{"id":565,"date":"2012-03-07T12:07:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T17:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2014-09-03T22:14:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T02:14:56","slug":"a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"The Green & White Dresser"},"content":{"rendered":"

So today we have a little makeover on a dresser. \u00a0Actually there was nothing little about this at all. \u00a0I found this dresser and thought it was a cute and a good size for shipping. \u00a0I thought I would just strip the paint off and throw new paint on. \u00a0It was one of this times that the project looked so simple.<\/p>\n

The dresser had about 6-8 layers of paint in some spots. \u00a0Other places the old paint had chipped off long ago and there were only one or two layers. \u00a0One of the layers was a beige paint that must have been made by NASA. \u00a0I have never had such a problem getting paint off in my life.<\/p>\n

I started out using the Speedheater<\/a>\u00a0to try to get the paint off. \u00a0It’s uses heat bulbs to basically warm up the paint so you can scrape it off without getting hot enough to vaporize lead in paint should you ever run into that in an old house. \u00a0It worked well on the spots that had eight layers of paint but not the two layer spots. \u00a0Next I applied SoyGel<\/a>, the paint stripper made with soybeans,\u00a0and let it sit. \u00a0This got through a lot of it but not all.<\/p>\n

Then I figured I would just sand the heck of it and be done with it. \u00a0For those who don’t know I hate, hate, hate sanding. \u00a0A light sanding is fine and a sense of accomplishment. \u00a0Power sanding is messy and I feel like I have to shower right after. \u00a0Your arms vibrate for an hour after. \u00a0And although I am a good girl and wear a dusk mask it is not enjoyable to wear for long periods of time. \u00a0But I sanded just to get it over with. \u00a0I went through a whole pack of 60 grit sanding paper. \u00a0Finally done after a total time spent of about 11 hours.<\/p>\n

So after all that mess there was a few repairs to the back and a drawer then some priming, some painting and some more painting, with Safecoat’s very eco-friendly paints. Here is the before pic:<\/p>\n

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And here she is the after her new paint job. \u00a0Go visit her and see more pictures at the Kelly Sherman Design shop<\/a> where she just went on sale!<\/p>\n

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So today we have a little makeover on a dresser. \u00a0Actually there was nothing little about this at all. \u00a0I found this dresser and thought it was a cute and a good size for shipping. \u00a0I thought I would just…
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