In article <[email protected]>,
Jim Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote:
>Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have someone refinish a
>dining room table.
>It is solid wood, no veneer, and would involve striping and putting a fresh
>coat of polyurethane.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Jim
>
>
more than ten dollars, probably.
less than ten thousand dollars, probably.
size, condition, construction, style, type of wood, existing finish, quality of
workmanship (for the refinishing) _all_ figure into it.
_None_ of which you specified. <grin>
Hi Jim,
Your neighbor will do this for you.
Which neighbor? The one you need to introduce
yourself to and invite to dinner with a nice bottle
of wine.
But always keep in mind (I love this):
GOOD - CHEAP - FAST
(pick any two)
I resemble that.
Lou
In article <[email protected]>, Jim
Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have someone refinish a
> dining room table.
> It is solid wood, no veneer, and would involve striping and putting a fresh
> coat of polyurethane.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim
>
>
The price that you would pay depends on
1. The size of the table,
2. How much damage would have to be repaired before refinishing. Things
like scratches into the wood, loose joints, etc.
3. Where you live. You would pay more in Beverly Hills CA than in Syracuse
NY.
For 42" X 60" table, it can start at about $760 and easily go up above
$2000. Remember, dining room tables have a higher quality finish than many
other pieces of furniture due to the large surface area and the time people
spend at a close diastase to it.
Good Luck.
"Jim Jacobs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have someone refinish a
> dining room table.
> It is solid wood, no veneer, and would involve striping and putting a
fresh
> coat of polyurethane.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim
>
>
Jim Jacobs wrote:
> It is solid wood, no veneer, and would involve striping and putting a fresh
> coat of polyurethane.
That sounds kinda kinky!
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"Jim Jacobs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have someone refinish a
> dining room table.
> It is solid wood, no veneer, and would involve striping and putting a
> fresh coat of polyurethane.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim
I'll do it for $176.58. You deliver and pick up.
"Jim Jacobs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have someone refinish a
> dining room table.
> It is solid wood, no veneer, and would involve striping and putting a
fresh
> coat of polyurethane.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim
>
Depending on size I would guess somewhere between $500 and $1000 at
least....mjh
Larry Jaques wrote:
> The reason it got done for $600 was that I was low on work, Mom was
> stunned by the quote from the refinishing shop. I lowballed it at half
> the quoted price (as a joke) and the offer was taken. I was happy to
> do it for them, bought supplies out of my own pocket, and got some
> free dinners a few nights, too.
Having faired out a boat hull, it gives me a perspective about the time
and effort required to finish something that you can not get any other way.
To give you some idea, you could probably refinish 25 dining room tables
and have time to spare compared to the time and effort required to fair
out a 30 ft sailboat.
Lew
> "Jim Jacobs" wrote:
>
>Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have someone refinish a
>dining room table.
More than you want to pay, but I give you credit, you recognise how much
work is involved and will pay it because you don't want to do the work.
If I were to do it, I'd quote $5K minimum, subject to revision upon
inspection of the piece.
You had to ask<G>.
Lew
On Fri, 27 May 2005 01:01:45 GMT, the inscrutable Lew Hodgett
<[email protected]> spake:
>
>> "Jim Jacobs" wrote:
>>
>>Anyone have any idea how much it would cost to have someone refinish a
>>dining room table.
>
>
>More than you want to pay, but I give you credit, you recognise how much
>work is involved and will pay it because you don't want to do the work.
>
>If I were to do it, I'd quote $5K minimum, subject to revision upon
>inspection of the piece.
I did a dining table and 8 chairs for $600, half the price quoted by
the local yahoos. I removed the poly and RBS, then carefully brushed
the pigment stain out of the pores. It then got a dozen hand-rubbed
coats of Watco Golden Oak. The whole process took several hours a day
for about a month. I didn't have a respirator (but should have) so I
stayed upwind of the methylene chloride stripper and lacquer thinner
rinse. That's an enormous amount of work, lemme tell ya.
To do it now, I'd ask at least $1,500 and I wouldn't put poly back on
it if they paid me double. (Hmmm, well, maybe for triple pay, but not
thick enough for that infamous "Saran Wrap" look.)
>You had to ask<G>.
<g> Is that extra $4k for putting poly back on it? Good call, Lew.
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On Fri, 27 May 2005 17:27:10 GMT, the inscrutable Lew Hodgett
<[email protected]> spake:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> <g> Is that extra $4k for putting poly back on it? Good call, Lew.
>
>Based on your description of your activities doing a refinish job, the
>$5K estimate was LOW.
The reason it got done for $600 was that I was low on work, Mom was
stunned by the quote from the refinishing shop. I lowballed it at half
the quoted price (as a joke) and the offer was taken. I was happy to
do it for them, bought supplies out of my own pocket, and got some
free dinners a few nights, too.
Watco is a perfectly viable finish for daily use, BTW. I'd use
Waterlox nowadays. It might stand up to 3x daily family use.
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