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Old 6th Dec 2009, 3:38 pm   #36
dominicbeesley
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Default Re: French polishing for beginners.

Hi Lads,

Just to prove that anyone can have a go here's a few pictures of my Pye P45 that I've been working on. I have to say I wouldn't have got interested in cabinet work except for Col's excellent threads here and his limitless patience in helping me via email. Anyway I think I'm slowly getting there and have to recommend French polishing.

I'm pretty useless at this sort of thing as a rule and tend not to enjoy it, however this has been a real eye-opener. First using a cabinet scraper to prepare makes the job enjoyable instead of miserable like stripper. Secondly the satisfaction of French polish is enormous, you do need patience but unlike either Danish Oil (easy but rubbish finish) or Lacquer (tricky work, smelly chemicals, but good results) it has given good results - first go, and been a pleasure.

Anyway here's my pics so far - before I muck the whole job up trying to make a PYE logo!

Dom
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