Showing ALL the possible approaches one could carry out. Excellent.

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Thanks for this, ive got a walnut piano that needs a refinish so will be using your method thanks again

Great video Mr. Mitch! I love learning techniques of refinishing/finishing. Thanks!

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Halsey Cheers Kevin, glad you liked it

I am impressed how many informations you managed to share in this short wideo. Thanks a lot!

@mitchwoodwork

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Piotr

I've just got a beautiful little coffee table from Freecycle with some watermarks on the top, watching your brilliant crystal clear tutorial I feel confident to have a go and restore it. Many thanks.

@mitchwoodwork

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the table. Don't forget to do a test patch somewhere out of sight.

Really great video and talk through. Thank you so much.

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul

Thank you very much great tutorial.Keep up the great work

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you. I've always thought that I'd have to get the experts in to repair a 1930's cabinet. One of the most beautiful pieces of furniture I've ever seen. Ruined by a cup and heat😪 I always felt heartbroken over it. Until today 🌞 THANK YOU. I'm very hands on and I'm confident I can do this myself.. I actually enjoyed your video so much I've decided I may just get into this furniture repair thing. A new career coming my way way maybe.. crazy I was not expecting that.. again thanks for the repair advice in your video but also for presenting it in such a way you've sparked an interest. Have a wonderful day 😁🙏☀️☀️☀️

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. DO PRACTICE before starting on the cabinet! Good luck.

Excellent, thanks for the tips. I'm going to practice this for some instruments I'm building.

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers. Practice is key, and will give you the confidence and technique to overcome any problems as they occur.

Great vid - just what I needed for my DIY job!

@mitchwoodwork

Жыл бұрын

Cheers. Hope it goes well

Superb, thank you so much I can’t wait to get started. You are amazing 😉

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Do please have a practice before tackling anything you value!

Very nice vid. Mitch. Thanks.

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Claussen cheers Michael

Thanks a mill. Great video. I'll be playing it for my woodworking students in class tomorrow. Nice one.

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic - hope it helps, and that they don't get their rubbers stuck!

@death2701

4 жыл бұрын

@@mitchwoodwork 11 months late but that sounds like a sex joke hahaha

very good , you are spot on .... and I liked your advise , RAF

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Richard

thanks man !!! from West of Ireland

Thanks so much. I have a dining table with a veneer and french polish and it's in very bad shape. Lots of clouds, marks & chios. it doesn't have much value to us so worth a go at repair. This video is oh so helpful.

@mitchwoodwork

6 ай бұрын

That sounds the ideal project to try out out on. Good luck

NIce job and very informative, thank you. :D

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Very helpful - thank you!

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Very well presented. I learned a bit. USA

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

good video nice pace of delivery gave me time to make notes, thank you

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very interesting Video. French Polish is an art that is increasingly forgotten. I'm always glad when I see someone doing a french polish :-) If you are interested I made a video about french polishing some time ago. Cheers Fabian

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers Fabian. Your video is great, and I recommend anyone to visit your channel to check it out.

Great information, Mitch. I could sure have used this method 25 years ago before I sanded right through the veneer :>(.

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Oops. Well, I've done the same in the past too

Great explanation! I’ve been using canola oil, which, as is the case with linseed, is a “drying” oil. On a recent project where I took my time, I started having problems during spiriting which I think might have been caused by the oil starting to polymerize. I stripped it all off and started over using olive oil instead. I hope that does the trick!

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers. Never tried olive oil, interesting idea.

excellent

Nice video Mitch. I did not know that kind of french polish repair yet. Because of the raised veneer, you can very well stick it back with an iron. Because the veneer was glued with bone glue (glutin glue) earlier. I know it like that. Wash with hot water and brush the shellac. Repair damaged areas (with scrap card). Then fill pores with pumice, shellac and isopropanol (isopropanol does not dissolve the shellac, but alcohol). When pores are filled, start with gloss polishing (shellac and isopropanol).

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Günter Schöne Cheers Günter. If the isoproponol doesn't dissolve the shellac, how does that work. Maybe I'm missing something ;-)

@gunterschone8402

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, Mitch. I expressed myself wrong. For a shellac polish, mix shellac with isopropanol. This is applied in several layers (passages), in between you can dry the shellac polish. By using isopropanol, the dried shellac is not dissolved. But what happens if you mix the shellac with alcohol (like ethanol). Hope it is easier to understand. Did that look at a carpenter, who has some videos on KZread.

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Günter Schöne I shall try it! Cheers

Great channel and content. A pleasure to subscribe 💋💋

Cool thanks 👍👍👍

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers Martin

Good job

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

There is an actual tool mildly resembling a wooden body plane with a corrugated edged ‘card scraper’ type tool with the blade set at 82 degrees angle popularized in the 17th C that was specifically for easing damaged finish off a compromised veneer. I found one of these while building up my plane collection and have used it ever since.

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Never seen one, but I'll keep my eyes open for one.

Good experiment sir

@mitchwoodwork

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks

@mitchwoodwork

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers

The first couple of coats can be brushed on to get a base built up quicker. You have to let it dry a little longer. Also, with the shellac sticks you can apply with a palate knife you have heated with an alcohol lamp. You can blend colors to get a better color match if you need to. When it is nearly level, use a scraper to finish leveling. Paraffin is what is used for a lubricant, not linseed. One drop. Turn all the cut edges of your rubber in so that you don't accidentally get a thread or fiber in your finish. That will make you very unhappy.

@mitchwoodwork

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of using paraffin to lubricate, I shall have to try that. Cheers

Nice clip and good advices, but the pumice powder is to be used with the first cote of shellack. That anables it to enter all the pores of the wood when they are widely open. Using it at the end or with the third or fourth cote it will not enter into the wood to create perfectly "glassy" surface.

@mitchwoodwork

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice, I'll try that.

Great Info Mitch, I don't have 'Old' furniture with Shellac, I do use it on small ornamental pieces I make, but 'Polly' on my Furniture. Would Sugar soap be to harsh a detergent for that stage??? Have you tried Plaster of Paris as grain filler? I've had a good result on a coffee table I made recently using it as the filler

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Compton Cheers Peter. I've not used sugar soap for anything other than decorating, and my experience of it for that is that it's strong stuff! I just use a little hand detergent myself. I've not used plaster of paris as a grain filler, but I've heard of French chalk being used. Maybe I'll experiment when I get a chance.

Great job. Do you have a video on mixing shellac flakes orange ? Kind regards Danny UK

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Danny. I don't recall doing such a video. 1lb of flakes to 1gallon of meth's is a good starting ratio. Obviously only make up a volume that you're likely to use within a month, as it doesn't store too well. Keep agitating the mix every few hours, and within a day the flakes should have all dissolved.

@TheLegend-nx3mm

5 жыл бұрын

@@mitchwoodwork Great thanks for your advice. Take care... have a great Christmas. Kind regards Danny

Good intro to polishing. Thanks. Quick question. What do you use for something like a plane handle to give it a dark stain?

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'd probably use Garnet Shellac for a gloss finish, or mix a spirit dye with some tung oil or boiled linseed oil for a matt or semi-matt finish.

@SteS

5 жыл бұрын

@@mitchwoodwork Thanks. I forgot to mention that the front handle I made from some firewood (oak). Would that give me the same finish? Probably not. Wood I be better off redoing the handle in a Mahoney or another darker hardwood. What would you rec?

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Beech is commonly used for these, but oak should be fine and you may get some lovely looking rays showing. If you're trying to match the rear handle, scrap the finish back from the underside to check it is beech, or whatever else, and turn a new knob in the same wood. Colour matching the oak to the rear handle can be done by building up the coats until they are the same in the case of shellac. Dyes are more of an experiment that you should try on some spare oak

@SteS

5 жыл бұрын

@@mitchwoodwork Thank you.

A list of the materials you used together with hyperlinks of where to buy those materials would be handy for the beginner

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

All done now!

Why did you carefully clean the old policed surface so throughly only to remove the old varnish down to the venire?

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't want to risk any surface dirt or wax contaminating the bare wood as I revealed it

Couldn't really admire the finished product due to the ads for the other videos popping up on the screen... but the little I could see looked well done. Are you going to post a photo(s) of the completed tabletop when you finish the entire surface?

@mitchwoodwork

6 жыл бұрын

Ray Roberts I would do, but, since it has no home, I've no immediate plans to finish it. There's edge banning missing, so I may do a video on repairing that when things quieten down a bit. That would be a reason to crack out the French polish again too, so I could finish the top off nicely. I'll post a photo on social media of the top as it is now, but that is cut back and waxed, as it was when the video ended

Would it not be better to grain fill before polishing at all ? New to this and am curious , Cheers

@mitchwoodwork

4 жыл бұрын

I'm no expert. This way was learnt from an old book or two, and works well for me

@10908070605040302

4 жыл бұрын

@@mitchwoodwork ah fair yeah I guess thats the way with things , everyone feels their own way through it , your video just saved my ass with something important man , so thanks a million !

Ensure that any cutting/polishing compounds, especially ones for use on metal or paint, do not contain silicon. Or later finishes may be badly compromised.

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, good point

I’m very interested in how to bring back old finishes with out losing patina, and removing all the original finish.

@mitchwoodwork

Жыл бұрын

There's lots of differing advice out there, but I'm by no means an expert in that field.

Can you use a microfiber cloth for lint free cotton cloth?

@mitchwoodwork

4 жыл бұрын

I've never tried David. The important thing is that fibers don't easily fall out or pull out and get stuck in the polish. I suggest trying it out. If you do, please let me know how it goes

@davidmajor8486

4 жыл бұрын

Will do!

Thanks. Good video. Doh -- you could have just compared pictures before and after instead of doubling your work :)

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Why didn't I think of that :D

when you say light detergent do you mean fairy or equivalent

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

That should be fine, but only a couple of drops in a cup of warm water

So does all this rubbing of alcohol and spirits on ones bare skin/hands not bother anyone???

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

Probably safer than drinking it

For the love of god, just strip the thing back to bare wood sand all your scratches out and bring it back to brand new.

@RoboKestrel

3 жыл бұрын

Would probably strip the veneer.

@utube1818

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoboKestrel No it wouldn't, paint stripper is chemical very harsh, get it on your skin and you will know exactly what I mean. But I have never known it affect the glue. It might if you were to leave it on there for days at a time, but he is only stripping French Polish and the stripper would only take a couple of minutes to soften it before cleaning off and neutralizing.

Could have saved all that work by applying citric acid. Had a stereo console that look way worse than than with dark and light stains and everything came right off with the finish

Why use a scrapper, just use a thin coat of paint stripper.

Long process, just sand the top with 240, and French it

I will respectfully dislike your video and post comments as you have asked us too , its nothing personal for starters your technique of stripping the piece is only going to mar and scratch the wood more then it already has been , you truly butchered the table by doing that scraping thing. These old finishes fall right off with just a little brush of stripper , sand it down and you would of had a great piece to work with Secondly how are you going to use metal polish to polish a table with such a badly deteriorated finish ? In many areas there is no finish to speak of, what are you going to polish the wood itself? Using polish of any kind to try to save a badly damaged piece is only a temporary hack, no one would pay you for it. Thirdly why would you wait until you start to polish the wood before filling the holes and imperfectons? that's all supposed to be done when the table is down to the bare wood. do all your filling and sanding before you proceed to refinishing. Overall it just doesn't seem like you have much real world experience with this , maybe as a personal hobby but paying customers wont give you any money for this kind of work I will start making my own videos soon, feel free to critique mine as well

@mitchwoodwork

5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your words of wisdom, and will experiment with the techniques when I next pick up a scrap of french polished furniture. The video description did say these were simple things anyone could try, and not an alternative to seeking an expert repair. I'm certainly no expert, but these tips were all published by "so-called" restoration experts in books or magazines I've read over the years, and I have been happy with the improvements they have made on the limited number of repairs I've made. Cheers

@BeasleyStreet

4 жыл бұрын

you have a point,this is right performance

This is a job for experts 3yrs training it makes a frenchpolisher cringe watching it, none of this videos show how to make rubber correctly first thing you learn and a boat 2nd let alone touching up with pigments and polish like an artist

French polishing is dead

Hard to listen to your video. I have misophonia and all of the lip-smacking and swallowing noises that you recorded make an impossible for me to focus on what you're actually saying. All I hear are the mouth noises you keep making.

@mitchwoodwork

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe your computer sounds card has a filter for that

@artisanshomerepair5790

3 жыл бұрын

@@mitchwoodwork lol... trust me, l wish there was such a thing, but since about 15% of the world has misophonia, you may want to take that into consideration when making your videos.

Terrible work.