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Why Restore Wood Furniture?
Preserving Wood Furniture
Using Environmentally Friendly Furniture Products
Recognizing Bad Furniture Repair
Furniture Restoration Tools
How to Choose Wood Furniture
Matching Wood Grain for Furniture Restoration
How to Remove Old Wood Finish
Sanding Wood Furniture
How to Stain Wood
How to Remove Wood Furniture Blemishes
Adding Flare to Furniture Trims with Veneers
Restoring Furniture with Curved Glass
Filling Pores in Wood Furniture
Restoring Fire Damaged Wood Furniture
Finishing Wood Furniture
How to Fix Small Blemishes in Wood Furniture
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Summary: Old wood finish must be removed before applying the new finish during a restoration project. Find out how to remove old wood finish in this free video.
Ralph Jensen has been restoring furniture for over thirty years in Wilmington NC. He restores antiques, builds custom pieces, and does repairs on new furniture in his antique workshop.read more
"Well one of the reasons we would strip a piece of furniture would be, and why would be important, would be if that finish is disintegrating then, as a rule, you would have to. Most of your glues would be drying out so you'd want to take that finish off, get those glues all restored and repair what has to be repaired and then put your new finishes, back on, after you've got your new glues back in there. In this particular case, this piece was in a fire and it was a sentimental piece, to the people, and they wanted to have that piece stripped but it had been burned pretty much up and this is the top from it so we've had to go back and take this finish off, which she's doing right now, with steel wool and environmental safe stripper, that we use on it. "
eHow Article: How to Remove Old Wood Finish
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