How to refinish a table and make the perfect bite

You should all get to meet my dad. There is nothing he loves more than a project ( please refer to my Pa's Day Pie entry and the prototyping we did ALL DAY- which was fun). So, when my mum bought a worktable for $20 and I mentioned wanting to refinish it for my new apartment, my dad said " well, I've got news that will make you happy, there's an orbital sander WITH sandpaper sitting in the garage". Of course there is.

So began the sanding project.




This was about 2 hours in.Whoever owned this sucker before lacquered it to hell and back. I will not be surprised if the table is 20x lighter when it's all done.

After about 6 hours of orbital sander bliss, I got to staining. I chose a cherry stain, mostly because I'm not a fan of light colored furniture, and also because I NEEDED to stain.




Stained! Sidenote, if you haven't youtubed Stains + Cupcake...do it now. I'll wait.




Wasn't that awesome? Anyway, then I sanded again, this time with 120 grit (fine grit sandpaper)
And then, polyurethane!




Isn't it pretty?


The polyurethane is a satin finish, so once it dries it won't be all that glossy.

On to the perfect bite.




Today I harvested 1 medium zuchinni, 1 med patty pan squash, and 10 almost ripe cherry tomatoes. I made 1 bag of cavatappi pasta, sliced and then sautéd the squashes, tossed in the pasta, salt, pepper and 1 small log of goat cheese. Garnished with the cherry tomatoes and BOOM! The perfect bite.

Which I will now return to.

Kitchen Ninja out.