06-03-2011, 08:38 PM
A Beginner's Guide to French Polishing.pdf (Size: 919.94 KB / Downloads: 253)
And a less involved method:-
French Polishing II.pdf (Size: 624.62 KB / Downloads: 79)
French Polishing for Beginners.
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06-03-2011, 08:38 PM
A Beginner's Guide to French Polishing.pdf (Size: 919.94 KB / Downloads: 253) And a less involved method:- French Polishing II.pdf (Size: 624.62 KB / Downloads: 79)
06-03-2011, 08:44 PM
Col
Fantastic I am very much obliged you have shared this with us........I shall give the Graves your method! cheers Mark
Keep on Fiddling!
06-03-2011, 08:58 PM
Hi Col,
Many thanks for this and I am sure that I shall be following your methodology this Summer with 2 woodies that are in desperate need of cabinet restoration. Regards Rob[/u]
if all else fails...read the instructions!
06-03-2011, 09:04 PM
many thanks for that not my faverate part of restoration would be very happy to get results like that
rob t
if its made by hand it can be repaired by hand
07-03-2011, 12:59 PM
Very handy guide. I wonder how much I can do with one hand....
Cheers, Steve P.
If we've always had that, why is the car boot open? You aren't smuggling in another old TV are you...?
07-03-2011, 05:34 PM
Hi,
You are most welcome Mark; I'm just happy to add the thread in the hope that it is of use to other members. Good luck with your 2 woodies Rob (Bushbaby), I only dream about summers now as last years was cancelled unless it came and went when I blinked. I spent a terrible six weeks during July & August last year trying to paint the exterior of our bungalow, it was 6 degrees in the morning freezing me to death then rose to a mighty 25 degrees in the afternoon burning my legs; we suffered high wind and rain as well. I was most annoyed after working so hard to see very fine dust had settled onto the new gloss paint (Bakelite brown) and assumed it was ash from the then erupting Iceland volcano? During one of the rare sunny spells our neighbour popped across and as we were talking he said "did you see that?" I looked at where he was pointing to and the breeze was picking up dense clouds of pollen from the large Scots pine tree to the side of our bungalow and it was this that was settling on the wet paint. The day after I was at the top of the tree in pouring rain with a log saw removing branches as I descended; I then borrowed a friends chain saw and dropped the trunk in two sections; I then spent three days taking all the rubbish to our local tip in car loads and my friend collected the trunk which I cut up into logs for his stove. That is one Scots pine that will never mess my work up again. I have two large compressors and an assortment of decent spray guns including one HVLP gun but gave up long ago trying to use them because of the weather hence I now French polish and the weather even makes this almost impossible to do; I've not done any work in the workshop for many months as it is like a five star freezer compartment and the garage is not much better although the central heating boiler is in the garage and I can work in reasonable comfort by putting the heat on; I do however feel extremely hot when the gas and electric bills arrive. One day rob t you just might decide to have a go at restoring a woody and really surprise yourself but please be warned because French polishing is addictive;once the first French polishing job is completed and you stand back to admire it others will surely follow. It was a pleasure to meet you Steve when Mike and I collected the Ekco T311 and you made us both very welcome; I hope to meet you once again at the next Golborne meeting in April as I plan to attend. I've moaned long and hard about the weather; this morning it was perishing as usual with frost and right up until dinner time it was very cold; after dinner a miracle happened as the sun came out and for the first time since last year I removed my coat and rolled up my sleeves to start flatting the T311 cabinet down working outside; WOW!! is this what global warming is and if so can I please have a lot more? Kind regards, Col.
07-03-2011, 06:47 PM
I've actually seen that set in the flesh when I visited Colin some months ago.
The pics above are excellent, but close up, the set really is a stunner and a real credit to Colin's efforts. David
07-03-2011, 07:28 PM
Hi,
Thank you for the compliment David; it was a pleasure to show you the set; I hope my current cabinet turns out as well then I'll be happy but it is hard going at the moment. Good luck if you decide to try to re-veneer your Ultra FM 950 Jamie; I note you say the cabinet is bent plywood; if this will be your first attempt at veneering you will be in for both fun and grief in equal amounts. For a complete novice veneering is a nightmare as I quickly found out when I first tried it. I found that by merely adding the hot hide glue had the veneer jumping from the bench and walking out of the workshop in disgust with my lack of knowledge on the subject. I'll never ever forget the fight I had in my first veneering job; I eventually succeeded and made a very good job of it but it frazzled my patience and nerves and this was veneering a straight panel with Walnut. I certainly don't wish to put you or anyone else off from attempting to veneer Jamie but with a few tips and information you will be saved the nightmare I had to endure. I'll add a thread covering veneering basics shortly; veneering a curved section has to be tried if you like pain; I've just completed veneering an Ekco T311 cabinet and the top panel front on this is curved but I can now pass on how I did it quite easily in the end. I've had a quick look at a poor picture of an Ultra FM 950 and can't make out which way the veneer grain runs; front to back or side to side? If it's front to back it will be easier but I'll explain more fully later. Kind regards, Col.
07-03-2011, 09:50 PM
here is pics of one of my first cabinet restores
part of the top front was missing ,remade with platic padding mixed with dark ocra otherdeep gouges on the top were filled with coloured wax all rubed down with fine wire wool then french polished not to great effect. cant natch the colours,as can be seen the veneer is comming away from the doors i had to remove it using a hair dryer, it was gludes back on with pva. i had to put the doors in one of those vacumn bags used for storing clothes , only way icould get an even pressure on a not flat surface works well. sorry no pics of finished job customer took it back before i had time to take any .he was very happy, cant belive what he woul of thought if it was done like one of yours rob t
if its made by hand it can be repaired by hand
08-03-2011, 12:35 PM
Hi,
Thanks Rob. The veneers on your cabinet look beautiful and it's a pity you couldn't supply finished pictures but at least you had a go and succeeded. I can imagine the difficulty in securing the veneers until the glue set due the serpentine shape of the cabinet and what a good idea to use one of the vacuum bags. Vacuum bag veneering is widely used in America and is something I'm considering because a complete vacuum veneering system isn't too expensive specially if home made. the only problem for me is that I like to use hot hide glue whereas these vacuum bags use modern adhesives with a much longer open time; veneering is a huge subject in it's own right. I'm hopeless at colour matching because I'm colour blind and if I do need to match a colour I have to ask for Bronwyn's help; I use her brushes and colours as well because she is into art and crafts. I bet the cabinet looked lovely once it was polished up. Keep up the good work and please keep sharing. Kind regards, Col. |
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