Furniture Restoration DISASTER! It Turned PINK Overnight! | Part 3
OH NO! Our antique furniture restoration has turned PINK overnight! What should have been the final stages of restoring this beautiful Swedish burr birch secretaire became a complete disaster.
After hours of stripping, sanding, veneer repairs and careful wood finishing, Marc and Lucien returned to the workshop to discover that the colour had changed overnight. The beautiful antique furniture had developed an unexpected pink finish!
We had practically reached the point of starting the finishing process all over again.
In Part 3 of this real furniture restoration series, watch Marc and Lucien tackle the disaster, remove the troublesome finish and rescue this mid-19th-century Swedish secretaire chest of drawers.
In this episode:
- Discovering the shocking pink colour overnight
- Investigating what went wrong with the wood stain
- Stripping and sanding the affected furniture again
- Abandoning the stain to preserve the natural burr birch
- Restoring the beautiful wood grain through traditional polishing
- Cleaning and polishing the brass handles
- Reassembling the antique secretaire
- Revealing the finished restoration
This is genuine antique furniture restoration, showing the mistakes, setbacks, traditional craftsmanship and problem-solving that happen in a working restoration workshop.
Can Marc and Lucien turn this furniture restoration disaster into a success?
WATCH THE COMPLETE THREE-PART SERIES
Part 1 – Discovering the Swedish Secretaire
https://youtu.be/edapkUk_xMc
Part 2 – Stripping and Restoring the Burr Birch
https://youtu.be/3BVb_DAGzD0
Part 3 – The Pink Restoration Disaster and Final Reveal
https://youtu.be/wcgOiKjA0vk
At Antique Repair Shop in Suffolk, England, Marc and Lucien restore genuine antique furniture using traditional woodworking, veneer repairs, furniture refinishing and French polishing techniques.
Featured antique: Mid-19th-century Swedish Burr Birch Secretaire Chest of Drawers.
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