Pridemore House – Refinishing Living Room Fireplace – Middlesborough, Kentucky
The fireplace in the Living Room was our first wood stripping project. We used a commercial stripping product to get the paint off. Our first attempt using foam brushes to apply the stripping agent was only partially successful. The stripping agent ate through the foam brush fairly quickly. A standard paint brush ended up working much better for us.
After the first application we got some of the bubbling of the paint, making the removal that much easier. Unfortunately this was not uniform, so when we got to scraping, some paint came off and other paint did not.
Here is Chrissy applying the stain. We chose a darker stain which she called “redish” colored. This partially disguised the fact that the grain of the original wood was not so distinct. After applying two coats of stain we put a final coat of polyurethane.
We’ll show a picture of the finished product once the painters tape comes off.
