As I meticulously cleaned out another
piece of furniture cleaning the inside and out
one of a few new pieces…
This got me to thinking and to write this Blog…
I wonder if people realize how much work
goes in to each of our pieces before we
even pick up a paint brush and start painting…
I mean, I know people realize that it takes
time to go find items, pick them up, and drag
them back to the workshop….
but then what happens next
With the increase of
“no prep-no priming needed” paint,
you’d think we just drag the piece out
and start to painting, right?
Yeah, I wish!
99% of the pieces are rarely in good enough condition…
so we remove the drawers, scrub them down, disinfect them
then we sand them re-stain them before waxing the rails so
they open and close smoothly, they also look and smell clean and fresh
(before…yuck, not very nice!)
(during)
Picture to follow ASAP
(after!)
Clean drawers seem like a “no-brainer”
but how many times have you been in to a shop
and eyed a really nice dresser only to find sticky
drawers that won’t open? And when they finally do open?
Yuck! Gunk, funk, and paint drips…
All the handles gets a soapy bath, too
or if to damaged are replaces.
Once the drawers are clean, we clean out the “guts”…
yes, we realize no one will ever see inside the units
but who knows what resided in there prior?
We also clean and wax the rails inside the dresser
(you’ll NEVER get sticky drawers from us…never never ever!)
At this point, we clean down the exterior.
before making any repairs to the body
Repairs can be tricky…we don’t want to remove too much
character from the piece
but we don’t want it falling apart, either!
So once ALL this is done…
finally, we can paint!
And that, my friends, is the end of this post!
Thanks for reading…