Well, I finished another project today. \u00a0I finished what I showed you the before of last week, the big school desk. \u00a0It was one that I had as a child, but had been sitting in a basement for years and years and needed love and vision. \u00a0I really wish I had all of the school desks we had but lucky that I have a small one that I refinished and if you missed it you can check that out HERE<\/a><\/strong>,<\/a> and this one. \u00a0I also bought another that I should have done before the week is over and that desk is a different style entirely. \u00a0Cannot wait to share it with you.<\/p>\n

For this desk, I started by sanding everything, \u00a0starting with the metal which I did with a special wire brush tool that goes on the end of a drill and makes easy work of microderm abrasion as I like to call it. \u00a0After that, I sanded all the wood and then needed to do some filling, gluing and clamping. \u00a0After that it was time to prime the metal and I used Rustoleum Painter’s Touch Gray Primer<\/a> and then I used a Rustoleum Green Gloss Protective Enamel Spray Paint for the final coats. I did the detail painting and the accent strip on the seat and pencil holder on the desk with the same green\u00a0protective\u00a0enamel by Rustoleum<\/a> in the can so I could brush it on. I stained the wood with Minwax Special Walnut<\/a>, sanding between coats and then used Minwax Satin Polyurethane, sanding between coats. \u00a0I really like it and so do my kids. \u00a0What do you think?<\/p>\n

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So sad before picture<\/p><\/div>\n

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Priming the metal, don’t mind the huge mess I work in with all my stuff. I also recycle old tablecloths as drop cloths<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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