In this video professional furniture restorer Simon Gilboy demonstrates some of the antique restoration techniques [ Ссылка ] use in their workshop.

Our customers Georgian tables had suffered from prolonged water damage after they were removed from long term storage.

In this episode Simon uses pressurised steam to release old joints and make good the old repairs. He goes on to use raw earth powders, combined with shellac and methylated spirits, to help disguise the water damaged repair areas.

(with ASMR elements)

00:04 Introduction
04:20 How to remove a rusty screw
06:00 How to use steam to release wooden joints
08:30 Using traditional hide glue
10:07 How to apply string inlay
14:10 How to disguise the repairs using raw earth pigments
21:35 Before and after (colouring)
21:59 Traditional Colouring of wood reveal
22:29 Graining the wood repair
24:14 Whats in part two?

French Polishers Pigments and soluble spirits colours used by Simon

Raw Umber
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Umber
Titanium White (flake)
Orange Chrome
Raw Umber
Burnt Sienna
Mineral Black

Spirit Colours (soluble with methylated spirits / denatured alcohol)
Red - Black - Green - Oak

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