We picked up this beautiful retro dining room
set at a garage sale for $20!
Yep, $20 for the entire set!!!
It was in rough shape but the owner
was happy to sell it to us. It
had belonged to her husband's
Grandfather.
It was in rough shape, a little dirty,
rusty & needed some TLC.
We took all of the chair seats off first &
scrubbed them with Bar Keepers cleaner.
The vinyl is off white with gold flecks which
is hard to see in the pic.
Bill took off
all of the metal & hardware
& soaked it overnight in Coca Cola.
It came out so clean & beautiful!
(below is the before photo.)
We repainted all of the legs on the chairs
& table with black high gloss paint made
specifically for metal.
(after photo)
(after photo)
We also bought new plastic
stoppers for the legs of the chairs & table in black.
The original set was white but
many were missing. They are
super cheap to buy & a quick fix that
adds so much to the set.
Bill also redid the top of the table with
floor finish to give a nice shine
to the dull top. (it is literally
floor polish) You will have to do this to
the top a few times a year to keep it shiny
as it dulls overtime.
It has been almost 2 years since we bought
this table & finished it! We still
love it! The best part is we gave something
that was probably ready for the dumpster a
new life!
We invested about $20 in product
to redo this project
& a lot of elbow grease! :)
Enjoy! Michelle & Bill
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