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Excellent tutorial! Thanks!

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Love watching your work. Hubby always comments on your apron (he's a woodworker pottering in his shed) and would love an apron like yours.😊

Best video I have seen on the subject. My Grandfather was a cabinet maker and French polisher and I have repolished a cabinet he made and this video has been invaluable.

Fantastic video - the whisper around ~5 minutes really, really scared me though 😂

Thank you for this. I’m going down the rabbit hole and there is much to learn. I’m going to do this process on a 1898 Steinway upright piano.

I am so upset crying as I even as I type this. because I have a statue that is so sentimental to me. That was damaged by my dog and chips. I cannot find a statue like this, no matter how hard I try to find one . I’ am trying to find a way to repair my statue I am googling all of the social media to find a company that could repair my statue of the chips in it because my statue is antique. I came across this video. I’m trying to find a way to fix it . 😓

what was the guy whispering?

Very informative. I also totally agree regarding the final wax, which I also always do after Shellac. The key word is that it makes it look more natural. I.e. it looks like wood and not plastic, as a few good coats of shellac will result in high gloss, artificial looking sheen, which can actually drown out the natural beauty of the timber.

Can I ask, how many coats of shellac do you need to do to get a decent shine? And how long do you leave between coats?

Impressive thanks.

Great video, very informative, but as you say, practice, practice .

Try getting the camera man in the same room as the repair. It was difficult to see some of the work being completed.

You are a marvelous teacher!

This videos are gold, do not understand why you don't have more subscribers

Brilliant! Sooo educational! Thank you ❤

Number one alex @woodcarving78

Great show, host!

Awesome

I am french polishing a sideboard that i bought 40 years ago. This is my second attempt at this, but over years i have stored plants on it and it has had some water damage. I am using Rustins french polish. My question is , can i use this straight from the bottle or do i need to dilute with meths?

Just watched the repolishing video followed by the veneer repair. Very informative and useful to me as I'm not so good with the polishing and colouring aspect of restoration. When I patch veneers I make good use of my disc sander to get a good fit but do like your idea with the blade to trim and get the best fit. I don't use the contact adhesives, I prefer my good old glue pot and pearl glue, albeit it means a clamp or tape overnight to dry. Thanks for the all the tips.

Can I add more French Polish after waxing if I notice some unfilled grain?

Wrong glue

a few suggestions 1) initial proper surface cleaning of the stone 2) reducing of the discolouration of the fractures 3) a slower curing epoxy 4) a fraction of epoxy 5) excess adhesive removal with solvent 6) absolutely no sanding of the surface 7) gapfilling of the losses with a softer filler 8) leveling of the filler with a soft tool that does not damage original surface 9) inpainting with reversible colours 10) protective coating with reversible laquer

Be wary of car finishes on wood finishes, some can contain silicon, which if it gets into the wood grains/fibre can wreck havoc on future refinishing with some finishes..

Can you please tell me what wood that is? I’m trying to learn the different types. I love stripping old varnish and finding the treasure underneath!

As a retired teacher I absolutely love the way you teach and demonstrate what to do. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this really informational video and learnt a lot. I am looking to repair some oak veneer on the side panel of an art nouveau dressing chest of drawers so still at the research stage.

Fantastic results! Great work!

What are you by trade a polisher or a cabinet maker?

Saw this after I tried doing mine. Can see where issues I had came from especially the different hardness of the new piece. On the older piece the pores are not very visible but the new piece took up the stain and made them stand out too much. Still for a 1st attempt I'm quite pleased just to give it a go. I'm also adding depth to the wardrobe making the inserted piece a feature... pillar like. Finally cutting the double with unit in half so that after 7 years and 2 houses we can finally get it up the stairs. I'll use dowels to locate the two halves and some brass plates to lock it in. The top piece is even more complicated than the one there so again a feature will be added to hide the join in plain sight !

Hi Ali’s just found you on RUclips and I am going to enjoy the viewings !! I have a question for you ! Y are you not on salvage hunters anymore used to love watching your restoration .

Thanks Alex, your video took a little of the mystery of veneers and their repair away and I’ve now been able to patch repair a veneer to the top of a small antique chest of drawers that’s been irritating me for twenty something years. I won’t say I’ve done as a good a job as a professional would do but the chest does look a whole lot better to me than it did before. Many Thanks Paul in Cyprus.

Loved the way he giggled when he talked about the rubbers.

Hi Alex do you know if it's possible to have vintage Silver-plated items cleaned then sprayed with a coating to stop the tarnish reappearing ? I used to work in a jewellers and can remember selling tarnish resistant Silver plate 😊hope you reply xx

Alex is my favorite restorer of Salvage Hunters. Nice to see and hear him in an other context. I learn a lot from him.

Love your work!

how did you get an even french polish along the lip. I am having trouble getting good coverage and also some blotchiness when my rubber changes direction. To go along the one raised lip edge is against the grain,,,,any tips or video shots

Camera zoom was hard to follow. Should have left to close up shot the whole way.

Eleven minutes of fluff. Are you keeping trade secrets and just showing off and advertising what you have in the shop? Usually, when you post "restoration", you actually show the restoration process. Just saying.

Appreciate your humble way of being informative making sure to include all the very necessary details and tips without talking to your audience as though they were a bunch of dummies or rattling on with unnecessary verbiage. I respect what you do and how you deliver the info. Diamond in the rough.

A superb job, and well explained. Many thanks. More on this and related topics, please!

Is that the original finish?

How do you know it is shellac ?

Many thanks for an excellent video and instruction. Very professional in every respect! I have a mahogany hall table which has become very faded by the sun and the colour bears no resemblance to mahogany. I would like to restore the finish and get the colour back. Not having much experience, do I start with a light stain and gradually work to a darker stain until I have the what I think is the right colour?

I think the volume needs turning up a bit,nice to see you back,missed you on Salvage Hunter.

Surely the most informative tutorial I’ve ever watched. Thank-you !

Hi Alex, I was just wondering, does the Shellac/meths dissolve the white spirit based Rustin Dye?.

I just watched this video. Throughly enjoyed it.. Thank you so much. It is such a pleasure to follow your restorations. Thank you again.

Excellent job, Please can you put the product that you use, It will help more for people that want to use your procedures.

I have a question also. I make peppergrinders and need a foodbsafe but durable finish. What do you recommend? Is ethanol better to use than denatured alcohol? Can I mix it with shellac flakes and carnauba wax?? Thanks again Jeff