Sand the table top and the seat of your chairs with either coarse or medium grit sandpaper.
Staining dining table and chairs.
You ll need a rotary sander router with round over bit stain rubber stain brushes and a big box of rags.
Buff a tung oil finish with a cotton rag.
But andrew warns that paint isn t as durable as an oil especially for a high traffic piece of furniture like a dining table 5.
Hgtv expert steve watson gives you a list of materials and step by step instructions for refinishing a wood dining room table.
First sand off the old finish.
This particular stain is eco friendly has a low odor and exceptionally durable in high traffic areas like tabletops kitchen cabinets and floors.
To stain the dining table top we chose homestead house stain finishing oil all in one wood finish in cappuccino.
This tutorial will take you step by step through the process of refinishing a set of wooden dining chairs.
If you go the oil route you were done a step ago.
However you can use this same process for virtually any wood piece you d like to redo the process takes quite a bit of time and lots of effort but the end result is worth it.
Apply at least two coats since dining room tables get a lot of use allowing each coat to fully cure before applying the next one.
After the final coat of stain has thoroughly cured typically overnight or 24 hours apply polyurethane according to the manufacturers instructions or tung oil.