Joe's parents officially moved and during the move, we were gifted some minor furniture.
One of the items was a rocking chair!
I love rocking chairs. I had one when I was a little girl and ever since I love to sit and rock.
The chair we were gifted was a nice sold wood finished rocking chair.
Unfortunately, it did not match a single thing in our house.
I really really want a rocking chair in our room however, all our furniture is black.
So my hubby decided he was going to strip it and finish it.
This involved many steps:
Step 1: Remove old finish with Furniture Remover and Steel Wool.
Both can be found at Home Depot.
Joe purchased MinWax because it was the only one they had.
This was by far the longest part of the process because it did not come off that easily.
After a working on it bits and pieces he was done.
He found that he did have to use a lot of muscle strength-
see who needs a gym!
I brought home a pack of latex free gloves from work which were a big help due to the steel wool.
He then purchased Rust-Oleum Black Lacquer for furniture.
He ended up using three cans total.
He did two coats on Saturday and then a final coat on Sunday
Now it is just sitting in the garage waiting to dry/let the toxic fumes smell die down.
So excited as this is going to be going in our bedroom!!!
Finished Product!
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