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All about Woodworking - French Polishing and Enamelling

Practical Instructions

All about woodworking in regards to french polishing and enamelling is an 8 page tutorial which will teach you how to lay on a good polish. It will give you knowledge of the various kinds of wood used for furniture, as well as the best methods for bringing out to the fullest extent the natural tones or tints of the wood.

You will be shown how to improve the inferior kinds of wood, and to stain, bleach. And lastly, you will be given many recipes on painting furniture.

 

The instructions, materials and processes are vintage. This is an interesting look on how they did things over one hundred years ago. Some methods still apply today. The recipes given are the 'old' way of how they used to make things.

But one thing is for sure... The woodwork enthusiastic will find this very interesting!

 


 

The First page - Will give you free woodworking ideas on how to match old colours with new. How to pain woods and dyed polishes.

The Second page - Will teach you about wood stains and imitations. How to colour wood to make it look more expensive. This course will take you on a trip of showing you how to imitate different kinds of expensive woods.

The Third page - Is all about French polishing. The tools you will need and materials along with how to apply it for best results. A good tutorial on how to apply different styles to get different looks.

The Fourth page - Is all about gazing, stencilling and charcoal polishing for wood floor polish and small surfaces.

The Fifth page - Shows you how to re-polish antique furniture. This tutorial brings old furniture to life again.

The Sixth page - Is all about varnishing. The tools you will need, the materials and how to apply it.

The Seventh page - Is about Enamelling. Again it will show you the tools you will need, the materials and its application.

The Eight page - Contains many recipes for painting furniture. This is a food for thought page where you will get creative.

 


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