Thread: Parker Furniture finish

Really pretty pieces, obviously lovingly done.

Digging out this old thread due to mention of a "quick" option for touching up surfaces with Marveer furniture polish.

My 7pc Chiswell dining setting is in need of some TLC but I do not have time to do a complete re-finish in the next year or two.

The table has a couple of marks and several of the chairs (particularly the carver arms) are looking very dry. I know my Mum used to put Teak Oil on it. Would either Teak Oil or the Marveer polish be a good option?

I don't want to use anything that will preclude stripping back and refinishing with Danish Oil at some stage in the future.

Steph

In case anyone else discovers this thread now that s_m has resurrected it, I thought that I would add this link to a firm in Sydney that has grown out of the ashes of the old Parker company ... http://www.covemore.com.au/index.htm. Covermore love their Parker stuff. Perhaps if you were to contact them they would be willing to impart their polishing expertise.

Coming back in to report on the Marveer polish. Unfortunately my local supermarkets only stocked the liquid in red tones so I bought a can of spray.

Oh boy are my chair frames thirsty! I did one chair and a carver and they are looking much richer and less dried out, but I think a couple of months down the track they will really come good.

I did one end of the table and all the grubby preschooler marks along the edge are gone. I do expect this to even out over time too. All in all very happy, especially given the cheap price and speed/ease of application!

Steph

[quote=durwood;601067]I would think the finish is Nitro Cellulose Lacquer, all Parker furniture I have repaired was.

I have just started watching this thread about Teak Parker furniture. I have just stripped a table top back to bare wood and would like to finish it as it would have been done when original. You have suggested Nitro Celulose Lacquer. Can you tell me where I would be able to buy that lacquer, or what trade name it would be sold under.

Once you have a coating of this Nitro Celulose Lacquer, do you then maintain the furniture with Scandinavian Oil.

I also have one chair missing from my dining setting, and just missed a set of identical chairson e-bay recently, can you suggest where I might be able to get a matching chair.

Yours, Ian Cooksey

Steph, great job on your sideboard. I have just purchased a 60's sideboard (for $900 so yours was a bargain) and would like mine to look like yours. Can you please give me a step by step of how you used the metho and steel wool - I don't want to stuff up
Thanks
Jane

Hi Steph,
i just picked up a lovely little Parker cabinet from the Salvos. It appears to have a veneer finish on the top and sides which looks like chipboard or a similar type material. Have you any tips or tricks on restoring this type of cabinet? Was your chiswell sideboard made out of the same type of material? I saw your pics on flickr.. it is so beautiful - i want one!!!
Any info would be greatly appreaciated