Furniture Restoration and Transformation for Beginners

Overview

“We have already explained almost all the main techniques to restore or transform a piece of furniture, we just need to tell you a little about varnishes. Varnishes are traditionally the products par excellence to protect wood, which allow us to see the grain and shapes of the wood, but, as you have seen in the previous lesson, we also use them to protect, for example, chalk paints. In this lesson we will explain the types of varnishes that you can find to restore and transform furniture, the finishes in which you can buy them, as well as the possibility of finding them stained to give a color change to the wood where you apply them.”

In this video lesson Antic&Chic addresses the topic: Varnish and Its Finishes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Furniture Restoration and Transformation for Beginners. Create unique decorative pieces from your old furniture to achieve spaces full of style and personality.

Partial transcription of the video

“Varnish and Its Finishes Now we'll see varnishes, their finishes, and how to apply them. Different types of varnish are available with different chemical compositions and features. We have synthetic varnishes like this one here. It's solvent-based, it has a very strong smell, you need solvent to clean your brush, and they take longer to dry. Next, we have acrylic or water-based varnishes that, aside from offering the same features, don't smell, dry much faster, and we can clean our tools with water. Therefore, these are our favorites. Finally, we have shellac, which was used in the past to ...”

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Course summary for: Furniture Restoration and Transformation for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (446)
• 17652 students
• 5 units
• 16 lessons (1h 50m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Upcycling, Woodworking