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Forum: RESTORATION

Got an antique you need to restore. Don't strip it and coat it with polyurethane and ruin it's value. Check in here for traditional finishes and genuine restoration help. Find out the ins and outs and how to keep or enhance it's value. Not just for furniture.

  1. Restoration of a walnut chest on stand.

    Started by Woodwould, 24th June 2008 01:45 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    absent, brass, chest, constructed, cross-grain, cut, drawer, drop, front, hand, handles, legs, missing, mouldings, original, period, pieces, pine, rebuilt, removed, replaced, restoration, set, sets, solid, stand, thick, veneer, veneered, walnut
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 5,932
    bsrlee
    8th July 2008, 01:37 AM Go to last post

  2. Drawer Runners

    Started by hap97, 28th June 2008 08:00 PM
    arabic, bottom, brand, build, cut, drawer, fit, glue, grain, groove, ideas, marble, option, oregon, photo, refit, runners, running, slip, slips, strip, structure, surface, timber, top, translators, unit, wood, worn, worst
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 5,241
    Chipman
    29th June 2008, 11:08 AM Go to last post

  3. Table Top Gaps -Finished - Purists Beware!

    Started by hap97, 26th June 2008 06:14 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    11fc, acceptable, adhesive-sealant, beware, black, crack, darker, decided, earlier, filler, fillers, finished, flexible, gaps, groove, joints, lot, month, polyurethane, purists, research, routed, sikaflex, strip, table, timber, time, top, wax, wood
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 6,367
    Chipman
    29th June 2008, 10:05 AM Go to last post

  4. Restoration of bookcase doors.

    Started by Woodwould, 25th June 2008 09:42 AM
    9/64, astragals, bar, bars, board, bookcase, books, calico, carefully, compo, curved, cut, damaged, door, doors, ensure, frame, glass, glazing, glued, laid, panes, removed, restoration, salvaged, sections, secured, strips, thirteen, tracery
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 5,102
    Woodwould
    25th June 2008, 09:57 AM Go to last post

  5. Restoration of mahogany dining table leg

    Started by Woodwould, 18th June 2008 10:00 AM
    amount, blend, castor, colouring, considerable, consisting, dining, earlier, found, glued, leg, mahogany, meant, necessitated, permanent, photos, received, removed, repair, replaced, restoration, screws, scrutiny, section, slightly, sound, table, tip, toe, waxing
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 4,479
    Woodwould
    22nd June 2008, 07:41 PM Go to last post

  6. Timber Table Top Gaps

    Started by hap97, 6th June 2008 06:54 PM
    1200mm, 3mm, black, boards, commercial, compound, crack, dia, dust, filled, filler, finished, gap, gaps, hard, ideas, looked, movements, oak, pva, restoring, rolleyes, round, table, tasmanian, tend, timber, top, unique, wood
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 14,991
    munruben
    13th June 2008, 02:21 PM Go to last post

  7. Question restoring a rusty old baby scales?

    Started by gorotsuki69, 3rd June 2008 01:36 AM
    advance, approach, baby, coat, display, etched, fresh, harsh, left, paint, painted, plan, remove, restoring, rust, rustbuster, rusting, rusty, scales, suggestions, weighing, white
    • Replies: 1
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    munruben
    4th June 2008, 04:13 PM Go to last post

  8. To Turn Timber Grey??

    Started by Claw Hama, 21st May 2008 12:03 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    bleach, caustic, etc.dunno, grey, hardware, heard, market, product, products, quickly, soda, timber, timberlook, time, turn, web
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 6,523
    Claw Hama
    24th May 2008, 09:38 AM Go to last post

  9. Old brass threads

    Started by BarFly, 10th May 2008 06:37 PM
    brass, buy, fixed, lawrence, nut, originals, perth, repair, revolving, stools, table, threads, worms
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,443
    BarFly
    18th May 2008, 10:48 PM Go to last post

  10. Borer damage

    Started by gnu52, 13th May 2008 09:52 PM
    00%, 1860s, agent, ago, antique, auction, bill, borer, borers, bought, clues, control, damage, eggs, episode, filling, forget, guarantee, hide, holes, ideas, kill, mahogany, pest, preferably, recur, residual, started, stay, viable
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,762
    astrid
    17th May 2008, 10:17 PM Go to last post

  11. getting rid of oxy burn marks

    Started by Dengue, 10th May 2008 12:00 PM
    2nd, body, bought, brush, burn, carbon, cast, completely, countersunk, deposits, easy, hand, heat, heated, hitting, holding, iron, jaws, jill, loosen, marks, oxy, recommend, replace, rid, rolleyes, screws, torch, vice, wire
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 3,580
    Claw Hama
    17th May 2008, 07:07 PM Go to last post

  12. Yippee!

    Started by astrid, 26th April 2008 06:56 PM
    astrid, ban, polyurethane, word, yippee
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 4,864
    mobjack68
    30th April 2008, 01:25 AM Go to last post

  13. Question Replacing side panels with glass in oak wardrobe

    Started by MovieHeretic, 27th April 2008 09:11 AM
    cabinet, display, everyones, fall, frame, glass, guess, idea, moment, oak, panels, people, project, replacing, running, suggestions, thinking, wardrobe, wood
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,907
    Bino
    27th April 2008, 11:16 AM Go to last post

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