Q: I’ve been in the refinishing business for years, but have just been stumped and need your help. An end table stained red mahogany was brought in for top only refinish due to white water stains splattered all over the surface. It had a very hard semi gloss sheen-finish on it. After stripping, I’ve found [...]
Q: When I gild hand carved furniture over red color, the corners often remain red, so I have to spray a thin layer of gold lacquer before applying the leaf. Is there another thing that I can use to solve this problem? A: Yes, though your solution, creating a gold ground under gold leaf, is [...]
Q: I have an oak hutch that has been sprayed with cat urine some time ago. Can you help me figure out what to neutralize the urine with so I can refinish it? I’ve tried vinegar as well as carpet cleaning solution but the stains are still showing through. A: I suspect what you are [...]
Q: I’m refinishing a mahogany end table. After stripping the old finish, I washed it down with paint thinner then applied a coat of polyurethane. The finish did not take in some areas. I believe it’s called fisheye. I applied a second coat and it seem to fill in some of the spots but enough [...]
Q: Should I be able to remove 400 grit sanding scratches coming through on a French polished shellac coating by further polishing? Will an alcohol and mineral oil mix worked vigorously over the surface for a period of time eventually polish out these residual scratches or should go I back to 600 grit paper? A: [...]
Q: My nitrocellulose acoustic guitar finish is now horribly squeaky. I have owned it for five years with no problems, but now, any light touch produces the sound of new tennis shoes on a basketball floor. It happened the day after having wiped the guitar with Old English lemon oil that may have contained some [...]
Q: I just bought a house and the previous owner never cleaned the oil off the cabinet doors near the cook top. I had the grease cleaned off but the finish appears etched, like you can still see the drip marks and spots. Is it possible to put glaze over a satin poly finish without [...]
Q: I have a 40 year old dining table with much sentimental value. A refinisher ruined the reddish color many years ago. The two leaves were not refinished. I’d like to restore the entire table to its beautiful original color. The wood is in good condition but the color is blotchy. I believe the finish [...]
Q: In just one place I sanded through the finish to the wood. When this happens, what is the best fix? A: Recreate the layers you sanded through in that one spot. If there was stain, carefully add in the stain again with an artist’s brush, or use touch up powders, if you have them [...]
Q: I sprayed lacquer with a spray can. I got a few runs. I did not mind them and after two weeks I started sanding with P800 paper. I was able to eliminate the runs by sanding, but corresponding to the run there is a small area full of air bubbles. I tried to sand [...]
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