Repairing or modifying the old furniture is called furniture
refinishing. Most of the people would not change their old furniture into new
one until it is very necessary. They always refinish or restore the furniture
after many years. Refinishing old and worn furniture by yourself, can save a
lot of money compared to taking it to a professional furniture refinishing
company. This blog explains how to revamp the old furniture without hiring a
professional furniture refinishing company.
When you start your refinishing, first thing you should consider
is removing the old finish from furniture. Sanding is the best method to remove
the finish in furniture, if you have proper equipments to do that process. The
sandpaper is the most commonly used techniques to remove the old finish. You
can also remove the paint and
varnish with the help of chemical strippers and sanding from the furniture.
Upholstery
Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially
seats with padding, fabric, leather and webbing. Traditional upholstery is a
craft to cover and pad the furniture. Re-upholstery a popular way to revamp old
chair, footstools have padded seating. Tufting is a traditional style of
upholstery thread through the foam and fabric layers at regular intervals to
create a pattern of depressions all over the upholstery. Reupholstering involves entirely removing the old fabric and
replacing it with new fabric. It allows you to create a unique piece of
furniture by using the different types of fabric.
Stencils
There so many varieties of stencil designs available in the market, or you can draw your
own design and cut it out and stick it onto the furniture and painting over it.
This technique is very unique and it gives good look to your furniture.
Painting
This is the most popular way of revamping furniture at home
without investing more money. Old wood furniture can be repainted which will
give a new look and feel to the entire piece of the furniture. Some people will repaint the furniture and
distressing. Distressing is a method of making the furniture look worn. Different paints and glazes can produce
different effect to the furniture. Sanding and an undercoat of primer are
usually required before applying paint.
The furniture refinishing company will
re modify your old furniture into new one without changing the wood quality and
offered at affordable price.
