This pedestal table had been painted a couple of times...my daughter wanted it to be sanded to a level that provided a distressed wood appearance.
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This table is round...with a center drop-in leaf that makes the table oblong. We decided to sand this central part first to determine methods of paint removal and see how the underlying grain looked. The first paint removal went well...80x on 150mm Festool sander. |
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With the entire top surface sanded at 80x... |
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...the ends had a rounded edge and there was a groove that was filled with paints...in the grooves I used a knife... |
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| ...then two different carbide scrapers...and then hand sanding blocks and a DX90 with a triangular head... |
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Then the top was sanded for smooth touch at 220x grit... |
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...the ends were hand sanded at 220x. |
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Then the dust was removed with mineral spirits for the final appearance test...the distressed look was quite appealing and this section is ready for a coat of oil/varnish. |
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Rubbing in a coat of Watco teak oil...dry wood is really soaking it up... |
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The insert top surface with one coat... |
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Second and final coat of teak oil on the insert leaf. |
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The round table...started by getting table onto the MFT3 table... |
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Using DX90 with triangular head 80x... |
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Getting into the curved edge crevices I used a carbide tipped scraper in pull mode... |
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...and a different carbide scraper in paring mode. |
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A completed section...about a linear foot...there are ~12 linear feet of table apron. |
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| The apron has been cleared of paint... |
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The table top is flipped... |
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Here the layers are visible...the original wood had a layer of stain on it...then there is a layer of white paint...probably a primer...followed by the light blue paint and then sealed with some kind of odd material that turned a greenish yellow. |
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The Festool 150mm sander with 80x paper made fairly quick work of the paint layers...each quarter took one piece of abrasives and about 15 minutes... |
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After the top had been sanded there was a somewhat more difficult edge to sand... |
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This was taylor made for the DX 90 triangular head and the regular 90mm pad as well... |
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...with the edge cleaned up. |
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I tried out a super grit abrasive that had come in a Festool trial pack...it must have been 50x...this really ate up the surface paint...then I went back to 80 grit to finish the paint removal... |
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...then to 120x and 220x for a "smooth to the touch" finish. |
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After all of the paint was removed, there were a couple of surface scars that were probably the reasons the paint was put on in the first place...some looked like hot spot scars... |
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One was a spot where the veneer had been damaged and the composite board showed through... |
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...and another at the joint between the halves. |
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Mineral spirits wipe on for dust removal... |
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Table top moved to garage...a rub on coat of teak oil. |
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Screwing the pedastal back onto the bottom side of the assembly.
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The table in the round...tiger eye oak. |
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