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My first ever project with a piece of furniture...
Well, I have started...The pictures show the table I'm trying to restore and the top surface.
I have no idea what type of wood is that, perhaps someone can identify it please?
After watching a few restoration Utube videos, I still don't know if to oil, varnish, beeswax or French polish it. Although I think that it would be too pretentious to start with French polishing. So, I am left with 3 options. May the force be with me...:U
I have used a paint stripper and then sanded with 120 paper.
We shall see....
I will start my Woodworking Course in October...can't wait!
Thanks for any tips!
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This is more difficult than I thought...
First of all THANKS for your replies. Now I know it's oak!
I might have reached a point of no return as Auscab said. After stripping and sanding I am left with this (see photo).
I bought "Sanding sealer" and "Scandinavian oil". My intention was to apply the sealer, light sand it again and then finish it with the oil. Perhaps it's not the right choice, but...we learn from our mistakes... I will apply both products in a small non-visible area and let's see what happens.
What I wanted was a finish that showed the grain. No paint, no stain.
I might even change my mind and just apply clear varnish. I shouldn't have started with barley twist legs...they are a pain to sand...
What I do know for sure is that I have a LOT to learn...
Once again...thanks a lot!
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I don't think it is veneer
Hi,
The table is quite sturdy and relatively heavy. After sanding the top is very, very smooth and soft to the touch.
As you can see there is a label: "Walter G. Lord, Furniture Manufacturer. Little Queen Street, Chippendale Sydney NSW.
I found an article about Walter G. Lord in the Sydney Morning Herald about a Polishers' Strike on the 4th of August 1920.
" The New South Wales No. 1 Branch of the Federated Furnishing Trades' Society was summoned in the Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday, before Judge Curlewis, to show cause why it should not pay a penalty not exceeding £500. The summons was issued at the instance of Percy Favatt Horley (secretary to the Master Cabinetmakers' Association of New South Wales). It was alleged that on August 4, and thereafter, certain members of the union and the executive took part in and aided and abetted an illegal strike amongst the employees of Walter G. Lord, furniture manufacturer, at Chippendale.
It was stated that a foreman at Lord's works came to the conclusion that a french-polisher was "going slow" at his work. The foreman pointed it out to two French-polishers, and from that moment the foreman came under the ban of the union, and efforts were made to remove him. At first the efforts were confined to the foreman himself, and when they failed and he continued to do his duty pressure was brought to bear upon Mr. Lord through the union's officials. Two other polishers left, and the union would not allow others to take their place. Eventually Mr. Lord had to get rid of the foreman. When he left the ban was removed. The further hearing of the case was adjourned until this morning."
Nice to know a bit about its origins.