End Table Makeover {in yellow}

 This table cost me $7 dollars at Goodwill. Of course- it had potential!

 I found it back in June and finally found time to finish it!  yay!

Thanks to advice and inspiration from All Things Thrifty Home, I am happy with the end result.

 I could not find a color of yellow I liked. So I decided to experiment and use machinery spray paint from Ace in Caterpillar Yellow Gloss. It worked and it was the perfect color!So in this case- I'm glad I took the risk and experimented with this paint.  The hardware was spray painted with Krylon oil rubbed bronze in Satin.

Simple steps are: clean it; prime it- we always you Bin Zinsser spray primer. It is a little more expensive than the primer you brush on-but  it is worth it.

After that dries, we spray painted the yellow. The trick with this table (half plastic and half wood) was waiting and waiting. I used about 2 cans of spray paint maybe a little bit less- and coated to twice-but I had to wait 5 days in between for the paint to cure.

 

If you want to do the glazing- adding the black into the cracks- refer to this post. It was a huge help! I bought the Faux Glaze from Ralph Lauren (about $14 for a pint that lasts forever- as you only need a little) and then I added some to an old pint of black paint. This part was very messy. I would put it on with a rag, and then using an old toothbrush, I brushed it into the cracks and grooves. Then I wiped it off with another rag and let it dry. If I thought there was too much, I used a rag with a little water on it, and wiped the extra off. It isn't perfect but good enough- since it was my first glazing job!

 And here it is in the room instead of in the garage:

I hope it doesn't look like the sun and a rainbow got together and threw up. That is not the look I was going for. Hopefully it will all come together and look nice.  I have 2 more tables and many other projects in the works. Let me know what you think- and if you have done some furniture -refinishing lately- please share- I'd love to take a peek!!