Furniture Restoration

robbiegal · July 25, 2015, 08:07:29 PM

Well they have cleaned up Nicey and look quite smooth. May have been reinforced some time back.
I used to be a leadlighter in a past life
Have fun!!!

stevo1962 · July 25, 2015, 08:12:07 PM

They were probably touched up years ago but now need a bit
of TLC

ausjack · July 25, 2015, 08:40:24 PM

Wish someone would touch me up :blink: sorry I wanna be good :laugh2:

robbiegal · July 25, 2015, 09:45:10 PM

gee AJ - my soldering days have been long gone
but I could probably help ... do you prefer a lead soldering iron or a silver solder iron ... ha ha

the old ones I used to use were
hot or hotter ... not much choice in the hot part ha ha

that would get ya jumping boyo' ha ha again!!

ausjack · July 25, 2015, 09:54:30 PM

Gee at this stage any would do RG..got to be better than a poke in the eye with a hot stick :laugh2: Gee there's some good sports here, love you lot :give_heart:

Nevol · July 26, 2015, 07:29:29 AM

A little off-topic, but still relevant.

When the hail storm hit here last Nov, several pieces of glass in our windows were broken, some of which were small portions of lead light, but none of the lead looks like lead. It's all very squarish, black and geometrical looking, I guess that matches the geometrical style of the lead light.

The repairer removed the entire sections of glass from the windows and took them away for repairs, and temporarily replaced them with clear glass. He returned them several weeks later.

robbiegal · July 26, 2015, 08:20:06 AM

yeah I am not entirely up on more modern styles, probably plastic resins products by now
but the days of the H shaped lead - where you slide the glass into to sleeve may be gone
a lot of glass work now has staining and the 'lead' is actually ornamental sitting on the top of the glass

I was stopped from doing it by my boss when I got pregnant due to the dangers of working with the lead solder fumes
back then we didn't even wear masks

just found this on wikkie
Artificial leadlight[edit]

"A commercially produced product, often referred to as "stained glass" or "leadlight", is made of single sheets of glass with self-adhesive lead placed on both sides to replicate lead cames, and either a film or stain placed on the surface to replicate coloured glass. This product has wide domestic application and may be mistaken for genuine stained glass or leadlight. Another method now available is the use of coloured resins that are floated onto the glass, with the different colours divided by a line of resin that emulates the lead came which is used in traditional pieces."

stevo1962 · July 26, 2015, 01:05:03 PM

Progress report
Have sanded off the old varnish on the carcass and restained the exterior to even out the colour and done the first coat of varnish.
Looking good so far

ausjack · July 26, 2015, 01:40:36 PM

coming up a treat Stevo, love the look of timer and especially a nice grain

Pedro · July 26, 2015, 05:54:57 PM

Gee you don't muck around Stevo - looking good.

Pedro

stevo1962 · July 26, 2015, 06:39:52 PM

Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='76398' dateline='1437899097'Gee you don't muck around Stevo - looking good.

Pedro

A lot of sanding to do so the sooner I get stuck into it the sooner I
can put it back together and find a slot for it inside

trout · July 26, 2015, 07:31:53 PM

That ratty old piece of furniture you picked up is starting to look amazing.
Love what you are achieving here Mate :good:
By the time you have finished this will look like the craftsman that made this in the first place wanted it to look like :yahoo:
You don't get wood like this or the level of craftsmanship in furniture the days.
This will end up a lovely piece .

stevo1962 · July 26, 2015, 08:06:12 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='76405' dateline='1437904913'That ratty old piece of furniture you picked up is starting to look amazing.
Love what you are achieving here Mate :good:
By the time you have finished this will look like the craftsman that made this in the first place wanted it to look like :yahoo:
You don't get wood like this or the level of craftsmanship in furniture the days.
This will end up a lovely piece .

Thanks mate this is a miniature cabinet with a fold down writing desk on one side and solid silky oak and luckily it's a very straight unit and all the joints are still tight and yes definitely better than chipboard

dreamcatcher · July 27, 2015, 12:53:48 PM

That is some lovely silky oak you are handling there. Looking forward to seeing it all done!

stevo1962 · July 27, 2015, 01:18:04 PM

Took the leadlight door to the only leadlighter in town (who I previously swore to the other half that I wouldn't go back
to after the last debacle) to sort out.Not much to do to fix it up so I hope he's improved in the last five years since I was
there last.The door will be ready tomorrow so might get this thing finished by or during the weekend coming up