How To Refinish Wood Dresser Without Sanding

Spread it onto the surface you are restoring.

How to refinish wood dresser without sanding. Gently sand the surface with 400-600 grit sandpaper or extra fine steel wool. Professional restorer Rodney Keyser demonstrates this How to tutorial on a unique technique we use on an antique wardrobe to beautifully refinish it without stripping or sanding in under an hour. A scuff sand is just lightly going over the wood just enough to create dust but not to dig deep into the wood.

You just use your wood-burning tool to heat up the burn in stick so that little melted drops drip off. It will settle nicely as long as youve used enough product. Then rub the wax onto the dresser using a nylon scourer or steel wool pad.

Finish by washing down the dresser and letting it dry out. Theres no stripping or heavy sanding necessary to remove the old finish. The next step to restoring wood furniture without sanding is to clean the piece thoroughly.

Purchase a container of furniture wax beeswax or a similar wax finish. Ensure all roughness is gone. When all stainpaint is removed move to finer grit sanding pad for smooth finish.

Then use the tip of your hot tool to make sure the melted liquid is in the gouge making sure to tap it with your tool to get rid of any air bubbles. This leaves your piece with a clean finish so. Use the stain pad it comes with the Stain Restore and soak up some stain restore.

Yup no sanding needed. Hi Valerie unfortunately it probably wont change the colour of a dark stain without first sanding. To remove stain from the dresser use sandpaper or a power sander just as you would with paint.