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  1. 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: 7,628
    nrb
    3rd October 2012, 01:51 PM Go to last post

  2. Repair 107 year old sash cord

    Started by graham.murfett, 3rd May 2017 07:24 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 4
    10 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 54
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    Fuzzie
    19th July 2017, 08:32 PM Go to last post

  3. Silky oak reclining chair repair, New please be gentle

    Started by BobBrumby, 2nd October 2017 04:48 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    27 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 18
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    Blackout
    22nd October 2017, 06:45 AM Go to last post

  4. Cheap Grandfather Clock, Darken Wood & Wooden Veneer

    Started by EagerBeaver71, 23rd November 2019 12:05 PM
    7 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    antique and vintage, darkening, grandfather clock 54 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 100
    • Views: 7,303
    EagerBeaver71
    26th October 2022, 09:05 PM Go to last post

  5. Valve Radio Restoration: AWA Radiolette

    Started by Castaway, 11th September 2010 07:22 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    10-15, awa, bits, cabinet, colour, compared, draws, easy, exacly, finished, future, glue, hide, job, keeping, missing, pic, pics, poly, radio, radiolette, replace, restoration, restorations, shellac, stain, valve, veener, veneer, water
    • Replies: 36
    • Views: 7,244
    Castaway
    12th October 2010, 10:03 PM Go to last post

  6. Old pommy furniture

    Started by back yarder, 24th July 2008 09:19 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    advise, ago, appreciated, ash, bench, chairs, clean, complex, england, european, furniture, greatly, idea, imo, job, joints, lathe, leg, loose, matching, migrated, mum, pommy, pull, reassemble, rods, spin, timber, vertical, wood
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 7,136
    jimbur
    12th September 2008, 03:54 PM Go to last post

  7. Camera restoration

    Started by mikl, 26th August 2016 08:51 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 27
    • Views: 7,100
    Optimark
    26th December 2016, 12:58 PM Go to last post

  8. Red cedar table

    Started by Blackout, 27th January 2018 10:16 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
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    Blackout
    2nd June 2018, 10:18 AM Go to last post

  9. A little cedar writing desk followed me home ...

    Started by Thumbthumper, 23rd March 2014 03:15 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    308271308272308273, 308274, 308281, address, build, called, carve, cedar, character, couple, damage, desk, draw, filler, holes, home, hoping, leg, match, nail, original, oxide, pieces, plaster, scrub, splice, stain, top, turnings, writing 62 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 6,820
    Christos
    9th June 2014, 11:37 PM Go to last post

  10. Rings on dining table...

    Started by Bywong builder, 19th October 2008 01:46 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    advice, appreciated, bought, condition, couple, cups, dining, double, dull, extension, glasses, lifeless, moment, parker, pretty, prominent, recently, refinishing, removing, rings, search, stains, suggestions, surprised, table, tabletop, tarting, teak, water
    • Replies: 27
    • Views: 6,486
    jaywit
    24th April 2009, 11:46 PM Go to last post

  11. Technique to flatten warped table tops

    Started by Xanthorrhoeas, 3rd July 2016 07:02 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
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    wood spirit
    22nd July 2017, 07:27 PM Go to last post

  12. To Turn Timber Grey??

    Started by Claw Hama, 21st May 2008 12:03 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    bleach, caustic, etc.dunno, grey, hardware, heard, market, product, products, quickly, soda, timber, timberlook, time, turn, web
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 6,307
    Claw Hama
    24th May 2008, 09:38 AM Go to last post

  13. Cricket Bat Restoration

    Started by tree_bear, 7th July 2009 04:07 PM
    apparently, assistance, bat, belonged, collectable, cricket, father, gift, husbands, passed, recommend, restoration, restore, restored
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 6,244
    Cicatrix
    29th August 2009, 05:42 PM Go to last post

  14. authenticity ... milk paint

    Started by fletty, 18th September 2010 08:43 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1920s, 1930, austalia, australian, authentic, authenticity, catches, circa, cupboard, dresser, enamels, fletty, furniture, kitchen, layout, linseed, milk, modern, nice, oak, oil, original, oxides, paint, painted, pieces, read, silky, straight, tidy
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 6,153
    Woodwould
    30th January 2011, 05:38 PM Go to last post

  15. Restore or not, is this worth it?

    Started by munruben, 20th July 2008 11:21 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1940, ago, difficult, friend, furniture, idea, makes, picture, question, restore, restoring, style, tells, timber, weeks, worth
    • Replies: 27
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    astrid
    1st April 2009, 11:19 PM Go to last post

  16. Wood Rot

    Started by would, 23rd July 2013 04:44 PM
    appreciated, built, flooring, flooring.i, found, google, guess, happening, house, identify, image, info, it.can, narra, parents, philippineswe, repair.any, restored, rot, rotted, similar, wood 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
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    Master Splinter
    23rd July 2013, 11:25 PM Go to last post

  17. bentwood seats

    Started by gda27, 8th August 2010 06:52 PM
    assume, bentwood, cane, chair, chairs, commonly, found, gda, holes, nailed, patterned, plywood, poster, press, pressed, rattan, restored, restorer, seat, seats, skills, soft, sufficient, supplier, supply, sydney, time, tools, understanding, woven
    • Replies: 5
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    Drek
    16th August 2010, 10:00 PM Go to last post

  18. What do you call this?

    Started by Waznme, 20th July 2008 03:27 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    ago, attach, call, couch, difficult, game, gday, grandparents-in-law, inherited, lessen, photos, restore, thingo, waz, wife
    • Replies: 17
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    Bloss
    21st July 2008, 11:45 AM Go to last post

  19. Time for a light restoration on a small chest of drawers

    Started by Horsecroft88, 10th February 2015 02:08 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    chest, drawers, light, restoration, small, time 33 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
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    Horsecroft88
    19th March 2015, 08:31 AM Go to last post

  20. Restoring a red Cedar chest of drawers.

    Started by oscara, 24th July 2013 08:57 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1850s, 278289278290278291278292, antique, based, cedar, chest, cutting, damage, decide, dove, drawers, guess, handles, idea, legs, mine, online, oscar, professionally, purchased, red, restoring, satisfaction, similar, strip, tails, test, thinking, wood, worth 25 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 5,772
    oscara
    10th August 2013, 03:39 PM Go to last post

  21. great grandfather's cigar box

    Started by bassmansimon, 10th December 2008 09:24 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    base, basic, beginner, black, box, cigar, destroyed, easy, estapol, finish, girlfriends, grandfather, grandfathers, great, hinges, inside, judging, lots, moment, nice, quick, restore, screws, simon, step, stuff, top, white, wood, worth
    • Replies: 17
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    bassmansimon
    20th June 2009, 01:07 AM Go to last post

  22. 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
    • Views: 5,632
    Thumbthumper
    24th March 2014, 10:25 PM Go to last post

  23. 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: 5,580
    soundman
    3rd October 2012, 01:10 PM Go to last post

  24. Table Top Gaps -Finished - Purists Beware!

    Started by hap97, 26th June 2008 06:14 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    11fc, acceptable, adhesive-sealant, beware, black, crack, darker, decided, earlier, filler, fillers, finished, flexible, gaps, groove, joints, lot, month, polyurethane, purists, research, routed, sikaflex, strip, table, timber, time, top, wax, wood
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 5,516
    Chipman
    29th June 2008, 10:05 AM Go to last post

  25. de rusting really rusty iron

    Started by astrid, 26th April 2008 11:14 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    astrid, badly, branding, bunch, cans, corroded, cream, deeply, display, farm, hand, iron, irons, pitted, planes, presentable, purposes, recovered, rusting, rusty, stuff, sythes, thingys
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 5,492
    Bob38S
    18th July 2008, 12:59 PM Go to last post

  26. Question Clean & Restore Teak Parker Chairs

    Started by mtchairs, 23rd August 2014 04:35 PM
    chairs, clean, parker, restore, teak
    • Replies: 5
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    Xanthorrhoeas
    3rd October 2014, 08:39 PM Go to last post

  27. First and possibly only restoration of my life

    Started by Wongo, 26th April 2019 11:10 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    34 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 18
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    GarciaJ
    30th July 2019, 12:06 AM Go to last post

  28. Cedar chest repair WIP

    Started by AlexS, 6th October 2009 07:23 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    board, bottoms, cabinetmaker, cedar, chest, columns, construction, drawer, drawers, dust, dustboards, front, gaps, grooves, left, panels, photo, photos, rail, rails, remove, repair, runners, shrinkage, step, stops, time, top, wip, worn
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 5,386
    Waldo
    26th October 2009, 09:26 AM Go to last post

  29. Is this table worth restoring?

    Started by steck, 18th August 2008 11:42 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1930s, bit, brown, called, color, dark, edge, hinged, ideas, job, lifting, light, lighter, metho, original, painted, produced, restore, restoring, rubbing, runs, sample, scuff, table, tackle, told, top, veneer, wood, worth
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 5,356
    Andrew_B
    18th November 2008, 09:55 PM Go to last post

  30. Restoration of a walnut chest on stand.

    Started by Woodwould, 24th June 2008 01:45 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    absent, brass, chest, constructed, cross-grain, cut, drawer, drop, front, hand, handles, legs, missing, mouldings, original, period, pieces, pine, rebuilt, removed, replaced, restoration, set, sets, solid, stand, thick, veneer, veneered, walnut
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 5,328
    bsrlee
    8th July 2008, 01:37 AM Go to last post
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