10 Tips to Refinish Wooden Beds

We know that finishing of wooden beds get fad with time. You need to refinish them so that you may get a fresh and appealing look. But refinishing wooden beds is not so easy; you need to look upon some critical points. These beds have a special coating of varnish to protect the wood from scratches, cuts and stains. To refinish your bed you first need to remove this glossy layer. You should have a proper know how of particular materials so that you may protect wood and surroundings from the stains; otherwise you will end you work with permanent stains that will not remove.

Here, in this post, I have provided you with some instructions to be followed when you are at a mission of refinishing. Have a look!

1. First of all, remove the bedding and mattress from the bed frame very carefully and place them far from the place where you are going to do the work.
2. Clean the wooden bed with ordinary soap or dish washer. Use soft rag to clean out the bed.
3. After applying soap or dishwasher you must clean it with damp cloth to remove the soap properly. Let the bed dry for a full day; be patient.
4. You need to sand your bed using a palm sander. The sandpaper should be off 120-grit. Sand the bed until the finishing of bed gets dull. Focus on corners and edges specially.
5. Change your sand paper and use a 220-grit sand paper. Sand the bed again until and unless the wood finish gets off and the wood grain becomes smoother.
6.  Clean out the sawdust from your bed; use a tack cloth to wipe out the dust.
7. You need to apply professional tape, which painters use, to the places you do not need to refinish. Then place a plastic sheet on the floor and cover it with a cloth sheet. Plastic sheet will not let drops of paint pour on your floor while cloth sheet will give you bed a smoother platform to be placed. Place your bed on the cloth sheet.
8. Obtain a paint brush that is specially designed to apply oil paints. Apply oil based stain on the bed using this paint brush. Use a clean cloth rag to remove the excessive stain from the bed. Wait for 4-5 hours so that stained bed gets dry.
9. Use mineral spirits to wash out the stain from the paint rush. Your paint brush must be properly clean before you use it to apply coat of some other material.
10. After cleaning the brush, apply a coat of varnish to the stained bed frame. You must wait for 6-7 hours to let the varnish dry; after that you may replace the bedding and mattress.

These are some of the simple tips and instructions in my dictionary that I could guide you to refinish your wooden bed. Through this formal procedure your bed and surroundings will not get damaged and stain.