How to Antique Glaze Furniture

Series Summary

Whether for beauty, rarity or age some individuals thrive on collecting items of the past. These antiques represent a previous era in human society that many hold dear. Antique collecting is an ancient hobby that shows no sign of slowing. However, despite the recent trend to go vintage, an item is only considered an antique if it is at least 50 years old. Antiques can come in a variety of forms, such as books, furniture, jewelry and tools, and there are infinite options for the antique collector. In this free video series, a certified estate specialist discusses antique furniture, including how to buy and sell antique furniture and how to determine the value of antiques. Furthermore, a demonstration is provided on cleaning, evaluating and restoring antique furniture in order to sell it or make it presentable for use in home decor. With these tips and techniques on antiques, the auction house will be the new hub for furniture purchases.

Video Transcript

"So you're looking to put an antique glaze on a piece of furniture. I'm Blake Kennedy with Kennedy Brothers Estates Services and I'm here to help. So you're taking a piece of furniture and you want to give it that antique look and you want to learn how to glaze it. Well, you want to make sure you have the right supplies first, you want to make sure that you have a nice pair of gloves to protect your hands from any of the chemicals. Nice rag so when you're wiping it on and off you have that right there. But if you're stripping the piece of furniture and you don't like the color, you know, I use a nice semi-paste to strip the furniture first, you want to make sure you have a good palm sander, palm sanders are great. And you know a light grate, one eighty to one fifty grid sandpaper. But if you like the color that's on there you want to start off by sanding it first, give it a good smooth sanding finish, something that the glaze can bite into, but then you want to primer it. I like to choose the antique white primer and you know, put a nice coat of primer on it, and then you want to sand between each primer, you want to primer it twice before you do that, and then make sure that it dries. Sand in between primering, and then wait 'til it dries. And then you want to do a nice wood glazing. You want to wipe that on with a brush or some people even use a rag to do that, sometimes you want to rub it a little bit more in some spots and a little less, depending on the look that you want to have when you're glazing it. It all depends on that look that you're looking for. Wipe a little bit more off to bring out some of that antique white primer underneath it, but then you want to let it dry. Let it dry for an hour but no more than six hours, and then you want to sand it down and put one more coating on it, and then, I'm sorry you put a vinyl coat on top of that, and then you can give that a good sanding to finish it off and then put a nice vinyl coating on the top of that. And it will look great after you're done. The thing about that, if you don't like the way it looks, just strip it off and start all over again. But good luck with glazing that antique piece of furniture. I'm Blake Kennedy."