Restoring Furniture
Water Ring Marks Lifted from a Teak Coffee Table with Howard Restor-A-Finish and 0000 Steel Wool
A white ring on a teak coffee table is trapped moisture sitting in the topcoat, not damage to the...
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14 Coats of Garnet Shellac Built on a Mahogany Card Table with a French Polish Rubber
A Georgian mahogany card table came in with a bloomed, alligatored finish and one leg loose at...
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3 Missing Escutcheons Cast on a Georgian Chest with Milliput and Renaissance Wax
A George III mahogany chest arrived with three brass escutcheons missing from the lower drawers,...
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Up to 3 mm of Old Shellac Removed from a Mahogany Bureau with Methylated Spirit and a Cabinet Scraper
A Victorian mahogany bureau showed shellac build-up of roughly 3 mm at the fall-front corners...
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5 Grit Stages for Hand-Sanding a Beech Worktop Before Fiddes Hard Wax Oil
A 40mm solid beech worktop can move 3 to 4mm across the grain between a dry winter kitchen and a...
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Nitromors Craftsman Strip: Removing 4 Layers of Paint from a Georgian Skirting Panel
A Georgian skirting board carrying four decades of overpaint usually takes about two 400ml tins...
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4 mm of Veneer Lifting Re-Laid on a Rosewood Cabinet with Titebond and a Veneer Hammer
A 4 mm lift on a rosewood cabinet leaves just enough room for a palette knife or 2 ml syringe,...
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Rushed Seat Rewoven with 6 mm Danish Cord on a Hans Wegner Style Dining Chair
One failed paper cord seat on a Wegner style dining chair can take about 45 metres of 6 mm laced...
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3 Split Spindles Repaired on a Windsor Chair with Two-Part Epoxy and Beech Dowels
A 6mm beech dowel and slow-cure two-part epoxy can turn a split Windsor spindle back into a...
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