| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780823020706 | | Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications | | Publish Date: 8/7/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204180982 | | Item#: RYSN92 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 11.25H x 8.5L x 1T | | Pages: 288 |
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| | | Who doesn't love to watch "Antiques Roadshow"? And who doesn't secretly suspect that Mom's sewing cabinet, that great thrift-store table, or Grandpa's rocking chair could someday be the star of the show? If only the cabinet door hung straight...if only the table weren't all scratched up...if only the chair still rocked. Now it's easy to get those pieces ready for their close-up! "Furniture Restoration" makes it simple to assess and repair favorite pieces, whether they're family heirlooms or flea-market finds. Authors Ina Brosseau Marx and Allen Marx share more than thirty years of experience in all kinds of antique furniture restoration. The first chapter gives readers an overview of restoration and explains exactly how to tell when a piece is valuable enough to use a professional restorer. The rest of the book guides the reader through furniture restoration and repairs of every kind, looking at common problems on different pieces and some quick fixes as well as the properties of wood, repairing joinery, restoring surfaces, making molds and casts, restoring color, repairing veneers, finishes, and ornamented surfaces, and much, much more. More than 600 full-color photos and dozens of before-and-afters let readers see exactly how to fix whatever is wrong without going wrong themselves.
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Writing |  5 | | Content | 5 | | Readability | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 How To Repair Your Priceless Antique Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Dennis from Richmond, VA
This book gives a very detailed explanation of various proceses that will be required to restore antique furniture. It is well organized, written, and provides pictures to explain the processes. It also lists a product and tools list needed for each job.
Helpful resource for a variety of situations. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 The Only Restoration Book You Need Saturday, January 10, 2009
LG Lincoln from Detroit MI
If you are into furniture restoration, this is the book for you. Not only does it cover every step of restoration in clear, easy to follow steps, it introduces methods and materials you would not find in any other book of this type. The authors are professionals who, however, have the right touch with instructions for do-it-yourself furniture work. Every aspect of the subject is covered in detail and the illustrations and photographs are useful and clear.
I can't recommend this book too highly, whether you are an old hand at this, or a beginner with little previous knowledge of the subject. This is a bargain you should not pass up! Was this review helpful?
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