I promised you when I wrote about shellac, that I would revisit the topic to tell you more about french polish - the special method of applying this natural polish. I'm not forgetting that promise, so here follows a series of details and tips that are sure to make you want to varnish...
I enjoy watching movies like "The Midsommer Murders" for the houses in English villages, those low cottages with wooden beams and thatched roofs (sometimes). Whenever I see such a house at the beginning of a movie I'm sure to be pinned to the couch....
The first material used to protect wooden furniture and musical instruments was shellac. As well as protection it gave furniture that warm sheen that we now only see on old objects. Application was laborious, time-consuming and required many coats...
I've been meaning to write about refinishing wooden doors for a long time, but what convinced me was a post where someone asked for help from those in the know for tips on how to paint a wooden door to the best of your ability. I thought maybe he's not the only one, maybe there are others out there who...
The other day someone suggested to me, regarding traditional Japanese carpentry, to take up the subject again and develop it, as it is a very interesting one. As I had been wanting to do this for a long time, I thought the recommendation was very welcome, so I got to work. I consider traditional carpentry...
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