Colonial restoration Studio

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Colonial Restoration studio painting conservation and preservation

Colonial Restoration studio restored this painting that had been stored away for decades. The painting need cleaning 1st , then repaired. After the repair I needed to learn the artist palette of the artist.  Large tare, flaking paint , the canvas needed to be restretched. 1850's textile mill owner from Richmond Va. His mill was burned to the ground durring the Civil War. 

Friday, October 17, 2014

Colonial Restoration studio tip for today

Colonial Restoration studio repairing missing veneers. Take a piece of blue tape, place it over the prepared area where the veneer is missing. Crease the edges of the veneer. Then cut the area out with a razor blade.  Then match the replacement veneer grain to the surrounding area.  Place the blue tape over the veneer and cut the your pattern out.
Depending on the type of original glue used adhere the new piece of veneer. 

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Colonial Restoration studio conservation, small 1700's carved wood gildex mirror

Colonial Restoration studio cleaned this small gilded carved mirror frame. Preserving the beauty of the gold leaf original finish.

Colonial Restoration studio repairing water damage furniture

This French Desk had has water damage from  burst water pipe. The veneers bubbled and the structure suffered damage. We are repairing the structure and reattaching the veneers.

Colonial Restoration studio removes veneer bubbles

The trick of the day is laying veener back down on the French desk.  Using a Hot iron a damp cloth I rehydrate the glues under the veener which also softens the veneer. A little pressure to the hot veneer untll cool insures good adhesion.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Colonial Restoration works on a Very early 1800's desk

You'll be surprized what we did. The desh had little to know finish, angle iron brackets were keeping the legs in place. After removing the remainding finish, I built a new finish, with fresh French Polish. One of hundreds eye pleasing projects I have done.

Colonial Restoration creats a Hard wood finishing

This  mahogany counter top in #potomac, was hand finished with tong oils. 8 coats hand rubbed and sanded with fine 600 grit, finial sanding we used 1000 & 2000 grit and buffed to a high sheen and waxed for portection.

Monday, October 13, 2014

Colonial Restoration Studio In house finishing

Customer wanted to have solid mahogany beams and columns finshed to match the built in. With the same quility finish. The walls and ceiling were already completed which means a strady hand.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Colonial Restoration studio Staining and finishing

In house #stainingandfinishing beams and columns.  Adding my touch of furniture grade finishing to the architectural work in this # northernvirginia new home build in # McLeanva