Cheap Kitchen Table wood???

Pete Simmons

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What are these cheap kitchen tables and chairs made out of? Can they be sanded and refinished or is it just a painted on design to make it look like wood?

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Jan and I recently refinished a table and chairs that looks surprisingly like the one you have. Turns out the seats and tabletop were solid wood. They blotched a little during refinishing but that was to be expected. Turned out OK for about a $35 investment on craigslist.
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What are these cheap kitchen tables and chairs made out of? Can they be sanded and refinished or is it just a painted on design to make it look like wood?

My guess would be European Beech (Not like ours, it's a different species). Ikea makes a lot of their furniture from it. It's actually a pretty good furniture wood.
 
Thanks. Looks like I will be doing some refinishing.

I'll show the results.
May be awhile. House remodel still going on. Many rooms about 95%. One bath 70%. Master bath 0%.

Always have kept one bath functional. Had no kitchen sink for almost 2 months. Good excuse to eat out a lot.

Expect master bath to be 4 bare walls by end of week.
 
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