend your furniture life but also helps in saving your money on buying new furniture. Here is the list of great tips which helps in saving your money through refinishing your old furniture.      

Before, stepping on to furniture refinishing work make sure, that your furniture doesn’t have any structural defects. If suppose your furniture has any structural defect, it is better to rebuild before you start refinishing. Most common structural problems are re-gluing on the joints of the furniture or packing joints with wood pieces. 

It is necessary, that you should remove the old finish from the furniture to get proper refinishing. In fact, removing old finish is one of the difficult parts of refinishing any furniture. Sanding is the most common and natural way to remove the old finish which can be used in removing the old finish paints from your furniture.

Applying sanding sealant to the wood is a necessary one, but it can help your wood in absorbing stain and prevent from over staining. Also try to pack the cracked or small hole in the furniture using chalk powder which saves your furniture from wood rusting insects. This process should be carried out after the sanding process.

Also make sure that you should apply varnish to wood, in order to keep your wood safe.