Hello everyone I'm a professional furniture refinisher for over 35 years and own a family business established in 1945. We not only refinish furniture but...
Greetings all, I am looking for advice on how to learn color & finish matching, so I can do "spot" repairs rather than having to strip & refinish an entire...
If your are serious about this, take a class. They are taught by many including Touchup Depot, Konig, and Mohawk. All have websites. I attended the Star...
I bought six ice cream parlor chairs and was told they where solid copper (they have pressed wood seats) My question is how do I clean them? Also, it looks as...
Wendy; Try this one: Make a paste using flour, salt & vinegar, brush it on to the copper & let it sit for a while then rinse it off. The acetic acid that's in...
Have you checked the chairs with a magnet to make certain they aren't steel? Lots of them were made at the turn of the century that were a copper plating with...
Rbiii, If it is a faux finish, what is it supposed to be imitating? I do not own this piano and only have photos....I am thinking about purchasing it though...
Damn David, I can't find the image of the piano, course I'm a little under the three sheets I've already raised tonight. Seems like it was quarter sawn oak, a...
David, Quarter sawn oak was my original guess as well. I put a bit of rosewood/merlot stain on a scrap piece today, and hit it with a shot of Deft full gloss...
From the second close up pic the grain appears to be rosewood but from what worn edges and chips that appear to be much lighter and the fact the carvings seem...
After a sober second glance, I'm gonna throw in with Ken. I think I've got some images in the club photo section and they are graining tool quarter sawn oak...
Hey Ya'll, after noticing the photo section was over 73% full, I deleted my old albums to make room for new ones. I'd like to encourage the membership to do...
Dear Sir/Mdm , Let us introduce ourselves that we are one of the biggest manufacturers of rattan furniture and rattan combination with wood, iron, natural...
Thank you for the welcome to the group. A little bit about me. I have been working wood for over 50 years. In the early years I had to have the biggest and...
Hi all, is anyone out there??????????/ Can someone tell me what a sheet of rosewood 4' X 8' veneer would cost?? I have source that has a few sheets of it and...
I can not find the old style brass screws with the slot in them. Standard wood screws. All the hardware stores only have Phillips head screws. Walmart has the...
What size and how many. I have a pretty fair selection. One thing when using brass screws is to run a steel screw in first to cut the threads. ... -- Richard, ...
Hey Richard, Van Dykes restorers retails south American rosewood 4X8 paper back veneer sheets for $168.49. You can Google Van Dykes and hook up wit' em'. ...
Thanks, That gets me into the ballpark. This veneer is a good 1/8 inch thick. The person who has it has had it over 30 years and I suspect it is older than...
Fifty bucks a sheet is a great deal for solid 1/8" veneer. If I'm not mistaken new south american rosewood is illegal, I know the Brazilian rosewood is...
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