Let’s face it: After 8 years of heavy duty our colonial style dining table didn’t make a good picture in our new home. The red-ish color clashed with the brown timber floor, some hot pots and pans left a series of white marks in the lacquer and the corners looked like some baby nibbled around them. Hey, wait! That actually really happened!
So we decided to turn the bite-marks into history and started to sand the whole thing.
![Oh-kay.. That takes far too long and requires hundreds of sanding paper sheets...](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160112_0005_1600-640x360.jpg)
![So we went to Mitre10 in town to get a nice 5-in-1 random orbital sander.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160112_0006_1600-640x360.jpg)
![I admit I underestimated the amount of time needed to do that.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160112_0009_1600-640x360.jpg)
![After a couple of hours of hard work and sweating, the old laquer is finally gone (also on the legs)](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160113_0012_1600-640x360.jpg)
![Applying some leftover black stain from the timber floor and 6 layers of clear oil.](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160114_0014_1600-640x360.jpg)
![The result is a slightly overcooked roast beef on a brand new dining table](https://www.schnitzel.kiwi/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160116_0024_1600-640x360.jpg)