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Furniture Restoration

This course will introduce students to furniture restoration techniques.

Features

The student will practice on veneered panels and move on to smaller objects brought in by the student.

A student enjoying the furniture restoration course

The course will cover:

  • Introduction to materials used.
  • How to prepare the surface.
  • A practical explanation on how to use grain-filler and different types of stains.
  • How to apply polish, then sand it down.
  • This process will then be repeated until the required gloss is achieved.
  • How to get the preferred look using different methods.
  • Deal with missing and lifting veneers.
  • Experience different types of adhesives.

 

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