Thrift Store Rescue #13 | Furniture Restoration | Refinishing A Thrift Store Norwegian Teak Table 

Reminds me of Regular Car Reviews dude.

If you like his voice, check out Frank Howarth 😉

I was about to say the same thing! "And let's put some happy little finish right here. There's no rush, just take your time."

His vocal doppelgänger is AllAmericanFiveRadio on here :-)

same

This video is the full meal deal.

Don't forget the neighbor hollering "Woah, aren't you freezing?" Hahaha!

Good Luck

How'd it turn out?

Teak is such a spectacular wood; it's always worth it to restore it in my humble opinion. Good luck!

Give us an update Matthew

It's been a year bud. We want to know!

What about the very destructive procedure, and using inappropriate tools/materials?

@@thefreedomguyuk can you pinpoint the processes and tools that are not efficient / appropriate?

@@nesse630 really? When you buy a tool, you keep it and keep using it in a period of years, you don't have to buy new one every time. So, the cost of the tool is devided throughout the number of project you use. To make it more clear, you don't buy a new couch every time you sit and watch a movie... Besides that, what tool in this video cost hundreds of dollars? The orbital sander? Ok, do not buy it and just hand sand. More time consuming but much cheaper also. A project doesn't need that many tools. There are many videos out there showing alternative (cheaper) methods to get the job done. Lastly, don't forget that (probably) you and (surely) me, we are hobbyists and buying all the tools you think you need is expensive, but for some, this is a part or their whole income source.

@@nesse630 that's unfortunate.. where I live the prices are not as low as in the states, but the basics are affordable. Generally, if you want to make a living out of this, you have to invest some money in your business. If you do this in your spare time, there is no actual need to do this. Sanding paper, screwdrivers, hummer / mullet, glue, paint stripper, brushes, chisels plus some cheap stuff, some inginewenity and of course some elbow grease, can get you a long way..

PEASANT.🖕

Yeaaaa.. it wasn't a great table to begin with and it didn't end much better. It was outdated period new or old

@@terrilynhicks9468 thats not what understatement means lol

@@vapehut2326 gigglin'

@@terrilynhicks9468 classic design is never outdated and it definitely ended much better

Well said Jens!

Dear, I agree with you...

aren't you cold? damn, yes I am, why didn't I notice, thanks!

12:25

Yes and also nice to have neighbors that shut up and mind their own while your making a video

Unless it's a day the store is closed.

*Every day

Jerry Bot It's amazing what you can find on people's tree lawns.

@@siukong Dumpster diving day ; )

siukong Street “thrifting” for those days😉.

And my worst...chemical overload, and so unnecessary. Strippers should be avoided...

Yep!

Sounds like a great goal!

That's an interesting and unusual goal.

What is a card scraper? What is it made of and how do you make?

N O. Adam Wiggins

I was just going too look if someone posted something that i wanted to post... and here it is! lol

@@VampieMF Same here. Deeply upsetting.

That man was working outside. No fancy shop or garage and he turned that ugly worn out table into something beautiful. Who cares about the wobbling, it sure did not hamper him.

@@lovera3878 never said it bothered him. I just know as a DIYer, it would bother me to to no end. To each his own.

Wish I were there with you.

It wasn't oil - it was wipe-on polyurethane.

Thank you!

Thank you!

so many that there are no Norwegian teak forests left

@@maverickstclare3756 Underrated comment😅

I agree with you, eternalfizzer! I am learning how to refinishing an old furniture and the name of the products or tools were used in the video are a big problem to me. too.

I'll work on that. Thank you.

😂😂😂😂😂

jungle jeremy I read this comment early and I was like “what could that mean” but when I heard it I knew.

add 6:35 to that lmao

RU-vid Menske I hate the stripper goop

Oh lord

😂😂😂😂I bet, BETTER tthan YOURS. OK? KNOB!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you. I’m happy to hear it.

Yes, but question: Do you have to then neutralize it afterwards? It is like a bleach, after all. In other applications, neutralizing is necessary to stop the chemical process from going any further and causing damage.

@@lizday8140 I think you manage that by how weak or how strong solution you prepare. As far as I know once the water has evaporated the effect of the acid is stopped as there's nothing to carry it into the wood.

@@lizday8140 I just bleached 8 Bruno Rey Beechwood chairs today. Yes, according to directions, what I see online, and my own experiences, you should neutralize if you want it to accept a finish. I've neutralized with mineral spirits and once with white vinegar, some products say water (but usually stains are caused by water). I go with mineral spirits, it seemed to work best. One chair was really stained, so I applied the bleach and just let it sit for a whole 24 hours, no damage to the wood grain. So BigGoucho might be on to something, I'm not a chemist. I also got results using a soap flake finish right after the bleach, making sure to get all the bleach off before letting it dry. I used real wood bleach and also tried a recipe I saw online - a concoction of Barkeepers Friend powder, hydrogen peroxide and a small bit of concentrated chlorine bleach,and the homemade brew was just as effective, worked even faster. These were really blonde bleach chairs, I've had harder time with darker more dense woods.

“I think it looks pretty good”

@@lizday8140 I think he mentions it briefly in the video but remember as well; if you're using anything with water in it to treat the wood check for raised grain and be prepared to sand it back before moving on 👍🏻

@AL Smith loool

star trek image and a reference to the Beatles. you must be a boomer. :-)

@@nowvoyagerNE OK millennial!

@@coolal19 : ... i looked around and i noticed there wasn't a chair.

oops...you left out the word had...she once had me... :-O

@@nowvoyagerNE Actually they left out more words than that! "I once had a [girl/table] Or *should* I say, she once had me? *She showed me her room* Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?" Either way, nice reference :)

It hurt my heart to see that razor blade come out. Just get the sander out and 220 grit the eff outta of it and be done with it already!

Why is using a razor blade so bad? Didn’t realize!

why?

that really hurt the ears

I can't wait to try it! Better than rounding off my corners with the orbital sander.

The screeching from the brutal scraping, and the unnecessary power tools kept me awake. Horrified!

@@thefreedomguyuk lol maybe i am used to the other lol its loud all the time where i live

Sorry, Morten.

It might still be better than mechanical stripping, if you're worried you'll go through the veneer.

@Joe Stephens I was looking for this info, can you name some brands? Thinking of redoing an old table

Stripping solution over a wood finish is an exothermic chemical reaction, and thus retarded by ambient air temperature under 20C. Either warm the table (eg indoors) or let the stripper do its job longer than the recommended 15 minutes. I'll bet it says so on the label.

You can also get some additional mileage out of stripper by covering it in plastic wrap.

@@kellerrobert80 your exactly right. Warming the piece AND the stripper inside will help. Never the less. It a slower process, in cold Weather.

Most finishes will gum up sandpaper really quickly, so its better to just use a stripper first and save the sandpaper for actual wood.

@@jamiequinn5553 yep and he has said in other videos that he thinks stripping is less damaging to the wood. That is called "corning" when the sandpaper gets gummed up.

@@thomasini I had no idea there was a word for it, thanks!

@@jamiequinn5553 That's because there doesn't need to be a word for it.

Kevin, I would have been in doubt from the beginning how much of that "teak" was teak veneer or even something phonier.

He says that it depends on how many hours he worked, and then he just decides how much he wants paid by that number. So if he worked for 5 hours, and wants $10 an hour he'll resell it for $55. But I guess that's just a rough estimate and it depends on the quality of the wood.

@@jonathancarranza6046 Probably has to bring cost of materials used in the equation aswell.

Wish there is a thrift store in Atlanta where you can get tables for $5. I think I need to venture out to the country side !

Jon Please don't treat your furniture like this. You'll end up ruining it. Easy does it is the key to success. No power tools, no heavy scraping, and no sanding needed. Nitro Mors Antique Varnish Stripper is costly, but gentle to the furniture. You need loads of that, 0000 grade wire wool, and loads of time&patience. Use shellac for sealing the wood grain, not polyester. You do need a few days of work put into restoring a small table like this. That's why furniture restoration is so costly.

@@thefreedomguyuk if its for yourself that would be fine, but for resale? a couple days work puts $100 ontop easily.

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No, it's a complete lack of skills. I have been restoring furniture for donkeys years, and I've never seen anything as inept as this. Sorry.