My Unsaveable Table Becomes My Favorite Table!
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Teresa
I usually do not paint old wood, love how wood looks, but this table posed some unique problems and I decided “What the heck” and painted it after being unsuccessful in just refinishing it back to original. It is a 42” pedestal table.
AND AN FYI: the IIII is correct, not IV for 4 - both are correct on a old clock. http://mentalfloss.com/article/24578/why-do-some-clocks-use-roman-numeral-iiii
AND AN FYI: the IIII is correct, not IV for 4 - both are correct on a old clock. http://mentalfloss.com/article/24578/why-do-some-clocks-use-roman-numeral-iiii
The finish did not soften with alcohol so I knew it had to be polyurethane. I used a chemical stripper on the top, then I sanded and sanded but whatever was left was destroying the sandpaper, clumping like it had not been stripped.
So first thing I did was spray paint the table with Rust-oleum Painter’s Touch heirloom white, Ultra cover satin finish. – 2 coats, allowing it to dry about 30 minutes between coats. Since I did this at about 8 pm, I let it dry overnight.
I painted a background of assortment of vintage letters and designs on one ½ of the table and included some personal things on there ( like Roper’s Timepieces, and Rogers’ Clocks plus, R & R Fleurs – Roper is my last name, Rogers is my hubbys’ last name and we own R & R Greenhouse and Gardens).
Then I painted a black circle about 2 inches from the edge of the circle and hand painted a crown and a postage seal on it.
Nest I painted roses on it.
I hand painted the word “Paris” on it, using a photo from the internet as a guide.
and some curly-cues...
From the internet I printed off a “number template for clocks”
And used that and a yardstick to mark where my numbers would go.
So sanded it off, painted some light brown letters again, spayed it with a very, very light coat of rust-oleum and repainted the “V” in the right direction.
I decided I wanted another back ring and “hour marks on the edge to finish the clock theme off; and I painted on hour mark signs - I think minute signs would have been "too much"
So far I have put one coat of satin finish polycrylic on it. Thinking I may do the next coat in polyurethane so it gets a slight, darker colour but maybe not. We will see.
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Very cool..Ive been wanting to paint my round table with a beach vibe top..still planning...lol
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do it and post photos! And thank you!
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