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How To:
Custom Color Matching
Strategies...refinishing an oak table
to match a
walnut sample.
In this tutorial, Rod will show you
how he refinished an oak parquet table to mimic
walnut....and it's not just wiping on walnut stain. What
would the fun be in that?
He'll show you a special technique
to make the oak grain "pop", just like our walnut
sample.
Coming in late January
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How To:
Restore and Refinish
a Hoosier
Cabinet
This Hoosier had severe
water damage and was in need of total restoration and
refinishing.
In this tutorial, Rod shows us
step by step how to Restore both painted and stained
Hoosier cabinets.
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How To: Restoring a Lane Cedar Chest
This chest had severe veneer damage, and
Rod shows us how to repair it using filler and
grain painting techniques.
This touch up technique
is used daily in our studio, and is
a "must
know"
if you're doing any type of refinishing or repair
project.
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How To: Stripping a Dining
Room Table
In this tutorial,
Rod shows us step by
step how to make
stripping a Dining
Room Table an easy
half hour job!
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How To:
Refinishing a Painted
Armoire
In this tutorial,
We'll show you how to strip the paint and refinish
this armoire to a beautiful distressed medium
French
walnut finish.
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How To: Rocking Chair Refinishing &
Seat
Upholstery
In This Tutorial, we refinish and upholster this old
rocking chair. Extra focus is the upholstery aspect of
this job, which was done in real leather.
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How To:
Repairing and Refinishing a Heywood Wakefield Buffet
In this Tutorial, Rod teaches us how to
disassemble this
vintage Heywood Wakefield
M592 buffet and repair all
the loose seams where
the glue has failed.
He then takes us through the finishing process
and stains the buffet champagne.
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How To: Lane Cedar Chest Lock Recall
Lane Cedar Chest Locks
Were Recalled. Here's a
video on how to replace yours.
Did you know that in 1996,
Lane recalled 12 million cedar chests with lids that
automatically latch shut
when closed? At least 6
children are known to have suffocated, so it's very important to change this lock. They are free from Lane.
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How To: Making a Mold & Casting New
Ball
Turnings For a Bench leg
In this
Tutorial, Rodney shows us how he replaced
missing ball
turnings on a small bench leg. He will
show you how to
make a mold and a casting to
reproduce missing parts
You won't believe how he does this one!
Everything
needed for this project was bought at the
local craft store.
He'll show you step by step how
you can do it too!
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How To: Refinishing a Mahogany Buffet
In this
Tutorial, You'll learn how to bring a
Mahogany Buffet
like this one back to life!
In this project, we'll show
you how we replace worn and missing veneer on this
buffet with easy to use
adhesive backed veneer. We'll
also show you
some tricks on how to glue up loose
veneer. Then
we'll strip & refinish to give it wow
factor!!
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How To: Refinishing a Secretary Desk
Pick up some pointers
on how to refinish a Mahogany secretary desk by watching
this
step by step episode.
Learn how to disassemble,
strip & refinish a
secretary desk. We'll show you how to
deal with
the interior compartments to make this job
surprisingly easy!
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How
To:
Caning
a Chair Seat
Here's how we cane a chair seat using
press
cane webbing.
It's not a very difficult job if you use the correct
tools.
The hardest part of this caning process, is
removing
the old cane and glue from the groove. But on
average this caning project should take you only
about
one hour to complete from start to finish.
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How to: Repair a Broken Heywood
Wakefield Chair Back...the
right way
Let me take you through the steps of how to repair
a broken chair the correct way. We won't be using
and screws or nails, so you can put them away :-)
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How
To: Refinish Shabby
Chic Style
Shabby Chic Style Refinishing....
It's All The Rage
In this tutorial, I'll show you
step by step how I took this well worn dresser and
completely transformed it with a Custom Shabby Chic Style Finish.
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How to: Refinish an Oak Rocking Chair
....Without
Stripping.
So,
What are you do when you have a great piece
of furniture
that is
in good condition, but just happens to be
the wrong color? Why not change the
color? This is a quick and easy job,
if you know the right procedure. After
watching this step by step
tutorial....you'll be a color changing
wizard .
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How To:
Repair Broken or Cracked
Marble
In this tutorial, Rod will show you
how to repair a broken marble top. This Piece of marble
was from a Victorian era dresser.
It would seem like a difficult job,
right? Actually,
if you know the proper technique
it's not that hard at all. We'll show you how....
Coming in late January
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How To:
Clean and Polish Brass
Furniture
Hardware and Ormolu.
Don't waste your money on brass
polishes....here is
a cheaper, faster and more
effective way to clean and polish Brass.
In this Tutorial, Rod will show you
step by step
an amazing method to polish Brass.
This is the method we use at The Restoration Studio.
Coming in February
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