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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: James Schooley <furnitureissues@earthlink.net> (0-2pool241-170.nas2.sioux-city1.ia.us.da.qwest.net)
In Response To: Re: Moldy/Musty Dining Room Set (rick jacob)
Date: 7/29/4 03:50
All furniture prior to WW2 is shellac, you can tell with a little alcohol on a cotton swab, the swab will stick to shellac easily. Lacquer was the most common finish after WW2, it reacts the same way with lacquer thinner. Poly and other urea based finishes came after 1965 and is rarely used on factory furniture. Poly won't liquify in anything, but paint stripper, and that is not a true liquification as with the others. Varnish was used on boats, bowling alleys, basketball courts, and oars. If your furniture has varnish on it, it was most likely refinished already. Restoration, in furniture, means saving the old fiinish, refinishing means stripping and starting all over.
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