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I want to refinish a wooden outdoor front porch swing and two rocking chairs?
The swing and the rockers are about seven years old. They are still in good shape, the wood has just kind of darkened. When they were brand new, I used Thompson's Water Sealer with color in it. It's held up very well but I want them to have a pretty golden brown oak color. How should I go about doing this?
I've heard that you can spray Easy Off on the wood furniture on a hot day and that the varnish would peel off that way but that sounds kind of bad. I'd like to know of an easy way to redo the porch furniture. I'm just wondering if I will have to sand them down and stain and polyurethane them or if I can skip some of the sanding?
How complicated is this job going to be for me?
I've heard that you can spray Easy Off on the wood furniture on a hot day and that the varnish would peel off that way but that sounds kind of bad. I'd like to know of an easy way to redo the porch furniture. I'm just wondering if I will have to sand them down and stain and polyurethane them or if I can skip some of the sanding?
How complicated is this job going to be for me?
1 Answers
That's alot of sanding. I wouldn't do the easy off though, I'm concerned about the affects on your skin even after staining and sealing. I recommend pressure washing the set and allow it to dry a few days to dry afterwards. Then sand lightly. I know that you can rent a pressure washer from Home Depot for about 35.00 for 4 hours. Be careful which valve you use, you don't want to gouge the wood.Your furniture set is probably built out of pine, which is soft wood. Do you know for sure what type of wood that the set is built out of? Explain to the sales rep at Home Depot what you are doing, they should be able to tell you which tip to use on the pressure washer. This will be the quickest and simplest form of cleaning the old varnish off. You will still need to sand to even out all of the areas and to remove the old stain and varnish.
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