Posts tagged refinishing
Regina Garay :: The Fancy Painters are Here!
9June 18, 2010
by Regina Garay
in On the Job
When asked What do you do? and I invariably answer I'm a faux finisher, I sometimes get a quizzical look. I may follow up with I'm an artist...a decorative painter but I usually end up in the neighborhood of I paint murals...to which everyone then goes Ahhh!. I haven't yet found an answer that works 100% of the time and I don't mind the confusion since my own husband thought the glazes I work with are the same as can be found on doughnuts. It makes me smile. [ . . . ]
Removing Rust from Hardware
1September 16, 2009
by jb
in make it/fix it
No . . . this isn't the first time I have tackled rusty hardware. Sure, probably like a few of you, I have worked rusty hinges with either steel wool and/or sandpaper. In extreme cases, I have even loaded up my detail sander and went at it that way.
There are a few logistical problems with these methods however. First, if you are working with small parts, such as window latches - it is difficult to secure the piece as you work. What I mean -- trying to isolate the workpiece on a workbench, in a vise, etc. can become frustrating simply because you must often re-set the piece. Most times, in the end, I just grab what I am working on, find a seat, and get to, well, rubbing. [ . . . ]
Paint Removal :: Using a Professional Re-Finisher
0September 15, 2009
by jb
in working with pros
So . . . you might have read my rant on hastily painted hardware. And maybe you have stayed with me long enough to know that I have a tendency (with this current house) to restore rather than replace.
Early on, when we had that decent painter, he was nice enough to remove the shutters from the building before painting its body. Twenty-four windows on the house proper makes for 48 individual shutters, 96 hinges, which themselves when broken down gave us 192 hinge parts. [ . . . ]
