All That Glitters Is Not Gold!

I saw this cute little desk at Goodwill the other day. It had an unusual painted surface that lookd like a bag of glitter exploded all over it! The $5 price tag blocked out all sensible thinking, like what a PAIN it would be to remove all that glitz and that all the labor involved would be a labor of LOVE 'cuz no resale price is high enough to cover that!! But I was up to the CHALLENGE!

I can see why this piece ended up at GW! There was no way to remove PINK paint splatters without also taking out some of the camo-color undercoat & muli-color glitter with it! It was time to bring out the heavy-duty stripping solvent, gloves, scraper, and goggles.

Two days ......... multitudes of steel wool and an entire container of stripper later here's how she's lookin'! Bare naked - no paint - no glitter! After a lot of sanding, now its on to a new coat of primer. Stay tuned for the final unveiling!!