Hey man, I used to be an ironworker until several years ago when my back went out and knocked me out of work. I had no other job skills and could barely do anything anyway, so to try to keep making the ends meet I started selling stuff around the house on Craigslist. Even the most trivial crap would sell and before long I was actually buying stuff and reselling it on Craigslist. My garage was practically a thrift store and I was making hundreds of dollars a week. Nothing was going into the bank, but we were still eating, had electricity and making the mortgage payments. #1 seller: Lawnmowers. They often sold literally within minutes of listing them. It was crazy and I sold so many of them I even had little patches of grass around the yard I never cut so buyers could try them out.

Ive flipped some pieces as a hobby and one of my biggest pet peeves is seeing how others have painted using a brush. You can always see the strokes and it generally looks terrible. If you are going to do this full time, buy a sprayer. After you spray your primer, give it a light sand and wipe down to make sure you have a smooth surface, then finally spray two coats of color. The sprayer will be much faster, provide more even coverage, a better finish, and you will find that you use less paint which helps keep costs down.

You did amazing . however I believe you did yourself a disservice as to not educating yourself first with a few KZfaq videos from skilled furniture flippers/artists which I honestly Know you could have saved yourself loads of time and frustration...I've been doing furniture for a while now and I STILL watch videos to keep up ...much luck going forward and again ..awesome work❤❤

This has been one of the best beginner furniture flipping tutorials I’ve seen … thank you!! ❤

After 5 years they come to me and say: Hey can you restore this painted cabinet? The paint peels off. Me: Of course. That is 1500€.

The tip I recently discovered for brass window handles is to make a paste with flour and vinegar, cover it and let it sit for a while. Clean further with 'goldie locks' sponge as well as when you rinse it with water afterwards. Try it next time.

I sure enjoyed this video. Humor was great! Glad to see you flipping furniture. I love doing it and have learned a lot like you are now! God bless!

You are doing a fantastic job. Who hasnt wasted money when first starting out!!! Dont worry about it love! Remember, you are we winning! We only fail when we dont even try! And I get so irritated at people who sit back do nothing yet criticize other people for honest mistakes! You have the guts to do something new and you are very successful at it so pat yourself on the back, don't listen to any negative people at all! Congratulations! Beautiful work!!

Hey mate, I've watched your videos for a while now. This is a great attempt at a different type of style of video more suited to the youtube algorithm. Well done!

Sorry if it’s been mention already but you really should use a roller for painting. Makes for a more even coat and would speed up the painting process. Fun video

What a result. And some left over materials for next time. Well done mate. That’s going to be a really decent side hustle. 👍

Your humor helped me get through this. Lol. The big buffet turned out really nice. The other pieces were a bit of a hodge podge, but hey, they all sold. You might want to look at pictures and videos to get design ideas. The two pieces with the sliding doors are really popular right now.

Loving the finished project

What you have that’s more useful than tools and materials is experience. And the more you do, the more you get. Have fun!

Bedroom sets sell for more than the individual pieces. Sell nightstands and dressers as a set. Even if they're not exactly the same, if you finish them to match, they will look great as a set. Also, invest in a paint sprayer. You'll get more done in less time, making more money. Good luck!

Hey bud, I might suggest using vinegar and cream of tartar. This will form tartaric acid, it's a fantastic cleaning agent for metal.

I’m a furniture flipper and if you mind me giving you some tricks. Clean your pieces with something like Krud Kutter or Simple Green before you sand. It cuts thru the finish and grease. Also always prime your pieces to prevent bleed thru. Use a metallic paint or Buff and rub.

I just put in my 2 weeks from a job I hate, and I’m gonna try my hand at flipping some furniture as well!

wish there were more of these videos really fun to watch

Love your work mate keep it up ❤

Spritz your pieces with water mister before staining -helps it glide on - and use a sponge to put it on.

Greetings and Salutations I quit my job for furniture flipping as well & selling Christmas Trees Probably like 18 months experience of waitlisting my facts for the future water magazine enterprise.... thought about a co-founders course but it came back as maintenance thanks to A.I. Great upload 😊

"if I did use it as firewood" far out that cracked me up good hahaha Great channel, future Scott brown C!!

Thank goodness most of your stuff is free. I’ve never seen someone waste so much money in my life lol good work 🎉

Great vid.. always interesting to see how people's projects come together! Fyi... if you mix bicarb and vinegar you are just neutralising the alkalinity and the acid... both of which would clean on their own.. together is a waste of time...

When marking the holes for the handles, consider using a plastic speed square, less chance of the metal making marks and having to touch up the paint

very inspiring man good job but i think u ll be ok if u use roller for painting or maybe spray later

Learn furniture styles and years. Education is your best teacher. Watch other good refinishers and paint and flip KZfaqrs. Your on the right track and get better with time

Great job!

There are many talented diy's furniture flip ideas out there they know how to choose colour and knob cleaning techniques are best leard from a carpender video restoring antiques they use a wire buffer as well.

Great content mate

If I was you I would invest in a small handheld paint sprayer to get a smooth finish without brushmarks. Also do a light scuff sanding after priming to also get a smoother finish.

FYI, Mr. Metal is an excellent all purpose metal cleaner. But your handles are antique brass. They can’t be made shiny and metallic unless you spray paint them with metallic spray paint. Also, if you don’t like the color of paint you buy, you can take it back and ask them to add tint to it and they can play with it until you like it.

I just watched and this is a brilliant video 🔥🔥 I have never done this before can someone point me in the right direction in terms of video guides that go right through the ins and outs of furniture quality and what furniture flippers and even collectors (those who are looking for quality) are always looking out for in terms of flipping furniture? what types of woods sell for a premium? what types of furniture styles are in or never really go out of fashion (timeless)? Which architect/designers/brands make (or have made) pieces that sell for a premium which I should look out for? How can I tell "good furniture" from "bad furniture" (i.e. something made kitsch and or cheap in comparison to something that looks expensive for example you have a cabinet that is made to replicate and look like an intricate Italian style cabinet or says that it is, and then you have the proper thing made beautifully that people will pay a premium for - how can I tell the difference? From all perspectives; usage, aesthetics, quality, durability, and craftmanship what is considered "good furniture" and what would be considered "bad"? Also, I aim to sell, resell or refurbish and sell online, so how would one compete (“make the sale and make a profit”) in what is a saturated market full of furniture options bearing in mind I aim to use eBay as my main platform? kzfaq.infogaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f4aa.png

Loved this video 😂

Problem when working at home is that people end up doing way more unpaid hours, I did it for years. Also tend to work more after hours/weekends too.

Personally I love the old furniture with those wheels on them. Gives them a great antique look and if they still roll good , even better. I’d leave them on next time.

Great video !!! thanks

Interesting video 👍 Btw, No point mixing vinegar with bicarb, use one or the other

That blue cabinet that gave you a headache had a unique 'retro' feel to it. Could be a good strategy to flip furniture retro style since people will spend hundreds on cheap boring furniture at big W or whatever the bloody store is or they could spend a few hundred on a unique piece of colourful furniture.

Boil your hardware with 50/50 water and white vinegar. Then scrub them with a wire brush and a some kind of cleaner. I use Bartenders Friend.

Orbital sander is your friend -so much faster than others!

If you want to get more money, try spraypainting. Also never go against the grain. Sand it paralel with the grain of the wood. The result will be smoother.

Those brass handles have fake tarnish and might even be lacquered. I would soak them in mineral spirits or paint thinner to remove the lacquer then simmer them in a pot of tomato sauce for about 30 mins.

Listen to music as you sand. Life changing

Bro invest at least in a Wagner 150 spray unit. Easy too use and clean. Even buy a hand held spray unit to apply your base coat. Farrk using brushes. Good luck with whatever you do…. ✌️

I used make a ton of money flipping furniture but it’s almost impossible to make money now bc everyone else is doing it too. You need to watch your cost for supplies. You are spending way too much. Get the smaller paint cans. They go a long way and you can switch up the colors and save money.

5 P's Prior preparation prevents poor performance. Preparation is the hard work then the painting is the cherry job

The stripper works really good but use a cheap paint brush or putty knife to spread it lwt it

Blue hutch is awesome. If you sealed it? ...I'd pay 350 as is. Sealed and or using a sprayer, I'd say 50 plus. Just my first opinion

Did you sand the drawers? They don't look like the were even buff sanded.

I’m not sure if you cleaned the item off camera. If not, I think it’s beneficial to do so before sanding so customer will have a long lasting painted items..

9:29 looks fire. Diluted muriatic acid works great and a lot faster to strip metal corrosion

First off, great job! Second, I don't know where you live but &700+ that's tax free is pretty good. Third... that looks nothing like a "side hustle", definitely looks more like a full time job.

Try a random orbital sander next time, it looks like you left a ton of sanding marks

Use a roller for big areas

this is awesome

Great video. One small complaint: You said 'passive side income on the weekends'. Mate, it's not passive.

Dont mix the vinegar and baking soda lol. You neutralized the entire point of using vinegar, the baking soda basically just acted as an abrasive is all. May as well have been dirt😂 straight vinegar to remove corrosion and rust, bicarb acts as a gentle abrasive/polish. Barkeep is a much better option and very cheap to clean and polish up metals

Cool video. But a bit sloppy, rushed work. Drips, paintbrush lines, not even. But if they sold, then, must have looked ok.

you just clean it with water after sanding?

Wood filler works much better than Spakfiller for furniture.

Buy a cheap paint sprayer. Game changer.

You not doing the stripping right you paint it on thick and WAIT before scrape sanding is nessesary afterwards. It is what it is. Think your process out. Mistakes are lessons learn from them. Your doing great.

Put them in hot water.If it doesn't shine spray paint them.

Use paint stripper it might be quicker

Where in "light" is there LOIYT??...😶

I like wooden project

$5!! Where are u shopping

I'm assuming that's Australian dollars?

Invest in a paint sprayer brother brush strokes are tacky

Sorry, let it sit few minutes then scrape it off, don't let it dry also use a rag to remove the rest

The real wood furniture sanded with varnish worth a lot more than painting it, with paint it looks cheap

"passive side income" don't think you know what passive means bud.

Okay this is a great video but Vinegar and baking soda DOES NOT WORK yes it makes a lot of bubbles which looks impressive but the end product of that reaction is salty water. Baking soda good on its own, vinegar good on its own but together useless. The paste you have at the end is just wet baking soda because you added an excess of it.

Can of coca cola for the brass?

Boil your brass hardware in vinegar and hot water.

The handles aren't brass, they're faux brass

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You'd make more as a painter.

Mate, you need chalk paint! No sanding

Hi Dave are you still going to work as a carpenter

If you're planning on painting more furniture get a cheap sprayer for a professional looking finished instead of seeing brush strokes I wouldn't buy that thing for $10 because of that

At the beginning of the video you said it was your main job not side business. At the end you say it's a side business on the weekends.

Wrap the base in plastic!

Why wouldn't you use a roller 😂😂😂

Sure you spent $500 on material but most of that stuff I think you can reuse in future projects.

I can't believe that people buy painted crap.

You would be amazed the stuff boomers will sell for free. I remember mowing a lawn for a old lady and she gave me a mint condition $7000 lounge for free all I had to do was take the thing away. Her husband had died and she didn't need a giant lounge anymore. There is a massive surplus of furniture and stuff in this country and boomers die off and they just give the stuff away for free.

“Passive” means you don’t have to perform hours of work. Flipping for other is not passive income. It’s skilled work. 🙄

There was not one thing in that video that was passive income! Or ever will be lol

Ths was the most unrelaxing DIY I've ever watched... Keep your cool man.. It's furniture for heaven's sakes. This came off like a cautionary tale, not an inspirational idea to achieve happiness

DUDE STOP IT SO NEGATIVE ON URSELF.THEY LOOK GREAT U WILL NEVER MAKE IT IF U KEEP THIS NEGATIVENESS.

Hi. This is the first video of yours I've watched....First, you didn't even clean the piece before doing anything....then it looks like you're just throwing paint on your pieces. Yikes.

Why did you quit your job ? is being a construction carpenter a bad career ? i'm planing to learn it

You should really wear gloves when working with furniture stripper bud!

that paint job is pretty shit. get a sprayer or some rollers

You really need to spend some time watching restoration videos. Stop painting things. Natural wood sells better. Do you know what a scraper is? You should learn.

You need to spend several days on KZfaq viewing tutorials. Your pieces look rough and ameteurish. Stop whining about the cost.

Barkeep’s friend works best or soaking in vinegar and water. DDecker