Bedroom furniture can take a beating.
Bedroom furniture includes any type of functional furniture within a bedroom. Bedroom furniture can become easily damaged over time. Dresser drawers are opened on a daily basis, and joints or hardware may become loose and worn. Surfaces can get scratched and may need cosmetic repairs too. Buying new bedroom furniture can be expensive. Repairing bedroom furniture can save money in the long run. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Cabinet hardware
Move items from furniture surfaces being repaired and place them out of the way of the repair site. Remove clothes from drawers. Remove all hardware when repairing drawers and cabinets, and place hardware in storage containers. Do not mix up individual hardware from different pieces of furniture.Take a piece of masking tape, put it on a container and with a magic marker, write down the piece of furniture the hardware is from.
2. Battery-operated screwdriver
Remove hardware and screws from inside cabinet and dresser drawers. Use a battery-operated screwdriver, and make sure the appropriate size head fits the screw. Place hardware and screws inside the labeled container.
3. Sand furniture with an electric sander.
Put old newspaper around the floor of the bedroom furniture being repaired. Open up windows for proper ventilation. Put on plastic or cotton disposable gloves, and wear a dust mask to protect from wood dust inhalation. Sand furniture that is worn, scratched or damaged with an electric sander. Sand evenly in the direction of the grain. Remove wood dust with a tack cloth or clean paint brush.
4. Furniture glue
Repair gouges in wood bedroom furniture with wood filler. Slightly overfill the gouge with the wood filler, and remove excess filler with a putty knife. Let filler dry, and sand surface lightly with coarse sandpaper that is 100 to 150-grit. Remove dust with tack cloth. Glue lifted pieces of wood back into place with furniture glue. Apply slight pressure when gluing and let dry. Sand away excess glue with sandpaper. Remove wood dust with tack cloth.
5. Fix lifted or blistered veneer by placing a damp, old cloth over the blister. Take a hot iron and steam-heat the veneer blister by placing the iron on top of cloth for a few minutes. Remove iron and cloth. Use a putty knife to scrape away the melted blister. Place wood glue under the edges of lifted or slit veneer. Take a small paint roller, and go over the re-glued area with the roller. Clean excess glue with a clean rag. Let glue dry.
6. 320-grit sandpaper
Reinforce a loose furniture joint by fully disassembling it. Clean both parts of the joint of old glue with 320-grit sandpaper. Remove wood dust with a tack cloth, or clean paint brush. Re-glue the joint with epoxy wood glue or regular wood glue, and clamp in place. Let dry overnight.
7. Fully repaired and painted bedroom furniture
Stain or paint wood furniture using products made for wood. Use a latex enamel-based paint or a water-based stain. Dip a paint brush into paint or stain, and apply to furniture, in even strokes. Apply a second coat after the first coat dries. Let dry. Seal furniture with a polyurethane finish.
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