Please, I would lke advice/suggestions. My elderly neighbor who sold
his house furnished gave me a EA cabinet in perfect condition except for
the top. The finish need to be removed and refinished. It belonged to
the series EA called Georgian Court. I have had estimates to get the
cabinet refinished but I simply cannot afford to have it done.
I have done some nice refinishing in the past but never on such a
good piece. I found a stain that will be very close to the existing
color. Since this is such nice furniture, after staining should I use a
varnish. or would mimwax wipe on poly give me a better finish? Or
maybe tung oil? My only experience has been with stripping, staining
and varnish, never wipe on poly or tung oil. Thank you. Lorena
The piece is probably finished with a lacquer now. Stripping the top
will require some care so as not to have the stripper run down the
sides. I would be inclined to use the rub-on varnish Bartley sells.
It gives excellent results and will probably match the rest of the
piece quite well.
Woodchip
[email protected] (Lorena Richardson) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Please, I would lke advice/suggestions. My elderly neighbor who sold
> his house furnished gave me a EA cabinet in perfect condition except for
> the top. The finish need to be removed and refinished. It belonged to
> the series EA called Georgian Court. I have had estimates to get the
> cabinet refinished but I simply cannot afford to have it done.
>
> I have done some nice refinishing in the past but never on such a
> good piece. I found a stain that will be very close to the existing
> color. Since this is such nice furniture, after staining should I use a
> varnish. or would mimwax wipe on poly give me a better finish? Or
> maybe tung oil? My only experience has been with stripping, staining
> and varnish, never wipe on poly or tung oil. Thank you. Lorena
http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/
Bob Bowles wrote:
> www.homesteadfining.com has several forums that you might be
> interested in reviewing. Jeff is an expert on finishing matters and
> monitors the forums.
>
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:37:47 -0400 (EDT), [email protected] (Lorena
> Richardson) wrote:
>
>
>>I have done some nice refinishing in the past but never on such a
>>good piece.
>
>
www.homesteadfining.com has several forums that you might be
interested in reviewing. Jeff is an expert on finishing matters and
monitors the forums.
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:37:47 -0400 (EDT), [email protected] (Lorena
Richardson) wrote:
>I have done some nice refinishing in the past but never on such a
>good piece.