This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Wood Finishing. See the intro post with all the topics here. Padding lacquer can be used to french polish also. It can give you the same results as shellac. It has better resistance to water, and dries very quickly. It mixes well with dyes, …
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French Polishing Intro
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Wood Finishing. See the intro post with all the topics here. Above is a table I recently French Polished. There is a mystique about French Polishing. Some claim that it is the most beautiful finish ever created. It has it’s own vocabulary like “Charging …
Heat Marks
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Wood Finishing. See the intro post with all the topics here. Heat Marks When I was talking about blushing in the previous post, it reminded me of heat marks. Heat marks can look the same as blushing. It will look off-white, and cloudy. The …
Bullet Hole Repair
I did my first bullet hole damage repair the other day. The story is that the wife was learning how to hold a hand gun. It accidently went off, and went through the bedroom wall, through the back of a chest of drawers, and out through one of the drawers! I was given the drawer, …
Office Chair Repairs
The other day I replaced a gas cylinder on an office chair. This is the part that is between the base, and the seat, and usually has plastic pieces that rise up and down with the chair. The chair would no longer smoothly rise up when you pulled the lever. The customer said he did …
Step away from the Gorilla Glue!
You can find Gorilla glue in most hardware stores. Just the name of it sounds strong, so a lot of people buy it. Gorilla glue is a good product, and works well if you know how to use it. What people don’t realize is that when the glue cures it foams, and expands. In the …
Baby Crib damage
I have had a couple calls recently for baby cribs. One was damaged in a recent move, and had a large gouge in it, and paint marks from moving it through a door frame. The customer told me it had to be perfect, or the movers would have to buy her a new one. She …
Do you repair antique furniture?
I get this question a lot. I went out to a new customer’s home recently, and she said. “You look too young to repair antiques. I was expecting an old man in his sixties to show up!” After telling her how I would repair the broken furniture, she was at ease, and allowed me to …
Carving a Rosette, and Repairing an Antique Mirror
Last week I was entrusted with repairing a badly damaged antique mirror frame. The movers were concerned that the mirror was too far gone. Most of the damage was easily repairable. The concerning thing was that a complete rosette was missing! I had the other rosettes to go by, so I decided to carve one …
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Back in the saddle
Last weekend our family went camping in Blairsville, GA We were able to, swim, fish, sit around the campfire, and just enjoy nature. While we were gathering firewood, we found some walnut, and pine with a green mold in the wood. Caleb made sure to get a couple of samples to turn on the lathe. …