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Help Identifying Furniture

  • 06-05-2012 6:41pm
    #1
    Dermot2468
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭


    We have a sideboard in out sitting room which I want to clean up and re-polish.
    I think its french polished Mahogany, can anyone confirm or does anyone recognise it?

    Thanks in advanced,
    Dermot


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  • #2
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Dermot2468 wrote: »
    We have a sideboard in out sitting room which I want to clean up and re-polish.
    I think its french polished Mahogany, can anyone confirm or does anyone recognise it?

    Thanks in advanced,
    Dermot

    What does the glass in the mirror look like? i mean is it clear or slightly blurred from the side?


  • #3
    Fries-With-That
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Fries-With-That


    Dermot2468 wrote: »
    We have a sideboard in out sitting room which I want to clean up and re-polish.
    I think its french polished Mahogany, can anyone confirm or does anyone recognise it?

    Thanks in advanced,
    Dermot

    It looks like an Edwardian sideboard in mahogany. I wouldn't be that keen on restoring this as from the picture it looks pretty good.

    Unless a restoration is very well done and retains the aged look of the furniture you could reduce its value.

    If its just a clean up of the top part why not use scratch coat for mahogany.


  • #4
    Dermot2468
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭Dermot2468


    Degsy wrote: »
    What does the glass in the mirror look like? i mean is it clear or slightly blurred from the side?

    The glass is clear with an inch wide angled piece around the edge of each piece.

    Fries-With-That wrote: »
    It looks like an Edwardian sideboard in mahogany. I wouldn't be that keen on restoring this as from the picture it looks pretty good.

    Unless a restoration is very well done and retains the aged look of the furniture you could reduce its value.

    If its just a clean up of the top part why not use scratch coat for mahogany.

    When I say restore I mean a polish up really, I've experience with wood working but nothing like this. The top is patchy on one side and has a crack about a foot long.
    I just wanted to polish up the top and perhaps fill the crack, would this be too risky or ambitious? I don't want to reduce its value or damage it in any way, just clean it up a little bit.

    What is scratch coat for Mahogany?
    Thanks for your help


  • #5
    Fries-With-That
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Fries-With-That


    Scratch coat is a small bottle of polish you can buy in most hardware stores.

    Fill the crack with melted wax before you polish the surface.

    I suggest you call into woodies or similar and have a look at the products available for what you intend doing.


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