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Hi Eddie, If your sill is made of Mahogany, the darker colour you now have is not due to the varnish but is the natural colour of the Mahogany. There are two way to make it lighter, one is to bleach with hydrogen peroxide using a two part solution pack. This method will work well, however I...

Steve, Find a place near you that rents out the 'Lagler Trio 3 Disc Floor Sander' It sands quickly quietly and does not dig itself into your floor. There is no other machine for the job

Hi novicewoody, I would take out the broken panel by firstly smashing out the already broken section in the middle, then working out the rest of it without damaging the moulding. Chisel out the moulding on one side, the least visible side. you can then pop in another panel and replace the...

'An odd 'perfect' type screw driver but with a strangely forged blade' Richard, I have a few screwdrivers like yours in different sizes, somebody told me they were part of a standard tool kit in expensive cars up until the 1950's.

Hi Minkeymaximus, If your table has a wax finish, you will be able to take this off with some white spirit and wire wool and if you are lucky it will take off the orange colour at the same time. If your finish does not come off with white spirit, you will have to either use a paint stripper and...

If your wash stand is French Polished, which it should be, this will provide an excellent base for painting, you will be best to de-grease it first because it has probably been waxed at some time in its life. Giving it a scrub with some white spirit and a scotch pad ( the green pan scourers are...

Are you talking about the outside or inside. For my money I would use Osmo polyx oil for both. Osmo do 'UV-PROTECTION OILS' which are formulated for outside projects like conservatories, the also do a range of solid colours called 'COUNTRY COLOUR' which might be worth considering.

As an apprentice in the early eighties I was sent to a flat in Mayfair of a famous actress to do some minor repairs to her piano. I had been very careful, putting sheets and blankets everywhere to protect the deep pile white carpet. I made up a stain in a plastic cup and when I finished using it...

Si, I have been french polishing professionally for 32 years and I have never heard of anyone adding boiled linseed oil to shellac. This is where your problem lies. Throw away this mix you have made, it will never give you a good finish. Other than adding the oil to your shellac you have not...

I have never heard of a "pre-stain", could they just mean stain the door before finishing it?

The hard wax works well, I have not heard of it falling out ( it is only for small holes and gauges ). The trick with it is getting it level, the best way to do that is to turn a piece of sandpaper inside out and use the back to rub off the excess and then use a rag to rub off any residue around...

Hi Mark, Your pin holes can be filled with a two pack filler, the only one I use is WUDFILL, if you get it in the cream colour ( listed as redwood ) you can add earth pigment to it to match the colour of the timber. The fact you have already put some oil on the lid is an advantage because it...

A fine cutting compound is what you need and plenty of elbow grease. 3M do a very good range but are in 1lt bottles at about £35, or you could use autosol but you may have a problem with white residue in any nooks and crannies.

Hard wax oil is a good finish but you will need to sprinkle fine silver sand onto the treads to make them non slippery. If you need to cut back your finish in any way do not use wire wool, it will stain the oak black which will then need bleaching out. Instead use sandpaper or nylon scotch pads.

What is Vac Vac?

I used tacks to attach mine to a block, suede side up which I clamp in my vise, and I use buffing soap on it, works a treat.

Tut Tut Tut!

Thank you for the link, very interesting, loved the skyline pieces.

Thank you all, there is some useful information for me there, I have plenty of old sprung steel packing straps and I will ask our clock man if he has any springs he can give me, I think where I have been going wrong is in the final tempering/blueing, so I will definitely have a try with the tray...