furniture projects

Dan I have a broken pallet knife blade that I have shave sharpened the flat end on both sided and use as a scraper. Its only 20mm across but does the job without much affect of the piece. Rubber gloves wire wool and white spirits is the normal way. My friend just started keeping bees and gave me a half pound of beeswax.

Impressed with the chair. Get those arms smooth. .. best bit

Don't use glasspaper (sandpaper was last made in something lie 1650) - it leaves tiny bits of glass in the surface and is too much. I often do x2 coats of NITRO MORS.

Ahh, No I prefer the natural colour of the timber. Often the stain you see is just discoloured varnish, often black on Victorian. There are a many finishes;

Beeswax only
Shellac then beeswax (french polish)
oil as dd say on teak
you can also mix beeswax with oil

If you stain then remember it may wear off again, leaving white patches, ie over time it will look worse - where all of the above will look better over time. Patina.

Fabric....

why not take time and find some orignal 60's!

funky!

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stig+lindberg+fabric+chair&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikpa3w9I7WAhUMAcAKHZUrAA8Q_AUICygC&biw=1745&bih=898

Hows it going.....any change?

Don't go mad, you can strip away all it's character and age, do you want it looking brand new?

I've got a 1964 Yngve Ekström Swedese Lamino chair that leaks an orange powder which used to be foam padding that I intend to restore but it scares me a bit, I need to sculpt foam and there is a lot of glueing involved. Outside my comfort zone but documenting things often helps me get on with them so maybe will get on with it soon and post pics here. I've managed to find the original fabric so far but not bought it. Watched a few videos of them being made and restored.

Ah, just noticed this is an old thread. Sorry.