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00:00When it comes to making a decision where I have to spend money, it will take me 3 to 365 business days to make a decision.
00:04First, I need to overanalyze every possible option and change my mind at least 7 times.
00:08And second, once I decide, I will search the entire internet to find the lowest price possible.
00:11Yes, I will spend weeks of research to save $5 and no amount of logic you use on me will convince me that I'm crazy.
00:15I finally decided I wanted these chairs for my kitchen table.
00:17But these businesses are out here playing games.
00:19But I don't get got, I go get.
00:21Welcome to this episode of dupe to recoup the money I would have spent.
00:23Where I dupe overpriced furniture and don't give my money to billion-dollar corporations.
00:27And I'm gonna show you how to do it in case you wanna do it too.
00:29First step is removing years of booty juices.
00:31Whenever you're repainting furniture, you need to remove any grease, grime, and debris.
00:34And that includes swamp ass.
00:35While you're cleaning, you wanna look for any defects.
00:37For example, we're missing a wooden plug here.
00:38You could buy a replacement or make one.
00:40Or see if your dad has any lying around.
00:42I don't know if I'll have any.
00:43Now just take a little glue and a little bop bop bop.
00:45And it's good as new.
00:46On to sanding.
00:47Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
00:49You don't need a fancy sander to sand but I 100% do.
00:52I'd rather sit on the floor for the rest of my life than hand sand a chair.
00:55I mean just having to hand sand these little details I highly considered purchasing the chairs from the big box stores.
00:59But alas, I persevered.
01:00Now that every single surface has been scuff sanded, it's time to remove the dust.
01:03There are many ways to do that but when you're dealing with a lot of crevices, I prefer to use an air compressor.
01:07That is what I'm not wrestling with the hose.
01:13I did eventually get it.
01:14Once it's dust free, it's prime time!
01:24And now we can fill in any dents and dings.
01:25I guess you could skip this step, but I didn't say I didn't want big box furniture.
01:29I said I didn't want big box prices.
01:30I still want it to look brand new.
01:31And just because I basically DIY'd everything in my house, doesn't mean I want you to know
01:35it's all DIY'd.
01:36So we'll also be filling in the wood grain.
01:37I want these chairs looking fresh out the factory.
01:39You can water down your wood filler to do this, but I prefer mixing my own.
01:42That way I can be precise with my measurements.
01:43So you want that much powder.
01:44Follow me.
01:45We're going to the sink.
01:46Come on.
01:47And then you want to put about that much water in it.
01:48Yep.
01:49Perfect.
01:50Did you get that?
01:51And then stir it up until it's about the consistency of natural peanut butter.
01:53Not that I buy that kind.
01:54You're crazy if you think I'm paying extra for peanut butter I have to mix myself.
01:57And then push it into the wood grain.
01:58Thankfully I didn't have to grain fill the whole chair.
02:00Just the spindles, which arguably is the worst.
02:02And I was covered head to toe in dust.
02:03Now all that's left is one more coat of primer and two coats of paint and I can officially
02:07sit at my kitchen table.
02:08Wow.
02:09I almost forgot to tell you that I bought these chairs from Habitat for Humanity for
02:12$20 each.
02:13I already had all the supplies on hand and according to Girl Math, that's free.
02:15So really it only cost me $40.
02:17Well $43.
02:18Because ironically the US government allows double taxation.
02:20God bless America.
02:21But what do you think?
02:22Was it worth saving myself over $100?
02:24Absolutely.
02:25These have armrests.
02:26What do you think baby?
02:27Do you like our new kitchen chairs?