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  1. What should I do?

    Started by Sebastiaan56, 30th November 2009 09:30 AM
    1850s, assume, black, button, carnuba, cedar, decrease, dresser, finish, handles, hardware, installing, lac, lick, mother, original, painting, panels, planning, radically, rebuild, recommendations, replacement, reputedly, shrinkage, solid, style, talked, tlc
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,302
    austermite
    14th December 2009, 11:47 PM Go to last post

  2. Atnique Table Restoration

    Started by Mem Wright, 8th November 2009 06:08 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    advance, antique, atnique, day, deserves, dining, formed, french, grade, grooves, hand, inherited, legs, mem, polish, polyurethene, question, remove, restoration, rubbing, sanding, sandpaper, setting, silly, sort, specially, suggestions, table, tlc, tool
    • Replies: 23
    • Views: 5,325
    stuffy
    14th December 2009, 01:09 AM Go to last post

  3. Not an antique but worth doing.

    Started by robbo266317, 5th December 2009 05:45 PM
    123591, 123592, antique, au$13.00, biscuit, bought, center, coffee, decided, dowels, finish, joint, legs, mahogany, shellac, snapped, solid, table, teak, tender, worth
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,416
    Christos
    10th December 2009, 06:59 AM Go to last post

  4. Gluing ivory

    Started by Virgil, 9th December 2009 06:19 AM
    advance, bit, glue, gluing, hoping, ivory, key, morning, piano, stick, virg
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,469
    bsrlee
    10th December 2009, 01:22 AM Go to last post

  5. pine wash stand completion needs

    Started by countrylady, 29th November 2009 05:27 PM
    access, advice, basin, cleaned, colonial, completion, found, goo, heavy, hole, incomplete, marble, missing, mucked, pattern, piece, pine, rails, rest, restore, shellacked, stand, stuff, tiles, told, top, towel, wash, washstand, woodie
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,734
    artme
    9th December 2009, 09:02 AM Go to last post

  6. cabinet restoration

    Started by alwayscurious, 7th December 2009 08:08 PM
    bits, cabinet, carefully, cracking, direction, fairly, forward, grain, held, intact, lead, leadwork, metho, metho/turps, mix, nick, panels, panes, photos, piece, putty, re-putty, remaining, remove, restoration, scrape, scraper, shellac, sound, starting
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,010
    artme
    9th December 2009, 08:49 AM Go to last post

  7. Walnut Chaise lounge

    Started by chowcini, 2nd December 2009 07:50 PM
    advice, block, bottom, chaise, crest, delivered, elm, frame, lounge, mortice, original, peice, photos, post, rail, recently, replace, shoud, strengthen, tie, top, twin, uprights, walnut
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,846
    chowcini
    2nd December 2009, 07:50 PM Go to last post

  8. Really old mirror needs TLC

    Started by Moondog55, 25th November 2009 01:26 PM
    $30-, antique, assembled, colour, corroded, dealer, dollar, fix, geelong, local, mens, mirror, moment, offered, pale, photos, piece, reddish, restore, rusted, shed, soft, sort, steel, tacks, timber, tlc, wednesday, week, worth
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,467
    Moondog55
    25th November 2009, 01:26 PM Go to last post

  9. WIP small silky oak desk

    Started by brizylad, 21st November 2009 09:51 AM
    0000, 99.9%, acetone, bought, desk, file, gday, grain, lovely, metho, oak, paint, painted, photos, prep, reduce, remove, silky, size, small, son, starts, steel, stuart, top, undercoat, white, wip, wondering, wool
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,091
    brizylad
    23rd November 2009, 12:47 PM Go to last post

  10. Rattan

    Started by whatcat, 22nd November 2009 01:13 PM
    antique, buy, called, conventional, dining, french, rattan, replace, restoring, rolls, seating, set, sheets, skin, weave, webbing
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,704
    hap97
    22nd November 2009, 05:47 PM Go to last post

  11. Old chest of drawers

    Started by leafysuburbs, 9th November 2009 09:33 AM
    advice, boiled, chest, digging, drawers, exterior, filler, finish, holes, interior, liam, linseed, oil, orbital, paint, patches, planning, projects, query, rubbed, staining, surfaces, tackle, time, varnish, visible, wax, white, wondering, wood
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,633
    munruben
    19th November 2009, 05:05 PM Go to last post

  12. Water Damaged Table

    Started by Sparhawk, 9th October 2009 07:44 PM
    buffing, bumps, clean, damage, damaged, dining, easiest, flash, hoping, mas, mats, missed, photos, sand, scratches, table, traditional, treat, water, wax
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,851
    Sparhawk
    4th November 2009, 03:58 PM Go to last post

  13. First Restoration Projects

    Started by WTSPT, 25th October 2009 11:55 AM
    2tsup, advice, bit, chain, comments, experienced, forward, fun, game, guide, hope, improving, kicks, newbies, pics, post, projects, restoration, start, thread, veterans
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,571
    robbo266317
    30th October 2009, 08:44 AM Go to last post

  14. Cedar chest repair WIP

    Started by AlexS, 6th October 2009 07:23 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    board, bottoms, cabinetmaker, cedar, chest, columns, construction, drawer, drawers, dust, dustboards, front, gaps, grooves, left, panels, photo, photos, rail, rails, remove, repair, runners, shrinkage, step, stops, time, top, wip, worn
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 5,879
    Waldo
    26th October 2009, 09:26 AM Go to last post

  15. The Best Glue

    Started by AJ, 8th October 2009 11:54 AM
    araldite, capability, chairs, expensive, failed, filling, gap, gaps, glue, glued, ideas, joins, joints, loose, recall, restore, strong, time
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,908
    Ashore
    10th October 2009, 11:15 PM Go to last post

  16. Pigeon box restoration

    Started by trainingwheels, 4th August 2009 11:00 AM
    appears, arm, base, box, cleaned, cleaner, cracks, difference, elements, exterior, hinge, hinges, lining, measuring, mild, minimal, paint, panel, pigeon, pretty, prior, reluctant, remember, restoration, standing, surfaces, vaneer, water, workshop
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,233
    trainingwheels
    9th October 2009, 06:27 PM Go to last post

  17. childs oak rocker

    Started by ralphtaff, 3rd October 2009 11:33 AM
    bad, chair, child, childs, craks, dead, doels, dry, father, fill, gaps, oak, ralphtaff@yahoo.com, restored, rocker, shrunk, suggestions, wood
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,336
    ralphtaff
    3rd October 2009, 11:33 AM Go to last post

  18. Table restoration

    Started by robbo266317, 13th August 2009 10:33 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    113493, advice, bit, bits, chemicals, constructed, damage, easily, fairly, forums, glue, glued, hand, info, kwik-grip, laminex, nails, pic, piece, pieces, planed, remove, repair, restoration, sanded, store, surround, table, top, yellow
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 4,291
    rrobor
    25th September 2009, 10:10 PM Go to last post

  19. stripping wood veneer

    Started by Blueberry, 21st September 2009 07:55 PM
    account, add, bubbled, check, cracked, dresser, dressing, finish, forums, fumes, idea, ideas, metho, patio, photobucket, photos, prob, progressu, scape, scraper, shellac, steel, strip, stripping, suspect, toxic, unsure, veneer, wood, wool
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 4,816
    Blueberry
    21st September 2009, 09:54 PM Go to last post

  20. Reviving Thonet Chair finish?: water-based polyurethane

    Started by CuriousBird, 14th September 2009 12:34 PM
    acetone/linseed, appreciated, bothered, cafe, called, chair, chairs, doh, european, finish, finishes, melbourne, picked, polyurathane, polyurethane, question, receipe, reviver, reviving, set, stripping, stuffed, suggest, thonet, tidy, told, turps/linseed, water-based, waterbased, wbpu
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,754
    hap97
    21st September 2009, 06:19 PM Go to last post

  21. Restore back hardwood floor.

    Started by veron, 14th September 2009 03:30 PM
    100sqm, carpet, carpet/tiles, castle, comments, cost, costly, decayed, experience, faster, floor, hardwood, hardwoord, hill, kitchen, lay, living, nsw, overlay, planks, pre-finish, remove, replace, restore, sand/stain/finish, thinking, tiles, timber, underneath, veron
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,947
    F_Peter
    19th September 2009, 09:44 AM Go to last post

  22. Restoring Sily Oak Bifolds

    Started by ChPLAT, 4th September 2009 05:01 PM
    advice, alot, attempted, bifolds, butchered, doors, finished, fixing, grain, guys, hey, oak, painted, pulled, restoration, restoring, saving, scraper, silky, sily, site, start, strip, white, wondering, worth
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,734
    conwood
    9th September 2009, 05:59 PM Go to last post

  23. Clock mouldings for old clock

    Started by T5AUS, 5th September 2009 09:45 AM
    acorn, black, broken, clock, colour, cut, finding, fine, finials, finish, forum, frett, guys, hardish, lacquer, matching, matter, missing, motives, moulding, mouldings, newbie, phil, recommend, send, strip, takers, top, wondering, wood
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,953
    Buzza
    8th September 2009, 11:23 PM Go to last post

  24. ye olde sewing table

    Started by scubabob, 29th August 2009 04:25 PM
    1888, chuck, dated, glossy, left, lost, loves, lustre, machine, manufactured, nick, olde, ply, properly, purchased, rings, sand, sewing, sheen, singer, solid, start, stuff, stumbled, swmbo, table, timber, top, treadle, veneered
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,020
    zitan
    1st September 2009, 08:51 PM Go to last post

  25. Cricket Bat Restoration

    Started by tree_bear, 7th July 2009 04:07 PM
    apparently, assistance, bat, belonged, collectable, cricket, father, gift, husbands, passed, recommend, restoration, restore, restored
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 6,418
    Cicatrix
    29th August 2009, 05:42 PM Go to last post

  26. Did I ruin my finish? Drexel Declaration Walnut Table

    Started by probability, 27th August 2009 03:32 PM
    advance, amount, ample, and--, beautiful, change, darker, declaration, disappears, drexel, finish, half, harder, hopefully--, instant, patch, penance, placemats, pour, pressure, raf, results, return, ring, ruin, steel, table, walnut, wipe, wool
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 4,952
    hap97
    27th August 2009, 06:50 PM Go to last post

  27. Question Traditional Hinges

    Started by Jack52, 26th July 2009 03:33 PM
    50s, brass, brisbane, cupboard, hinges, hoping, jack, kitchen, leadlight, melbourne, offset, prepared, previous, queensland, related, responses, suit, supplier, suppliers, suppplier, threads, toowoomba, traditional
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,151
    munruben
    24th August 2009, 08:51 AM Go to last post

  28. Red face I'm sure this has been asked before - - but

    Started by transparu, 22nd August 2009 04:44 PM
    amounts, asked, based, checked, english, estapol, estapol water-based, estapol-type, finish, grain, lifted, lightly, material, non-water, non-waterbased, oak, previously, process, product, question, removing, residual, sanded, stained, stuck, surface, suspect, table, top, water-based
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,595
    transparu
    23rd August 2009, 05:42 PM Go to last post

  29. Elmy's of Sydney - Music house - more info needed

    Started by Clinton1, 6th July 2009 09:28 PM
    40s, archives, assistance, cabinet, cabinetmakers, company, design, e.g, elmy, elmys, gratefully, history, house, info, lodgement, music, national, needed, nsw, patent, radio, received, rest, source, start, sub-contracting, sydney, time, turntable, wondering
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,633
    Clinton1
    23rd August 2009, 01:26 PM Go to last post

  30. help with restoring Victorian faux bois trim

    Started by mds178, 30th June 2009 05:38 AM
    achieved, apply, base, bois, coat, couple, craft, doors, faux, figured, finishes, grain, hey, i.e, look-, matching, material, original, paint, pine, practioners, restoring, sections, soft, stain, subject, success, trim, victorian, wood
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,007
    spectre
    22nd August 2009, 10:04 PM Go to last post

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