First you'll need to gather up all of the necessary materials, which you can find in the original post over at the Instructables website. Then you're ready to get down to the nitty-gritty of restoring the damaged furniture.

Step 3: Getting Started
FIRST Put on your gloves, face mask and protective eye wear)

Then pour the furniture refinished in a quart cup. I filled it about 1/2 full.

Next, place the steel wool in the cup and let sit for a few minutes.

Step 4: A lot of elbow grease
Remove the steel wool from the cup and begin rubbing the furniture with the grain ( this helps keep the finish nice). You wont have to rub hard, just rub back and forth. You will notice a black residue coming up. Take your rag and wipe this up and keep rubbing the smoke stain out. Sometimes this can take several passes. Rub the entire piece of furniture. Let air dry for 15 minutes. Inspect and repeat if needed.

Step 5: In progess
Here you can see how after several passes the smoke stains start to come loose from the wood.

Step 6: Wax
After you have cleaned the smoke stains away. Its time to wax the furniture. I put 2 coats on of feed and wax. Just apply in small circles over entire piece.

Step 7: Finished
After apply the feed and wax I let the pieces sit out in the Sun for a while to dry.

It should take about 5 hours for the furniture to dry, and then you'll have furniture that looks so amazing you'll never be able to tell what it went through! Have you ever salvaged a piece of fire-damaged furniture? Share your experiences in the comment section below!

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