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Should I paint or stain this?

Should I paint or stain this?

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by: Okiedokie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 6:21am  
I bought this for my DD.   I am going to put it in her playroom which is going to have a music theme.  I didn't pay too much for it with the idea that I would paint it.  It's solid wood and DH thinks I should just sand the imperfections out and stain it.
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WskyTngoFxtrt Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 6:24am  

I bought this for my DD.   I am going to put it in her playroom which is going to have a music theme.  I didn't pay too much for it with the idea that I would paint it.  It's solid wood and DH thinks I should just sand the imperfections out and stain it.
 
@Okiedokie: If it really is solid wood, then I agree with your DH. Why cover up the grain of solid wood with paint?
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 6:45am  
But to stain it properly, you need to remove all the old finish first.If it is veneer, that is problematic.Stain you apply over a current finish, just never works out that great.Either sand and revarnish, or paint. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 7:00am  
Paint it ebony and make it have piano keys along the front. Paint the shelving white and get black music notes and treble clefs and stuff and randomly affix them on the front of the shelves so it looks like sheet music. Then you'll have a cool music themed desk. Or stain it, lol! 4951
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Okiedokie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 7:27am  
Paint it ebony and make it have piano keys along the front. Paint the shelving white and get black music notes and treble clefs and stuff and randomly affix them on the front of the shelves so it looks like sheet music
 
@topcat: That's similar to what I was going to do!  DH thinks she will grow out.  I said when that happens, I will just paint it a different color
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jax Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 7:27am  
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 7:33am  

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I bought this for my DD.   I am going to put it in her playroom which is going to have a music theme.  I didn't pay too much for it with the idea that I would paint it.  It's solid wood and DH thinks I should just sand the imperfections out and stain it.
 
@Okiedokie: If it really is solid wood, then I agree with your DH. Why cover up the grain of solid wood with paint?
 
@WskyTngoFxtrt: I agree. My hubby love to work with wood and he thinks it's a sin to paint solid wood. If it's a veneer though I'd be incline to paint it- trying to get finish off veneer is a PITA. It looks like This ENd Up furniture- if it is then they don't really stain it- they apply an oil to it so refinishing it would be a breeze- just a light sanding and reapply oil, polyeurathane or stain
 
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 8:19am  
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 8:38am  
But to stain it properly, you need to remove all the old finish first.If it is veneer, that is problematic.Stain you apply over a current finish, just never works out that great.Either sand and revarnish, or paint.
 
@FoFa: Being in the business I totally agree you have to take all the original finish off first...   If it is not solid wood then paint may be a better option.
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 12:35pm  
Distress it first.  Then it will be worth a fortune. 4951
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topcat Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 8:09pm  
Distress it first.  Then it will be worth a fortune.
 
@fcabanski: Yeah, on the KDC classifieds ,lol! "Vintage desk:450.00"
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 8:42pm  
don't do either...if it has a solid finish like a lacquer or such, take it down to the bare wood . if it has interesting grain you could darken it with an oilbased wiping stain then you can do a tung oil finish ..a nice rubbed oil finish can be done with equal parts of tung oil and turpentine warned and then applied with a lintfree shoptowel. the advantage of that is it can be renewed just by rewiping with the mixture when and if needed. 4951
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Heathur Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 9:05pm  
Paint 4951
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Pi Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 9:29pm  
It's for a little girl - paint it!  Emoticon 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 17, '14 9:59pm  
don't do either...if it has a solid finish like a lacquer or such, take it down to the bare wood . if it has interesting grain you could darken it with an oilbased wiping stain then you can do a tung oil finish ..a nice rubbed oil finish can be done with equal parts of tung oil and turpentine warned and then applied with a lintfree shoptowel. the advantage of that is it can be renewed just by rewiping with the mixture when and if needed.
 
@ProblemAgain:
Thank you- couldn't remember The finish that This End Up used- it was tung oil. It wasn't "high end" but was high quality. We still have AND use 2 bunk beds ( now separated), couch, recliner, kitchen table and chairs,
Coffee table, 3 end tables and a bookshelf- all of them are 21 years old. We keep buying cushions for the couch.
After the bathroom is done we're sanding the kitchen table and reapplying the tung oil. This stuff has held up forever even better than our expensive, high end (10k after an emplyee discount) dining room furniture. The desk and chair in the picture looks like This End Up- that's why I suggested refinishing it instead of painting.
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 18, '14 7:58am  
If it's already painted (I can't see the pic), clean, sand, prime and paint. 4951
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