Fall Refinishing Project ~ Old Bed

There was time for one more fall project before winter set in so I went to work refinishing the old bed frame that once belonged to my Grandparents.  I brought it to Alaska from Minnesota in 1996 on one of our many road trips to and from the lower 48. It was missing the top bar and the multiple coats of paint were chipping some but that did not matter to me until recently.  The paint had started to chip off in large chunks and the thought of having house guests who might have young children started me thinking that perhaps the old lead paint needed to be taken off and replaced with a more suitable coat.

As you can see there were layers upon layers of paint.  Some of them even just painted on with a brush.  The layers were so thick in places that you could not even see the detail in the cast.

This project called for some paint stripper ~ the biodegradable kind ~ the pressure washer a.k.a. The Annihilator and tons of elbow grease.

Here is the detail once all the old paint had been removed.

After two coats of self etching primer.

After two coat of Rust-Oleum spray paint ~ Oregano color.

After two coats of a Rust-Oleum gloss top coat for shine and durability. 

Do you want to see the finished project?

Check back tomorrow!