Painters Tape +Black Spray Paint = Done!
Are you wanting to add a bit of personality to your newest acquisition?
Tape can be your best friend….. For this dresser, I used basic paint tape to create a marvelous striped appearance.
To start with a nice base coat, I needed to strip the dresser of its previous painted finish. I used a walnut/mahogany stain for the base coat, after the existing finish was removed. This chest was genuine mahogany, and at that time, I really didn’t know too much about staining wood, so I went over the raw wood with a colored stain. With mahogany furniture, you don’t need to apply colored stain, you can use clear polyurethane, which in fact brings out the grain nicer than any other stain for that matter. See the rest of this project here .... http://hersite.info/create-interest-with-tape-my-classy-diy-stripe-chest/
Tape can be your best friend….. For this dresser, I used basic paint tape to create a marvelous striped appearance.
To start with a nice base coat, I needed to strip the dresser of its previous painted finish. I used a walnut/mahogany stain for the base coat, after the existing finish was removed. This chest was genuine mahogany, and at that time, I really didn’t know too much about staining wood, so I went over the raw wood with a colored stain. With mahogany furniture, you don’t need to apply colored stain, you can use clear polyurethane, which in fact brings out the grain nicer than any other stain for that matter. See the rest of this project here .... http://hersite.info/create-interest-with-tape-my-classy-diy-stripe-chest/
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