Recent content by Joseph Redgate

Good afternoon, gentlemen. I was experimenting with filling heavy oak grain by using a hot iron to melt carnauba wax into it, then using a card scraper to remove the excess, and finally finishing with dewaxed shellac.  I used a 3x5 piece of red oak from a home center and it seems to be working...

Hello, This is my first post here in the forum.  I have started to refinish late nineteenth century furniture that is very common and is in great disrepair.  Since I am new to this, I wanted to begin with pieces that hold no great value.  Partly out of necessity and partly out of preference, I...