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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. jinker rebuild

    Started by jatt, 14th April 2014 10:30 AM
    advance, attached, beginning, days, horse, info, jatt, jinker, rebuild, shafts, timber, wondering, wooden
    • Replies: 1
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    PLD
    14th April 2014, 11:00 AM Go to last post

  2. Sample of my restoration project

    Started by chris_77, 9th April 2014 09:20 AM
    attached, chris, comments, p.s, pictures, profile, project, restoration, sample, samples, skill 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
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    chris_77
    11th April 2014, 08:28 AM Go to last post

  3. Help needed for novice with slab.

    Started by muppeto, 5th January 2014 05:36 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    100, 120;, 900, apply, easy, epoxy, fill, finish, finished, flat, inside, laying, list, needed, novice, polystippa, prep, questions, remove, sander, seal, sealing, slab, soft, sound, tablewhilst, theholes, wereputtied, wheni, wood 8 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 4,023
    Hermit
    3rd April 2014, 10:51 PM Go to last post

  4. Filling Joints

    Started by Bobpol2, 26th March 2014 03:54 PM
    1914-18, advised, applied, attempt, bob, claim, coats, cracks, danish, fill, filling, fine, glued, grandfather, issue, joints, leave, oil, period, pieces, ply, product, recovering, shrinkage, therapy, timber, told, trauma, unknown, war 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,266
    chambezio
    26th March 2014, 04:41 PM Go to last post

  5. Removing ALL finish from veneer question

    Started by MrTwistie, 23rd March 2014 03:57 PM
    add, bits, bleach, cabinet, coat, coat/s, cocktail, colour, consistent, finish, finished, flame, hear, love, maple, noticed, nut, oil/varnish, paint, question, realize, recently, refurbishing, removing, seal, shellac, splodgyness, stripper, veneer, vinegar
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,723
    MrTwistie
    25th March 2014, 01:45 PM Go to last post

  6. 1930's Art Deco Kitchen Dresser

    Started by Thumbthumper, 16th February 2013 01:55 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    1930, 1930s, 254477254476, 254479, art, bit, cleaning, deco, doors, drawer, dresser, easier, fair, found, hand, kitchen, lining, lino, original, paint, painted, photos, polish, polishing, pulls, replace, restoration, shelves, veneer, walnut 53 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 30
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    Thumbthumper
    24th March 2014, 10:25 PM Go to last post

  7. Restoration of art Nouveau stand

    Started by Dukebox, 20th January 2013 08:15 PM
    art, bowed, carvings, finally, finish, guys, ideas, included, insight, justice, leg, nouveau, original, paint, pictures, progress, project, pulled, remove, restoration, slightly, stand, start, starting, stripper, tackle, tha, thinners, timber, view
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,097
    Bespoken
    23rd March 2014, 06:22 PM Go to last post

  8. FIXING KITCHEN BENCHTOP

    Started by gavinabrown, 17th March 2014 02:49 PM
    avail, benchtop, bit, burnishing, counter-top, crack, dropped, dulled, enamel, experienced, finish, fix, fixing, hard, kitchen, levels, livos, oil, packing, paint, plenty, putty, re-invogorate, reasonable, rid, sanded, sander, sanding, times, turps 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
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    gavinabrown
    21st March 2014, 04:03 PM Go to last post

  9. New here and new to woodworking.

    Started by Jr186262, 17th March 2014 03:27 PM
    1970s, 307636, atomic, collection, cut, discuss, electrical, engineering, finish, hey, minor, people, photos, physics, process, repairs, restore, speakers, step, straight, theology, theory, time, tools, understand, veneered, veneers, walnut, wood, woodworking 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,307
    old1955
    17th March 2014, 06:48 PM Go to last post

  10. Advice needed on antique chest of drawers restoration

    Started by MurrayM, 27th December 2013 12:29 PM
    advice, antique, attempt, attempting, chest, chose, couple, drawer, drawers, foolish, head, identify, individual, larger, nails, needed, panels, piece, project, pry, questions, remove, replace, restoration, runners, single, strips, vintage, wide, wood 21 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
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    fortunerestore
    13th March 2014, 04:37 PM Go to last post

  11. Finish for Tas oak table top and beech benchtop

    Started by groo, 11th March 2014 09:38 AM
    ago, applied, beech, behandlia, bench, benchtop, coats, finish, hardy, ikea, kitchen, left, light, looked, months, oak, oil, paper, product, proved, recommended, scandinavian, sticky, supplier, surface, table, tas, timber, top, tops
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,513
    groo
    11th March 2014, 09:38 AM Go to last post

  12. Recycling... Why'd ya do that?

    Started by ubeaut, 28th February 2014 03:06 PM
    18th, 305799, 305800, bed, blouse, breaking, carved, century, era, faithful, fine, form, french, furniture, girls, heart, lot, pic, piece, pieces, rail, recycling, salvage, thicknesser, timber, time, truest, walnut, whyd, wood 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,424
    Sir Stinkalot
    28th February 2014, 05:05 PM Go to last post

  13. How to restore this coffee table.?

    Started by Coffeegirl, 16th February 2014 12:30 PM
    attach, beginners, bought, called, coffee, correct, damage, ebay, edges, electric, furniture, grain, hope, husband, legs, neaten, particleboard, perfect, photos, posting, restoration, restore, resurface, sanders, table, top, wat 6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
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    Optimark
    22nd February 2014, 07:33 PM Go to last post

  14. removing old contact glue from kauri pine tabletop

    Started by piperjono, 18th January 2014 06:08 PM
    beautiful, colonial, contact, feebleminded, finish, glue, kauri, kitchen, laminate, laminated.i, person, piece, pine, piperjono, possibly, removing, restoring, solvent, table, tabletop, top, wood 5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
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    Xanthorrhoeas
    10th February 2014, 06:04 PM Go to last post

  15. Minor scratches

    Started by bassmansimon, 24th January 2014 09:05 AM
    advice, beer, bottle, couch, deal, deep, easily, fairly, furniture, lid, minor, photo, provided, reference, scratches, simon, size, superficial, wondering
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,566
    Xanthorrhoeas
    10th February 2014, 05:13 PM Go to last post

  16. Question Help! Antique Oak table in need of urgent assistance!

    Started by Kazmatt, 17th December 2013 05:12 PM
    1.3m, acid, antique, assistance, carved, carving, clean, darker, detail, effective, european, found, harder, legs, metho, newbies, oak, ornately, outcome, pieces, quarter, sawn, sections, source, srcubbing, stage, table, test, top, urgent 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
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    Xanthorrhoeas
    23rd January 2014, 04:13 PM Go to last post

  17. Advice needed for some new projects

    Started by Horsecroft88, 29th May 2012 01:47 PM
    14 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 14
    advice, badly, carefully, cat, cut, fathers, glue, hate, leg, legs, lower, mahogany, needed, pictures, project, projects, properly, re-polish, repair, sand, scratched, secretaire, simply, splayed, stuff, suggestions, table, thinking, top, wood 131 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 207
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    gyropilot
    17th January 2014, 11:22 PM Go to last post

  18. The restorer's laboratory

    Started by Thumbthumper, 11th January 2014 09:17 PM
    fils, hand, laboratory, restorer, restorers, section, thread, tool, workshop
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,007
    Thumbthumper
    11th January 2014, 09:17 PM Go to last post

  19. Help with mouldings on old cedar writing desk

    Started by Doken, 10th December 2013 05:51 PM
    australian, beautiful, bolection, cedar, cheap, cheers, costs, desk, finally, front, inherited, interstate, local, match, melbourne, missing, mouldings, pieces, postage, prefer, product, provide, realise, run, sample, scallop, steps, time, writing, yeah
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,589
    Xanthorrhoeas
    7th January 2014, 10:14 PM Go to last post

  20. Help request - repairs to edge damage on Teal table

    Started by peterlonz, 5th January 2014 01:53 PM
    anticipation, asap, attachments, button, damage, deck, edge, everyone;, facing, follow, grain, intend, invisible, linear, manage, mend, note, oops, patterns, random, reason, refinishing, repairs, request, strange, table, teak, teal, upward, usual 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,712
    _fly_
    7th January 2014, 07:15 PM Go to last post

  21. Post Turner Australia H660 21/2" cabinet handles

    Started by gakerman, 5th January 2014 06:20 PM
    21/2, australia, cabinet, coloured, gold, graeme, h660, handles, inlay, sell, turner, turner australia h or 2, white
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,008
    gakerman
    5th January 2014, 06:20 PM Go to last post

  22. Calling all lathe-masters!

    Started by gbossley, 1st January 2014 05:12 PM
    armrest, beer, calling, cash, chair, cheers, determined, gordon, happy, lathe, lathe-masters, lathemasters, missing, pay, piece, possibly, rescued, restore, squatters, template, timber, upright, uprights 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,086
    gbossley
    3rd January 2014, 08:42 PM Go to last post

  23. Need help finding part

    Started by jonesyXT, 31st May 2013 02:56 PM
    270303270304270306270305, attached, bar, board, cabinet, cap, chairs, cheers, close, condition, couple, finding, fixing, forum, furniture, guys, holding, maker, manufacturers, missing, nuts, office, pics, remotely, renovate, replace, similar, suppliers, visiting, wood 5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,792
    Errol@Elraco
    9th December 2013, 09:46 PM Go to last post

  24. Corner bar / office front counter.

    Started by BlackbuttWA, 17th November 2013 11:10 AM
    25mm, bar, col, corner, counter, front, info, jarrah, office, restoring, send, slab, top
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,107
    stuffy
    26th November 2013, 02:00 PM Go to last post

  25. Professional antique restorer in Melbourne?

    Started by heffa, 19th November 2013 08:31 PM
    antique, antiques, apologies, close, dealership, friend, furniture, melbourne, post, professional, restorer, runs, standing, suggestions, thread, wrong
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,071
    astrid
    23rd November 2013, 08:06 PM Go to last post

  26. steps to restore chisel?

    Started by chisel22, 20th November 2013 09:06 PM
    cast, chisel, covered, handle, restore, rust, simple, steel, steps, wooden
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,107
    scrounger
    21st November 2013, 08:56 PM Go to last post

  27. Stripping chair with inlay

    Started by lulzman, 16th November 2013 03:48 PM
    appears, chair, chairs, coating, damaging, history, idea, inlaid, inlay, moment, picture, previous, sealer, shellac, stripping, wondering, wood
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,262
    lulzman
    16th November 2013, 03:48 PM Go to last post

  28. time to fix the skirtings and kitchen cupboards, advice needed!

    Started by Travis Edwards, 5th November 2013 08:53 PM
    advice, appears, badly, cabinets, colour, cupboards, darkness, dated, estapol, etc.would, fix, gloss, grain, guess, house, imagine, kitchen, merantii, needed, paint, porous, preparation, skirtings, softwoods, stain, stained, timber, time, white, woodwork
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,648
    Travis Edwards
    10th November 2013, 01:39 PM Go to last post

  29. Recoating kitchen bench with polyurethane finish

    Started by JamesN, 30th October 2013 01:43 PM
    bench, cheers, develop, finish, finished, forward, heard, jamesn, kitchen, lightly, nearby, photos, poly, polyurethane, product, railway, reapplication, recoating, refinish, responses, sanded, starting, station, supply, urethane, wisdom, wondering, wood, wooden, words 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 10,784
    Horsecroft88
    1st November 2013, 01:23 PM Go to last post

  30. Shims to fix old chair

    Started by JPDM, 29th October 2013 10:25 AM
    bit, bought, chair, chairs, clue, dented, essentially, eventually, falling, fish, fix, forgets, friend, gizmo, hooks, left, metal, mine, online, photos, re-glued, shims, time 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,220
    HOOKED.UP
    29th October 2013, 03:50 PM Go to last post

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