But andrew warns that paint isn t as durable as an oil especially for a high traffic piece of furniture like a dining table 5.
Refinished dining room table and chairs.
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Except of course when that furniture is dining room chairs and it s old and beat up and not very pretty anymore.
Allow the final coat of polyurethane or tung oil to dry for at least 24 hours before using the table.
A step by step guide from start to finish.
Wood can almost always be restored and refinished to become something you love.
Apply at least two coats since dining room tables get a lot of use allowing each coat to fully cure before applying the next one.
The matching chairs need a bit more repair so they are hanging out in our basement for now until i get around to dealing with them.
Buff a tung oil finish with a cotton rag.
To redo your dining set inside place a large drop cloth underneath your dining set then place small squares of wax paper under table and chair legs so you can paint all the way to the floor.
If you go the oil route you were done a step ago.
How to refinish wooden dining chairs.
Well here we are more than a year later and i decided it was finally time to refinish the table.