DIY with Colorantic Products – Anaïs Favron

Transforming a Cable Reel Into a Coffee Table

You’ll need a bit of luck to come across an old spool of wooden electrical cable. In general cable reels are either recycled by companies because they’re either recycled or returnable.

In any case, if you see one on the side of the road, in a storeroom or in an antique shop, don’t miss the chance to turn it into an original coffee table. You could leave it unfinished or paint it, as suggested by our collaborator Anaïs Favron.

As you read on, you’ll discover how Anaïs was able to put those dull cable reels to good use.

Last June, Anaïs received a box containing our Colorantic products. Naturally, we were curious to see what kind of project Anaïs would do with our gorgeous Kiwi, Emerald colours and our brown glaze, Chocolate Cake.

This week, Anaïs unveiled the result of her DIY project. In fact, she transformed two industrial spools into two side tables for her outdoor terrace! Isn’t it a wonderful idea?

In addition, Anaïs described the stages of this transformation, which we are passing on to you.

• List of Products Used

  • Colorantic chalk paint: Kiwi
  • Colorantic chalk paint: Emerald
  • Colorantic matte varnish
  • Glacis, Colorantic chocolate cake
  • XL or 55 mm Colorantic brushes
  • Colorantic green adhesive tape
  • Colorantic two-grain sandblasting block

Preparation

1. Sand the coils and dust well.
2. Use the green tape to delimit the paint colours and glaze. However, if you only have one colour, skip this step.

The Paint

Now it’s time to apply the paint in the colour of your choice. For Colorantic paint, remember that it dries in just 30 minutes. (Two colours because, hey, I told you I got a present and I love colours!)

The Glaze

Now it’s time to try the glaze. I didn’t know about this product. It’s sick, look for yourself!

The Finish

Finally, for optimum protection, the next day I applied two coats of matte varnish. I waited 1 hour between coats.

Then get two beautiful tables, but wait until the next day to varnish them and show off the final result!

And here’s the work! I’m pretty happy with the result and I’m really excited about the colours for my two tables! Kiwi, Emerald and Chocolate Cake from Colorantic. I chose to leave the wood natural on the base of the big spool and added castors underneath.

We’d like to thank Anaïs for agreeing to work with Colorantic!

Project milestones June 7, 2020

Final result June 8, 2020

Anaïs Favron

Actress and presenter

https://www.instagram.com/anaisfavron/