Morticia
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I have taken all of the wood-framed bathroom mirrors down (including one ornate old mirror that used to be on a dresser) and restained them with Polyshades by Minwax. This stuff goes on over the old poly, no sanding required. I've put it on over furniture polish on a plantstand. The stand was horribly waterstained, this stuff covered it right up. Today I did the ornate mirror and a sidetable that is used in one room by the sink (where it is constantly getting wet). I'll do a second run tomorrow but it is amazing how much better everything looks with a fresh coat of stain and poly- in one step! (Low VOC, too, so I'm not running for my inhaler or getting wicked headaches.)
It's amazing how much cleaner, newer, fresher everything is looking as we take these old pieces and do very simple fixes on them.
We are seriously considering redoing all of the tables and dining chairs...4 tables and 12 chairs, not a small job. It's the chairs that need it most. Scratches from phones clipped to belts, shoe buckles and the top edges are really worn.
End of infomercial...I didn't do before and after shots, sorry.
Sorry, I make a heck of an infomercial if I don't even know what product I'm using...Polystain by Cabot, altho the Polyshades works well, too!
It's amazing how much cleaner, newer, fresher everything is looking as we take these old pieces and do very simple fixes on them.
We are seriously considering redoing all of the tables and dining chairs...4 tables and 12 chairs, not a small job. It's the chairs that need it most. Scratches from phones clipped to belts, shoe buckles and the top edges are really worn.
End of infomercial...I didn't do before and after shots, sorry.
Sorry, I make a heck of an infomercial if I don't even know what product I'm using...Polystain by Cabot, altho the Polyshades works well, too!