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Thanks.

The top was made from reclaimed Messmate floor joists - totally nude, plus heavily thicknessed pre construction. No fish-eye issues when first finished 15 years ago (different workshop)...

Stearates in sandpaper. That just adds another possibility. Thanks though - something more to consider.

Just thinned light coats of super-blonde dewaxed shellac btw, hurcorh. It makes a bit of a...

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Any help/advice/experience greatly appreciated here.

In the last few years I have refinished many dining tables - some solid timber....others veneer. Some I had previously...

Found someone who will do it next week.

Cheers.

G'day Woodies.

Apologies if this is in the wrong section.

We have a table top being stripped and sanded which requires spray lacquering to a high quality, in full gloss - no grit or...

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Bueller.....Bueller.....anyone?

*Admins - I didn't know where to post this - sorry if it is in the wrong spot.

Hello WWFers.

I have been requested to quote on a repair to damage to one edge of a 1.5m square Vic Ash table -...

Forgot to say - I'm in Australia. Melbourne. So maybe a swamp timber from Sydney then.

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G'day.

I'm hoping someone here can enlighten me a bit.

I'm restoring a typical Late Victorian / Early Edwardian, 2 leaf extension dining table. Turned legs, worm screw mechanism, etc. Much...

Forgive me if this is not the correct forum.

I need some new Kauri boards machined ASAP.

4 @ 1300 x 300 x 27mm

I need them knocked down to 22mm

Will pay cash.

My work area has more gaps than a barcode! Something to work on ASAP.

Thanks guys.

It's funny Roy, I didn't get on the pc until late in the day, but a couple of hours after you posted about dewaxed shellac, I was discussing the problem with my old man, who suggested...

Bloody Melbourne climate!!

Thanks chambezio,

Can't be Mr Sheen as the tables were stripped/sanded/stained.

Now that I think about it, it wasn't freezing when I coated them, but look at the humidity reading on the...

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I have been afflicted with the dreaded "fish-eye" problem when finishing 20-odd small/medium table tops that I am re-finishing for a customer.

Most of the tops are Jarrah veneer over...

My client has accepted that all raised panels & handles finished in the new (original) tone will look different, but will be ok to their eye.

Phew!

Thanks for your input / advice.

M

Thanks for your input mark david.

Unfortunately my client doesn't look like accepting the panels being darker (as I have suggested) nor will extend to a full resto. ($$$$)

Aside from building...

Thanks for your reply LGS.

The unit has a high gloss finish - like a varnish - as many 50s/60s pieces were.
Teak oil won't replicate the finish, and I'm ceratin would be the same colour, if not...

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I desperately need your help/opinions here please fellow members.

I have stripped and re-lacquered a door-panel on a large 1950s Teak sideboard for a customer.

The refinished panel is...

Forgot to mention - need it done ASAP.

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I need 8 x de-nailed recycled 2m Oregon boards thicknessed from 33 down to 25mm.
Preferably inner SE Melb but will travel if neccesary.
Will pay cash and tail if required.
All pointers...

Thanks. I'll be in touch in the next few weeks.

W

I have decided to return to furniture making after 3 years, however I am now without a factory full of machines. I will shortly need some de-nailed recycled Redgum or Jarrah boards machined all round...