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  1. What is furniture finished with now a days?

    Started by Pilchard, 9th January 2013 08:29 PM
    als, assuming, days, description, entertainment, finished, finishing, flaws, furniture, game, grammatical, ignore, ipad, law, likes, lot, mistakes, mother, question, slats, spelling, sprayed, stuff, stupid, table, truth, unit, varnish, width, wood
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,625
    Master Splinter
    9th January 2013, 10:21 PM Go to last post

  2. Question Antique rubber tread wheels - replacement options

    Started by asayer, 30th December 2012 04:10 PM
    247317, advance, antique, australian, fine, fix, hacked, options, overseas, recommend, replace, replacement, reproductions, reputable, rubber, service, similar, supplier, suppliers, tea, tread, type, wheel, wheels 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
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    asayer
    3rd January 2013, 07:32 PM Go to last post

  3. Snooker Table Restoration

    Started by Snoopy11, 3rd December 2012 04:21 PM
    attached, buy, easy, eli, finish, fit, forum, forums, frame, god, guys, hand, input, job, opinion, opinions, paint, photos, project, question, range, red, restoration, sanding, set, shapes, snooker, table, timber, type 11 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,064
    billiardbrett1
    3rd January 2013, 01:20 PM Go to last post

  4. How should I fill these holes....??

    Started by EagerBeaver71, 30th December 2012 09:56 PM
    247392247393, black, bottom, cabinet, cabinets, drop, dropped, fill, filler, filling, floor, hand, helping, holes, lend, nice, painted, photos, restoring, smooth, vaneer, worried 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,874
    Bloss
    2nd January 2013, 09:54 AM Go to last post

  5. Old German Tambour repair

    Started by AlexS, 27th December 2012 07:05 PM
    1920, appears, chest, common, describes, european, fabric, friend, german, looked, method, newspaper, pics, post, re-using, repair, repairing, salvaging, separated, slats, tambour, view, week
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,539
    ROB NZ
    31st December 2012, 06:40 PM Go to last post

  6. Identifying timber in an old table

    Started by bsharpmajor, 15th December 2012 12:51 PM
    245656, 245659, antique, camera, care, colour, curious, finish, glory, grain, guesses, identifing, identifying, justice, labelling, match, natural, offer, original, photo, post, refinishing, rosewood, shellac, stripping, table, thatr, timber, visible, worth 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,773
    bsharpmajor
    18th December 2012, 10:59 PM Go to last post

  7. Door panel replacement

    Started by BronzePhoenix, 6th December 2012 02:46 PM
    100, antique, approximately, bit, destroying, door, doors, finish, folks, forum, glue, hey, idea, matters, melt, modifying, panel, panels, parents, planning, protect, replace, replacement, restaining, restoring, samsung-sgh-i747, stripping, tapatalk, washstand 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,677
    BronzePhoenix
    7th December 2012, 04:14 AM Go to last post

  8. What type of old pine is this?

    Started by rozza, 15th November 2012 01:23 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    age, chest, darn, drawers, hey, hope, idea, kauri, missing, pics, pine, process, restoring, send, timber, type, wondering 11 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
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    Horsecroft88
    4th December 2012, 01:23 PM Go to last post

  9. Evil wood carving from islanders want to re paint help ID ORIGIN HEAD FOR SHIP MAYBE

    Started by mugzinnys, 25th November 2012 05:58 PM
    1/2, 91/2, base, carving, evil, fitted, head, historical, images, islanders, item, ledge, origin, paint, piece, repaint, section, ship, tall, top, weird, wood 13 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,338
    fudo133
    28th November 2012, 04:06 PM Go to last post

  10. First Restoration Attempt..

    Started by Philwoodwork, 25th November 2012 05:25 PM
    advance, advises, attempt, build, chairs, considered, decision, design, dining, experienced, firstb, forum, furniture, idea, input, match, oval, parents, pass, phil, planning, process, reason, restoration, sentimental, share, sincerely, table, valuable, valued 8 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,579
    Philwoodwork
    25th November 2012, 05:25 PM Go to last post

  11. Question Newbee needs help to restore some lovely old chairs

    Started by Girlatsea, 24th November 2012 11:13 AM
    advice, answer, approach, bit, blackwood, blank, brown, chairs, christmas, colour, determine, drawn, finish, font, forum, gleaming, googling, internet, learned, lovely, luck, metho, newbee, photo, restore, retain, seat, step, surface, timber 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,541
    fudo133
    25th November 2012, 01:59 PM Go to last post

  12. Art Deco chairs - serious restoration job

    Started by Antipodes, 12th August 2012 09:46 PM
    ago, art, chairs, coils, comments, couple, deco, easy, french, idea, inside, job, jute, material, picked, practice, problematic, re-lacquered, re-upholstering, re-veneering, renovation, restoration, stuff, sydney, thinking, totally, underneath, upholstery, veneer, webbing
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,622
    fudo133
    20th November 2012, 10:28 PM Go to last post

  13. Mahogany Veneer Drawers

    Started by NZStu, 15th January 2012 12:35 PM
    acquired, bit, chips, condition, dealing, drawers, excuse, finish, gratefully, hints, mahogany, mid-century, original, pic, plan, pretty, project, received, set, shellac, simply, sound, source, splice, stains, style, surface, tips, top, veneer
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,773
    NZStu
    9th November 2012, 03:52 PM Go to last post

  14. Question Disston Saw etches

    Started by gmoss, 7th November 2012 09:46 AM
    disston, etches, visible
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,256
    pmcgee
    7th November 2012, 10:48 AM Go to last post

  15. Restoration of old foot rest

    Started by fatmansat, 27th October 2012 09:42 PM
    apologize, foot, footrest, italian, language, morning, post, rest, restoration, subtitles, video
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,422
    Horsecroft88
    2nd November 2012, 09:06 AM Go to last post

  16. Help needed - restoration of Danish teak and oak furniture

    Started by retropia, 28th October 2012 09:50 PM
    assist, assistance, container, danish, father-in-law, forward, furniture, guide, hearing, imported, melbourne, month, needed, north, oak, predominantly, restoration, retropia, situated, teak, warehouse, williamstown
    • Replies: 5
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    retropia
    30th October 2012, 11:13 PM Go to last post

  17. Newbee Restoration 101

    Started by nickmm22, 10th October 2012 03:55 PM
    101, 236289236291236288236290, advice, books, bunch, classes, course/documentation, direction, filing, follow, furniture, gday, home, item, job, line, newbee, pictures, product, project, restoration, restore, segment, sign, sound, specific, structurally, time, tray, wooden 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,591
    Lawry01
    29th October 2012, 02:56 PM Go to last post

  18. Help! This desk needs to be restored!

    Started by chonges, 26th October 2012 10:57 AM
    50s, absolute, advice, attached, desk, feedback, fixing, forum, furniture, home, hoping, newbie, photos, promptly, recently, restoration, restored, retro, style 5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,209
    Lawry01
    29th October 2012, 02:45 PM Go to last post

  19. Why not polyurathane?

    Started by Walesey, 7th August 2012 09:44 AM
    $15, applying, bookshelf, bound, clock, coated, dollars, e-bay, estapol, experience, finish, finishes, forum, french, gun, hundred, million, polyurathane, ruin, sanded, sat, satin, shellac, sits, skills, spray, style, thee, tip, varnish
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,381
    Horsecroft88
    27th October 2012, 01:22 PM Go to last post

  20. Smile Restoration old silky oak wardrobe

    Started by angelmark, 28th July 2012 06:18 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 4
    assume, blonde, bring, dark, dewaxed, dirt, encourage, fairly, feel, finish, furniture, golden/honey, grime, guys, mention, newbie, oak, quickly, reading, restoration, restore, shellac, silky, steelwool, suggestions, threads, tone, wardrobe, wood, yellow/golden/honey 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 52
    • Views: 11,029
    Lawry01
    7th October 2012, 06:56 PM Go to last post

  21. hall table project

    Started by chris_77, 19th September 2012 10:13 AM
    .any, .finished, album.cheers.chris, bad, coments, conition, french, g`day, hall, hand, pictures, polish, project, project.it, stripped, table, welcome.to 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,534
    chris_77
    7th October 2012, 09:42 AM Go to last post

  22. Plane hardwood question

    Started by ang22221, 14th September 2012 01:36 PM
    ang, capable, cheers, electric, hardwood, length, plane, question, reducing
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,481
    soundman
    3rd October 2012, 03:10 PM Go to last post

  23. Steam Bentwood Chair repair

    Started by robinsml, 2nd October 2012 04:24 PM
    235322, 235323, 235325hi, 70s, amateur, bentwood, chair, curved, danish, flexible, frame, glue, joints, leather, recliner, remain, repair, split, started, steam, unsure, wood 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
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    soundman
    3rd October 2012, 02:59 PM Go to last post

  24. 70's Estapol removal from furniture--Help!

    Started by another_sandra, 13th August 2009 09:03 AM
    70s, antique, beautiful, chests, coated, dark, difficult, drawers, england, estapol, estapoland, estapoll, furniture, furniture--help, furniturehelp, glory, hand, horrid, inherited, match, pieces, removal, remove, restoration, restoring, sandra, stuff, told, unfortuantely, wood
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 8,247
    nrb
    3rd October 2012, 01:51 PM Go to last post

  25. Painting over Estapol Antique (1970's)

    Started by littlebits, 2nd October 2012 04:40 PM
    1970, 1970s, antique, assistance, base, carved, chairs, coat, colour, estapol, forward, hoping, market, paint, painted, painting, product, recover, seal, seats, strip, top, understanding, wash, white
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 5,720
    soundman
    3rd October 2012, 01:10 PM Go to last post

  26. Time for another project or two......1800's Piano Stool

    Started by Lawry01, 11th July 2012 07:03 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    1800s, bit, bought, crack, cracked, dave, finish, fix, flush, folks, hinged, ideas, original, piano, pics, position, progress, project, pushed, recess, recessed, seat, sit, spot, stool, table, timber, time, two1800, whilst 5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 5,375
    Lawry01
    26th September 2012, 04:03 PM Go to last post

  27. Please help me!

    Started by adelaidegirl, 6th September 2012 03:21 PM
    $300, adelaide, adelaidegirlroll, beautiful, bottom, comments, continue, drawer, forum, huon, lots, metho, musty, paid, pale, people, pine, possibility, reading, realms, remove, sanded, shellac, smell, smells, untreated, wardrobe, wood, woodwork, worth
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,911
    Horsecroft88
    11th September 2012, 03:13 PM Go to last post

  28. Swedish Biedermeier revival dining table

    Started by Antipodes, 21st August 2012 10:19 PM
    bathtub, biedermeier, bitten, bubbling, bullet, dining, disastrous, existing, forearm, half, ligament, perfect, polish, project, revival, ridges, rubbed, sanded, sat, seats, shellac, sitting, started, stripped, surface, swedish, table, top, tore, veneer
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,857
    Antipodes
    28th August 2012, 11:20 PM Go to last post

  29. Veneer cabinets restoration - need advice

    Started by alex6279, 24th August 2012 11:05 PM
    achievable, achieve, advance, advice, alcohol, alex, based, cabinets, color, coloring, details, discussions, drawers, experience, finish, grain, guys, hire, job, options, prepared, project, questions, rest, restoration, satin, shellac, solution, veneer, visible
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,012
    Lawry01
    27th August 2012, 05:20 PM Go to last post

  30. Paint stripper

    Started by Timbacare, 11th August 2012 09:10 PM
    advise, appreciated, blue, camphor, carved, chest, issue, layers, nicely, paint, painted, past, rid, scored, solid, stripper, time, type, white, wood
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,205
    Chief012
    20th August 2012, 08:27 PM Go to last post

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