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Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks/Questions Answered by Expert wisno
| Subject | Date Asked |
| stripping and refinishing | 12/16/2011 |
| Q: I have a antique hutch and want to refinish, how to I properly strip the old finish off and to sand ... A: You can strip off your old finish better, if you know the finishing type. You can try to wash off ... | |
| white residue after using steel wool with denatured alcohol | 11/15/2011 |
| Q: I have a pair of old dining room chairs that I was cleaning using denatured alcohol and rags. This ... A: Yes it is. Your alcohol solved the finish and then your finish was removed. You may try to fix it ... | |
| whitewash that won't come out of maple | 11/6/2011 |
| Q: I have stripped my kitchen cabinets, and have removed the protective finish. I can't get the ... A: The wash at your finish is from the wood stain isn't ? It is quite difficult to wash and clean the ... | |
| refinishing | 8/25/2011 |
| Q: What stain is best for my table to restore it back.And once I restain it what would I use to seal in ... A: The dye stain is the stain type. It is also well known as aniline dye stain. It will give more ... | |
| refinishing | 8/25/2011 |
| Q: What stain is best for my table to restore it back.And once I restain it what would I use to seal in ... A: I think i agree with your colleague said. Your table color should be darker. But you have to darker ... | |
| Caring for teak furniture | 8/18/2011 |
| Q: Bought a black lacquer teak bookcase years ago and I need advice what type of teak stain for ... A: It is rather difficult to do repairing, since you must use the same type of stain and coating at the ... | |
| formica | 6/28/2011 |
| Q: We have formica laminated cabinets where the laminate is separating from the plywood. The contractor ... A: Yes it is There some type of glue that cured by heat. It is commonly used in the hot press machine. ... | |
| refinishing cofffee table with an wooden inlay | 4/29/2011 |
| Q: First, let me say, I am a complete novice, I bought this off of Craigslist as my first project. The ... A: You have a nice table. with the proper finish it will be very interesting looked table. The glaze ... | |
| painting oak | 4/26/2011 |
| Q: I purchased some unfinished oak cabinets and would like to put a high gloss finish on them. ... A: Yes You can. You can make a close pores finish on the oak. The finishing process is as follow: 1. ... | |
| Wood weatherproofing | 3/13/2011 |
| Q: I have an indoor dining table that I would like to use outdoors. What do I need to do to weatherize ... A: What do you mean with weatherize the table? Do you mean that your furniture need to be able to ... | |
| how to clean splatter from dark oak | 3/11/2011 |
| Q: i have an expensive dark oak bedroom suite, and i noticed an unknown spatter on my dresser. I got ... A: The smoky area is caused by your polish remover erode your finish. You should cleaned your finish ... | |
| how to keep carvings from cracking | 2/21/2011 |
| Q: I found a great wood carving that was done in Indonesia,in a store; the sales people don't know what ... A: Yes, In Indonesia there is a carving area. It is Jepara.In here there lot of carved wood product. ... | |
| Refinish kitchen table | 1/24/2011 |
| Q: I have an oak table about 8 years old,the kids have removed about all of the finish on top.I removed ... A: Yes, it is bubble problem. It may caused from many reason. What you can do now is: sand your ... | |
| furniture finish | 12/31/2010 |
| Q: I'm having a new dresser constructed using vertical grain douglas fir for the dresser base and ... A: Yes it is. Your dresser can be finished separately easier. No, the high sheen wont make any ... | |
| furniture finish | 12/31/2010 |
| Q: I'm having a new dresser constructed using vertical grain douglas fir for the dresser base and ... A: To make a two tone finish is rather complicated, but i believe you can make it. It will easy to do ... | |
| stripping old veneer | 12/28/2010 |
| Q: Good morning, have "old" 1948 radiogram trying to revive, have no problem with electonics but need ... A: You can try to use a chemical stripper to strip your old finish. It is a tough work but if you do it ... | |
| restain furniture that has composite or engineered wood | 11/16/2010 |
| Q: I'm trying to refinish a table leaf that was damaged. after sanding I seen what I though was wood, ... A: What do you mean that the wood did not take the regular stain? Did the wood not absorb the stain? ... | |
| restain furniture that has composite or engineered wood | 11/15/2010 |
| Q: I'm trying to refinish a table leaf that was damaged. after sanding I seen what I though was wood, ... A: If you did not take off the stain so you don,t need to re stain it. See the color stain,if it is ... | |
Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks
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wisno
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Expertise
I would like to answer about wood furniture finishing.
Experience
I have 15 years experiences about furniture finishing. And now i still work as finishing consultant for finishing for furniture manufacturer.
Publications
www.wisnofurniturefinishing.com
Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
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