Not just Idea

 

 

A good bar stool is hard to find!

These were labeled made in California, anything that was made domestically has my vote.

The steps I took while painting these stools should help convince you to get yours redone.

 

 

Always turn your painting projects upside down before you start, especially chairs.

I use the chain link fence to rest my chairs legs against and a make shift bench below.

If you are using a spray can it takes at least 1 whole can to do one whole chair.

Once all the undersides are coated turn the chair over and finish spraying.

DO NOT HOLD THE NOZZLE DOWN WHEN USING SPRAY CANS,

short bursts offer better control, less waste, and you do not get runs as easily.

 

 

I planned on painting these white and distressing back to the black

but you can stop at this point and have a nice new set of black bar stools.

Let an oil based spray dry for 24 hours before using or painting over.

 

 

I do the same steps with the next coat, turn the chairs upside down, coating all the bottom surfaces.

Then flip them over and finish with your white. I sprayed these chairs with a 50 - 50 mix of ASCP

OLD WHITE and PURE WHITE.

 

 

The seats were upholstered with this waverly numbered print.

 

 

Some upholstery tips can be found here:

http://blogspot.ca/p/how-to_9274.html

 

 

I distressed and waxed the white to show the black and a bit of the wood.

This can be done with fine sand paper (220) or wet distressing.

 

 

This whole process is an excellent method to deal with dining chairs that dont hold ASCP very well,

but for those who want to use it to achieve that silky velvety finish we all love so much.