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About Greg Scholl
Expertise
Questions on Woodworking, wood finishing and refinishing of all kinds, repairing furniture and wooden objects, Architectural details, Woodturning, carving, tool usage, product usage, some chemistry as it applies to woodworking and related interests,cabinet making and furniture construction/design, etc. I have experience with all manners of colorants, finishes, paints, stains, dyes, glazes, and coatings, wood species recognition and usage,tool recommendations, blade types and recommendation,techniques and methods for many Woodworking related issues, etc.
Experience
Fine furniture restorer and cabinet maker for over 30 years,serving high end Antique dealers, Interior designers, Collectors in the CT area. Consulting for area Painting/Decorating and Building contractors on non painting issues..(staining, wood prep.,clear finishing, floor restoration and architectural detail restoration and repair, etc.) Sold, built, serviced, setup Home, Industrial, and Commercial stationary woodworking tools for a major tool retailer in CT. for three years, sold hand and power tools , provided knowledge, parts replacement, service, and on site service, Trade show Demo, and training as well.
Publications
Published in Fine Woodworking Magazine (12/97), included on Fine Woodworkings first "Best of Fine Woodworking" CD-ROM (2002) ...("27 year compilation of expert know-how")
Education/Credentials
Art School at Silvermine Guild in Norwalk, CT., 9 year apprenticeship in a European run Cabinet and Restoration shop in CT., various classes on subjects having to do with the field. Seminars from major Tool manufacturers, Skil/Bosch, Delta, Powermatic, Ritter, Porter cable, Milwaukee, Dewalt/B&Decker, Performax.
Past/Present Clients
Many varied clients including work on Martha Stewarts' Westport, CT. show house, many fine Antique dealers and private collectors in and around Fairfield County and in Woodbury, CT. (the Antiques capital of CT.), Golden Age of Trucking Museum, Wilton Historical Society.
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Expert: Greg Scholl - 10/26/2009
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I saw on a HGTV show they sanded off the gloss of a finished table, and coated and wiped off a darker gel stain and got a beautiful result.
Did I miss the step that showed stripper, cause they just sanded and applied a dark choclate finish? I really want this to be true, cause it sure beats strippers!
Many thanks,
Answer
Hi Vicki, I've seen some of the furniture "treatments" they do on these shows, and not only are they often ruining Antiques and perfectly good furniture, they're often passing along bad and damaging advice to the general public.I cringe when I see them slathering latex paint all over someones dining room furniture without properly prepping, and worse without explaining the proper procedures for doing this....Gel stains are in a polyurethane base, and can be used over an existing oil, stain, urethane or varnish finish in good shape, with proper prep, but one can't expect a flawless, beautiful, deep finish with this step alone. It needs to then be clear coated to be the least bit durable...and covering a factory, lacquer based finish ( which 95% of commercially made furniture is finished with), with polyurethane is not recommended, and will not last or be as durable as stripping and proper refinishing. The way they treat furniture in these shows is just wrong, and literally all the things they do will start to fail within a year, and then will cost quite a bit to strip and redo properly.They don't show you that...So the proper way to refinish a piece of furniture, to get a durable, lasting, beautiful finish is to strip, prep, and properly refinish. Especially true on a Dining table where you have a large expanse of surface area, where any defects or a poor finishing job will stand out like the proverbial "sore thumb". Hope that helps- Regards- Greg
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