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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 728049, member: 4654"]I live in the UK where old furniture is everywhere (if you like old furniture that is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> ) When I started collecting antiques I'd just moved from a small house in London to a large house on the coast, I hadn't taken any furniture with me so the whole house needed to be furnished. This is when I started learning to restore and refinish the furniture that now fills every nook and cranny, I learnt to strip the old polish off with methylated spirits and wire wool, I learnt to fill the grain with a mixture of pumice powder and french polish (it's not really the pumice that fills the grain it's the fine sawdust the pumice creates) I learnt to use a mop and fad and give the piece many, many, many, coats flicking mineral oil to stop the fad from sticking, I then learnt to use a very fine wire wool and black wax to antique the piece and then (this is the relevant bit) I would use antiquax wax to finish off the piece, the result of doing this allowed me to fill the house with wonderful pieces at not a great deal of cost. Every now and again I put a small smear of antiquax wax on the piece leave it for a few minutes then buff it off, the depth of shine is just fantastic, I still haven't used all the first tin of wax I bought and that was 10 years ago. He wasn't who I learnt off but if anyone wants to learn how to do this then "The English polisher" on youtube is your man....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrK3MilHje_oQahoCJEEWQ/videos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrK3MilHje_oQahoCJEEWQ/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrK3MilHje_oQahoCJEEWQ/videos</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antiquax-500-Original-Wax-Polish/dp/B003DQ6D9A/ref=asc_df_B003DQ6D9A/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309874391974&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7396163404853091414&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007006&hvtargid=pla-684501573103&psc=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antiquax-500-Original-Wax-Polish/dp/B003DQ6D9A/ref=asc_df_B003DQ6D9A/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309874391974&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7396163404853091414&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007006&hvtargid=pla-684501573103&psc=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antiquax-500-Original-Wax-Polish/dp/B003DQ6D9A/ref=asc_df_B003DQ6D9A/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309874391974&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7396163404853091414&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007006&hvtargid=pla-684501573103&psc=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 728049, member: 4654"]I live in the UK where old furniture is everywhere (if you like old furniture that is ;) ) When I started collecting antiques I'd just moved from a small house in London to a large house on the coast, I hadn't taken any furniture with me so the whole house needed to be furnished. This is when I started learning to restore and refinish the furniture that now fills every nook and cranny, I learnt to strip the old polish off with methylated spirits and wire wool, I learnt to fill the grain with a mixture of pumice powder and french polish (it's not really the pumice that fills the grain it's the fine sawdust the pumice creates) I learnt to use a mop and fad and give the piece many, many, many, coats flicking mineral oil to stop the fad from sticking, I then learnt to use a very fine wire wool and black wax to antique the piece and then (this is the relevant bit) I would use antiquax wax to finish off the piece, the result of doing this allowed me to fill the house with wonderful pieces at not a great deal of cost. Every now and again I put a small smear of antiquax wax on the piece leave it for a few minutes then buff it off, the depth of shine is just fantastic, I still haven't used all the first tin of wax I bought and that was 10 years ago. He wasn't who I learnt off but if anyone wants to learn how to do this then "The English polisher" on youtube is your man.... [URL]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrK3MilHje_oQahoCJEEWQ/videos[/URL] [URL]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antiquax-500-Original-Wax-Polish/dp/B003DQ6D9A/ref=asc_df_B003DQ6D9A/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309874391974&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7396163404853091414&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007006&hvtargid=pla-684501573103&psc=1[/URL][/QUOTE]
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