Builditlikebecker (@builditlikebecker)_3
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00:00I bought this for $45 off of Facebook Marketplace. Do you think I can turn it into $750?
00:04Come with me! We gotta assess the damages.
00:06We got a couple scratches.
00:08But overall, she is not in bad condition at all.
00:11Can you believe people are just giving away this stuff on Facebook Marketplace?
00:13This girlie is a 1969 Haywood Wakefield solid wood sideboard.
00:17Your IKEA piece of trash could never.
00:19Let's start by trying to get all those scratches off the top.
00:21I started with 150 grit and that finish didn't budge.
00:24So we lowered it down to 120.
00:26And then 80. And then 60.
00:28This finish is gonna be as stubborn like me.
00:30She must be a Taurus.
00:31This sanding had me sweating. Look, the sweatshirt's already off.
00:34We finally made some progress with 80 grit sandpaper.
00:37But that means we gotta come all the way back up the grits.
00:40Look at that bear beauty.
00:41She's clean but she's not smooth.
00:43But don't worry, we're gonna turn this wood into glass.
00:45To make sure that I'm gonna get an even sand,
00:47I'm writing on the wood with a pencil and then I'm gonna sand it off at each grit.
00:51I left you a little hidden message.
00:52Comment if you can read it.
00:53Since the last grit I used was 80, we're starting with 120 grit.
00:56Once you've removed all the pencil marks at one grit, you go to the next.
00:59Next up, 150, 180, then 220.
01:02This helps to ensure that your stains can absorb evenly.
01:04And sand away any swirl marks that's left over from lower grits.
01:08Once I finished up with the 220 grit, it was ready to stain.
01:10Because we suspected that this wood was maple,
01:12I'm using a preconditioner before I go in with the stain.
01:15Porous woods don't like to accept stain evenly.
01:17So we're giving ourselves the best odds.
01:18Because we're gonna be using an oil-based stain,
01:20I'm using an oil-based wood conditioner.
01:22Let's let that sink in while I talk about water-based stains.
01:25They look like brown poopy paint and I hate them.
01:27That's all.
01:28Let's stain this piece.
01:29You like how Dad's standing in the background just to make sure I don't F things up?
01:32Classic.
01:33Honestly though, it's warranted.
01:35He's a perfectionist and I was a lazy piece of **** for the past 25 years.
01:38I'm using the color Colonial Maple by Minwax
01:41because it looks like it's gonna be a perfect match.
01:43Spoiler, it wasn't.
01:44Now we wait a little bit to let that stain sink in.
01:47Wipe her back.
01:48Direction of the grain, people.
01:49And here's what we're looking like.
01:51She is too light.
01:52Behind the scenes, Dad threw some dark walnut over the top
01:54and it's a perfect match.
01:55He's brilliant.
01:56When I first picked this piece up, I wanted to change it all.
01:58Get rid of that base.
01:59Cut out the center of the doors.
02:01Brighten that baby up with some paint.
02:03But I'm not a monster and I respect quality.
02:06So I instead opted to cut out the center of the doors only.
02:09But this cut had to be precise.
02:10So thank God Dad is the king of precision.
02:12He came up with a great plan to cut the door out from underneath using a router table.
02:16Long story short, most of these wooden doors just have an inlay in them
02:18so we had to get the inlay out without cutting through the door.
02:20It took us a couple tries to get the router deep enough and far enough to remove the paneling.
02:24We wanted to sneak up on it, be a little sneaky sneaky snake.
02:27It took four attempts but we got there.
02:29Wow, look at that success.
02:30You'll love to see it.
02:31Now we just have to clean up those edges to make it look professional.
02:34Dad's scooting it back through the router table just to clear any extra bits.
02:37Oh yeah, and I brought all this fancy tool for around the corners.
02:40Now let's fill that giant hole we just created.
02:42I drew up a nice warm bath.
02:43We're gonna let that soak for 30 minutes and get it all loosey goosey.
02:47Have fun in there.
02:47Not too much fun though.
02:48I'll come back for you later.
02:49Dad's already done some rough cuts for this trim.
02:51So while we're waiting for the cane webbing, let's stain these so they blend in nicely.
02:54I'm wiping on a light coat of dark walnut by Minwax.
02:57Dad used his pull saw to get rid of some length.
02:59And since the router table created rounded corners,
03:01we have to shape the end of our trim pieces to fit.
03:03So dad whipped out the grinder and he's rounding the corners.
03:06Thank god dad always accounts for my mistakes and cut an extra piece because I did this one up.
03:10But hey, we're learning.
03:11Normally for cane webbing, you need a channel and splicing.
03:13And you know what we don't have?
03:14A channel or splicing.
03:16But we do have the brains of my father.
03:17Glue's too messy and we didn't think staples would hold.
03:19So instead, we are pre-drilling our holes and we are going to wrap this cane around the trim.
03:23Dad enlarged the holes to make room for the head of the screws.
03:25Now let's see if we can jam this cane in there.
03:27We lined up the first trim piece.
03:29Double, triple check that that thing is straight.
03:31If it's not, the whole thing's gonna look like garbage.
03:34We ended up using some clamps to hold the trim while we screwed it into place.
03:37Wow, it's looking nice.
03:39Once it was screwed in, we just had to cut back the excess cane.
03:41Since this piece was in such good condition, I was not about to strip it all down.
03:45Let me show you a little magic trick.
03:46Look close.
03:47You see those crusty marks?
03:48Abracadabra, no you don't.
03:49Do you know how much time and sanity this $10 bottle of Restore Finish saved me?
03:53Lastly, we gotta do a little something something with the hardware.
03:56There's a time and place for bat wings, but uh, it's not here.
03:58So they got to go.
04:00With some pliers and a little hand strength, which apparently I do not have,
04:03we got a whole new set of hardware for $0.
04:05Look, this sideboard had two different sized hardware.
04:08And I scoured the internet up, down, left, right, couldn't find anything.
04:10So we had to keep the pulls.
04:11But my wallet is not mad.
04:13The only trade-off is we lost a little thickness in the pulls.
04:15So to use the original screws, I had to add two washers to tighten it back up.
04:19So what do we think?
04:20Wow!
04:22Was it absolutely unnecessary to add this cane webbing?
04:24Yes.
04:25But does it look absolutely stunning?
04:26Yeah!
04:28Can I get some snaps for dad on that color match?
04:31Excellent.
04:31Look at how professional the inside of this door looks.
04:34Heywood Wakefield, just hire me already.
04:37I'm loving it.