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In Switzerland they recoat their houses whenever the sun and rain - both of which are very strong there - have bleached or washed the pine to the usual grey colour , this takes approx. 10 years and...

The policy in our workshop (if it is a water mark) would be to spray a small area with methalated spirits and set it on fire ! - bit drastic sounding,i know. But you only let it burn for a second or...

The method we teach our students-for the exterior woodwork would be using a black bees wax and natural turpintine,so as not to over-restore the original finish.Wax is applied with a cloth and revived...

We teach our students to use the following method to fill the nail holes,caused by lots of upholstery-strips of calico are dipped in watered down pva.Full strength pva then pasted over surface to be...

To add a little history to the above question I thought you may be interested to hear what would happen if you were working in London in the 18th century , London at that time was like some parts of...

Sharp or blunt is always a discussion with our students , sometimes making a tool sharp is a form of procrastination and they spend so much time sharpening , the job could have been done 5 times over...

We do one and two day short courses for children in the Summer months (we divide it into mornings only so the glue has time to set and we have time to secretly rectify things ! ) . We get them to...

We use a drawing aid available from The home of Straightlines : Freehand Designer, Frame Packers and Stylish BiFocal Safety Glasses and we find it very good .

The Woodmiser is a great saw mill we use one in Scotland and have cut well over 200 trees with it with no problems ..... You just need sharp saw blades !

Can you get Osmo oil in Australia ? If so this is the stuff you need .

There is an easy answer to this question . At this moment in time we are working in Switzerland and they like to keep the outside furniture and wooden houses black in colour . How do they do it ? ...

When the wood gets wet and then dry contiuously it quite often oxidises to a blackish colour . The only thing to do is to scrape and sand the wood down until you get to new wood , if it is still...

Hi there , we are from near Edinburgh in Scotland and we run a furniture school Furniture School|Cabinet Making Courses|Chippendale International School of Furniture we have people from all over the...

That`s interesting woodwork by using fibreglass instead of wood !

Making the missing sections will not be that difficult but getting the correct colour will be . Try and find a furniture course that will be able to teach this , colour is so difficult , it is much...

If we need to ebonize oak we use a solution of vinegar and iron filings it works very well.
All the best.
Anselm.:B

We would use oxalic acid to bleach the top to the same colour and then colour up in the usual way.
Good luck.
Anselm.

Sand to a high grit spray on some methalated spirits/alcohol this will raise the grain,fold a piece of sandpaper using the smooth side and push the raised grain flat then apply your shellac/finish...

I reckon you might be spot on with the vinegar! Sounds totally correct!

Another (possibly better) option could be a staining wax. You can buy it in whatever shade you want. It has all the above...

Any spray laquer should do it. If you haven't got a spray facility and hard, white-spirit-based, marine varnish would be good. Or if you want to be green a water-based laquer should also be fine.
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Hi there!

I, personally, would not stain a fiborous wood such as red cedar, because it's so difficult to get an even colour.

The only exception is black or dark brown because otherwise it goes...

Hi Tommi,

You can put any clear varnish on top of your spray paint as long as there isn't a chemical reaction between the two (which is the problem you describe). THEREFORE, you must try a little...

I think the best way to restore this plywood is to cut off all the edges that have delaminated and put aside the good pieces for other projects in your workshop or sell them second hand and buy new...

I think it may be satinwood...

Hi there!

I must confess I am definitely in favour of the shellac option over a modern finish!

The most common mistake when re-staining is to leave some old bits of finish on, which means the...