On older furniture, the veneer can be thick ... and redirects your exhaled breath to limit fog-up. Oil Finishes: Sandpaper and elbow grease will be better than a chemical stripper.

Solid wood furniture does not have this problem. You may find that there are chips or cracks in the veneer and will need ... finish choice is hard wax oil. It's great for DIYers.

Pieces with veneer finishes not only are stronger ... Rub it thoroughly with a good-quality furniture oil to help protect it. Save the rag with which you rub it (always putting the oil on the ...

One of the most common mistakes beginners make is sanding through veneer, so go slowly ... assume that all mid-century furniture was finished with teak oil, Kennedy said, but most was finished ...

Q: My mother’s buffet has several small bubbles in the veneer. Can anything be done? The dining room set is from the 1950s, and not worth the trouble of a professional fix. A: Because the spots ...

Washington A: Judging from the pictures you sent, you probably have a 110-year-old door that someone later tried to repair by gluing veneer to the ... fare best with oil-based primer topped ...

When you learn that a piece of furniture has a veneer, does it make you cringe a little? Admittedly us, too. But wood veneers, in fact, are a traditional and structurally significant aspect of ...