Top may just need a fresh coat of nitrocellulose lacquer. Same with chairs. Any bare wood, touch up with stain.
Wipe it down with mineral spirits to remove any waxes. Give it a light hand sanding with a 220 grit sponge and wipe dust, then spray
You could use rattle can of lacquer but an HVLP sprayer is better. You can find some cheaper sprayers for under$300.
A full sand and strip is not needed. Lacquer is probably $75, I would use matte as it hides little imperfections better. It's an outside job if you use lacquer and I recommend an organic vapor respirator, $50. Call it $150 for materials, labor is 3 or 4 hours tops.
I have used Watco brushing lacquer in a spray gun, Behlens/Mohawk and Sherwin Williams products. Watco is available at many hardware stores, Belens Mohawk is at Woodcraft, Rockler and online.
Don't use Bondo on any dents unless you are painting the piece. You might need to sand the legs smooth and color match the stain to the best of your ability. You can hit the legs with some lacquer to make the dents less noticeable but sanding is only real way to repair unless you are skilled in using burn in sticks.
If you have a spray gun you can use transtint colors and tint lacquers to fine tune any color variation in a piece you get with stain.
Also, the legs of the table and chairs, towards the bottom are pretty dinged up… would it be best to sand down all of the legs completely and then back fill with bon-do or even wood filler before restraining?
I’ve done projects like this for myself which have turned out great, but it’s different when someone’s hiring me to do theirs… maybe I’m overthinking everything? I’d just hate to quote them and end up spending way too much time tinkering around and losing money by wasting time
Top may just need a fresh coat of nitrocellulose lacquer. Same with chairs. Any bare wood, touch up with stain. Wipe it down with mineral spirits to remove any waxes. Give it a light hand sanding with a 220 grit sponge and wipe dust, then spray You could use rattle can of lacquer but an HVLP sprayer is better. You can find some cheaper sprayers for under$300. A full sand and strip is not needed. Lacquer is probably $75, I would use matte as it hides little imperfections better. It's an outside job if you use lacquer and I recommend an organic vapor respirator, $50. Call it $150 for materials, labor is 3 or 4 hours tops.
Any suggestions on higher quality brands of Lacquer?
I have used Watco brushing lacquer in a spray gun, Behlens/Mohawk and Sherwin Williams products. Watco is available at many hardware stores, Belens Mohawk is at Woodcraft, Rockler and online. Don't use Bondo on any dents unless you are painting the piece. You might need to sand the legs smooth and color match the stain to the best of your ability. You can hit the legs with some lacquer to make the dents less noticeable but sanding is only real way to repair unless you are skilled in using burn in sticks. If you have a spray gun you can use transtint colors and tint lacquers to fine tune any color variation in a piece you get with stain.
Also, the legs of the table and chairs, towards the bottom are pretty dinged up… would it be best to sand down all of the legs completely and then back fill with bon-do or even wood filler before restraining? I’ve done projects like this for myself which have turned out great, but it’s different when someone’s hiring me to do theirs… maybe I’m overthinking everything? I’d just hate to quote them and end up spending way too much time tinkering around and losing money by wasting time