in this video i'm going to show you renovation process of an antique bed this bed was bought by my wife for almost no money because it was very very cheap this bed is not looking very good but i ensure you it is in a pretty good conditionfor a renovation proces and you will see this later on in this video as you can see there are many scratches all over the bed
there are also many places where the color is inconsistent and i think that somebody tried to renovate this bed before me it is because i found more than two types of a laquer on a bed exactly three types of the laquer and there is also one important thing in this bed it is not made from a solid wood but this is just only pine wood only covered with several types of the veneer and it worries me a little because i have to be vaery careful to not sand through the veneer
i don't have such the veneer which i can replace the broken one so.. i disasembled all bed into the smaller parts and then after cleanning them.. i decided to start my work from the easiest partfrom the bed sides the first step in renovation proces is to remove old, bad layers of laquer and stain in case of this bed sides i decided to use a belt sander but it is not the best tool for that i'm using it only because the laquer is very thick and hard and i want it to be removed very quickly
before my work i double checked that the veneer is thick enough to hold this type of the power tool important thing during the work with belt sander is.. ..to work not acros the grain but along with it after removing a hard laquer i'm using a rotary sander with the andpapers from 120 up to 300 of grit to make the very smooth surface and to remove the stain from it not it's time for a more complicated part it is a front of the bed
and i chosed it for the video to show you all tool i'm using in renovation process as you can see i'm using hands for a fancy decors and i'm also using a rotary sander for a flat surface now i want to show you something coolfor a renovation of samll and fancy decors this device it is a rotary sander but with the special part on a top of it which allows me to clean the corners of the bad to clean the decors it is a really helpfull device but not good for bigger parts now it's time for the frist most satysfying moment in renovation process
after cleaning the part with a sandpaper.. ..you have to remove the dustand i'm doing it with a wet cloth and as you cans ee, only the cloth with a water reveals how beautiful the furniture will be when i end it now it's time for a broken veneer i don't have exact the same veneer as used in this bed so i decided to remove the veneer and leave the pine and cover it with a stain to make it look like the other parts of the bed and yes, i agree,t his is a shortcut, but you will see that the effect will be pretty awesome
i wanted to show you one more thing connected to the sanding this is a part of bed which is pretty long and i'm cleaning it not by hand, but using a rotary sander of course i'm still using my hands for cleaning those fancy edges before staining the bad i'm killing all the bugs by putting the poison in every wormhole in this bed i'm leaving this wormholes to be visiblei'm not using any putty to cover them because i like it that way but of course you can use a putty and than sand with a fine sandpaper now it's time for a stainingthe second satysfying part of the renovation process
i'm using a stain based on oil, but it's not an oil paint it is stain based on oil it easy pretty easy to applyit won't dry too fast, so you can correct your mistakes i'm using a brush and with this kind of stain it won't leave my ugly smudges if you are beginer i strongly recomend you to use this kind of a stain after the two layers of stain it's now time for a final coat i mean a laquer and i'm using an acrylic one it is because it is very good to use for a furniture this kind of laquer doesn't leave the smudges when applying with the brush
it is also non toxic, certified for use even for children toys and it dries very fast and not stink like the other laquers bed which i'm renovating is pretty old so in fact it is just a frame for a mattrrece so now i'm making bottom which will hold the matterace now it's time for a third most satysfying moment in renovation it is assembling all parts toghetherand watching the effects of your work and as you can see i have a little helper in this part because the bed will be used so i want make it stronger and i'm using a wood glue to connect some of it's parts
this is the final result of my renovationand i must say that i'm pretty proud of it do you remember it ?it was my shortcut and now you can see that it's hard to spot the difference between between this parts with an oaken veneer and this with just pine thank you for wathcing my video and if you liked it, i encourage you to subscribe my channel and press the red bell under this video bye