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Furniture Polishing Introduction Short Course

  • Non-Award

Breathe new life into tired treasures This course is for anyone who wants to fix up or rejuvenate old or second hand furniture. You'll learn how to effectively and safely use lacquers, putty and shellac to carry out antique restoration of old and used furniture.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award

About this course

Breathe new life into tired treasures

This course is for anyone who wants to fix up or rejuvenate old or second hand furniture. You'll learn how to effectively and safely use lacquers, putty and shellac to carry out antique restoration of old and used furniture.

You can bring in your own timber furniture project to work on. If you don't have a project we can supply an item for you to work on but we will retain it after completion of this short course.

Please note applicants must be over 18 years of age as this is an adult learning environment.

What you will learn

  • Rejuvenate furniture
  • Fix scratches and dents in timber furniture
  • Strip and re-finish old furniture
  • Stain furniture correctly (one pot method/brush techniques/graining/effects)