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Author: VivaViva Date: Jul 30, 2008 09:47
"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>..... My elder aunts used to go to the
>> city dump and collect things to repair and give to family newlyweds. They
>> had plenty of time on their hands too. Their specialty was wooden
>> furniture,
>> they loved to sand, varnish and paint.
>
> Yeah that was his thing too - he said that there was lots of older
> wooden furniture that had been painted over when naked wood went out of
> fashion, and all it needed was stripping back to raw wood and
> varnishing.
>
Yes, it's fun to see what's underneath. Working with wood* seems to run in
my family, the Shelton branch were English shipbuilders, many are carpenters
today, building beautiful cabinets. I even made some lovely wooden salad
bowls on a friend's lathe...a most marvelous afternoon passed before i knew
it.
>
> Wouldn't work with most modern furniture though, coz there's too much
> use of veneers and not solid wood.
>
Ain't it the truth...sad.
*Shutup Ben!
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