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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: victor lapides <vlapides@hotmail.com> (208-58-194-254.s254.tnt2.abrd.md.dialup.rcn.com)
Date: 5/2/2 13:24
I have a nice walnut Hepplewhite chest of drawers, American, ca. 1790-1810. The walnut is faded, probably from sun, to a nice tone. Behind the brasses, however, the walnut color is the darker color that one would expect. The brasses are not original or correct and haven't been on the piece all that long, but during the time that they have been on is when the fading occurred (more recent years.) I'm putting back different - and more correct - brasses, but first want to somehow lighten the color of the wood revealed by these later brasses, as the new and more authentic brasses won't cover these darker areas completely. In other words, I want to fade these areas just like the rest of the piece is faded. Oxalic acid in powered form isn't doing anything. I think I need the two-part liquid solution sold in the stores. Just thought I'd throw it out for any helpful observations before I go ahead with this.
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