Recent content by luke2443

Ok, is there a decent varnish that you would recommend? I've read about French polish but having never used it I'm slightly unsure on what to do and where to purchase the required ingredients. Thank you for your reply. I apreciate your thoughts. Luke

Hello. Last year we had a house fire and one of two side chairs was damaged in a fire. To be fair it was only the material that was damaged and the wood was damaged by water as the joints swelled etc. there was an inlay beading that got damaged by water. I've stripped fabric. Sanded down as...

Hi, please could anyone help. I'm in the process of restoring an old farm house. I have started stripping the paint off the pine doors/ frames. I love the look of wood and would prefer not to paint them. I've heat gunned the 8-10 layers of paint off. I tried using paint stripper but it was not...

Thank you, your help would be very much apreciated. Ill take a few photos and upload them on here. I am away until Sunday working which will cause a slight delay but will get them up as soon as I can :) Thanks again. Luke

Hi. I was wondering if i could ask for some help and advice on finishing a Mahogany linen press. My parents bungalow, where I was living was involved in a very serious house fire where the roof caught fire and collapsed on the contents of our home damaging the vast majority of contents within...