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    Refinishing 'shiny' pine furniture?

    Hmm, ok...might get a really might coloured one then just to even things out but not add too much darkness? Or do I have any other options? It's currently quite a nice hue now the shine has been taken off a bit :) Would just polishing do anything?! Thanks for your reply
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    Refinishing 'shiny' pine furniture?

    Thanks Gerrydelasel, just wasn't sure if there was another option I had missed :)
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    Refinishing 'shiny' pine furniture?

    Hi, some advice needed please :) I bought a solid pine bed v cheaply second hand, in the process of refinishing it for ourt little boy. It was originally 'orange pine' with a v high shine varnish finish, I want to partially repaint in cream but leave the upright posts in bare wood. I've sanded...
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    Bubbles in paint - despite prepping!

    Joe-90, I didn't have filler on at least 95% of the areas where bubbles appeared though. Sorry if I was unclear, I was just trying to give detials of the prep work I did; ie I only sanded where I had filled, didn't sand all the walls. So bubbles were in random areas overlying the old...
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    Bubbles in paint - despite prepping!

    I didn't do a mist coat no, as I thought that was just for bare plaster. But there was no filler applied originally, where the first set of bubbles appeared. I think all the bubbles are on areas which were just old paint (no filler). The filler was an attempt to get rid of the first lot of...
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    Bubbles in paint - despite prepping!

    Hi, Was wondering if you can help please? Long post sorry, but thought I should give all the relevant detail! We are decorating our living/dining room for the first time since we moved in 2 years ago. I have never painted before either, but I did a fair bit of research first. I have just...
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