Professional antique furniture restorer Simon Gilboy describes in detail how to strip the old finish off of an Ercol coffee table, refinish and polish with a beeswax wood polish.
The table has been varnished and over-french-polished. The finishes have deteriorated to such an extent that the only remedy is to strip it all back to bare elm wood and refinish it from scratch.
YOU WILL NEED:
- Protective gloves, glasses and mask
- Solvent or paint stripper
- An old cut-down 2" paint brush (to apply the stripper)
- Roller tray (to catch the waste finish)
- Wallpaper or cabinet scraper (Buy from Gilboys: bit.ly/47Hriky)
- Grade 4 coarse wire wool
- 100, 120, 180 and 320/400 grit sand paper
- Methylated spirits/denatured alcohol and acetic acid/pickling vinegar (to neutralise the surface)
- Household sponge
- Finishing oil - ( Buy online :bit.ly/3IMIw7l )
- Gilboy's 'pure gold' beeswax wood polish: bit.ly/2LRC3ds
- 0000 grade ultra-soft wire wool: bit.ly/31XBmVq
- Pure cotton buffing cloth with an open weave: bit.ly/31WRYgi
SECTIONS
Stripping: 0:49
Cleaning Back: 4:32
Sanding: 10:30
Neutralising: 16:25
Flattening the grain: 19:22
Oil Finishing: 21:00 ( Buy online :bit.ly/3IMIw7l )
De-Nib: 24:40
Waxing: 29:13
Buffing: 31:55
6 окт 2019
