If you have a set of furniture it will give life to your home. No house without it because furniture help your house to look beautiful inside. The recommendation is for you to maintain its good condition so that it has a long lifespan.

-If scratches is visible on the surface you may use iodine. This is very helpful during retouching the surface. Toothpick and cotton are needed for the iodine to absorb, then apply. Using shoe polish with light color will do. If those scratches is deeper, varnishes and paints will be used.

-Holes that resulted from sharp object accidentally punctured or cigarette from smokers need to be restored by using wood filler. You can buy it from hardware. After filling the hole, apply shellac or varnish. Use linseed oil by rubbing it smoothly to return to its original form.

-To those drawers that are hard to open is to wipe off the dust that embedded to it and use dry cleaning liquid. Then do the rubbing of the wax candle to make it slippery.

-In retouching your furniture prepare everything that you need like sandpaper and varnish. Sand the surface smoothly. When it is already clean and smooth, then apply varnish to the surface and let it dry. Don't touch it because it can cause scratches when wet.

-For your protection from the dust materials especially when you are sanding the surface. It is better if you work outside your home. You need a well-ventilated place so that the odor from the varnish or shellac cannot penetrate to your nose immediately. You can use cotton mask while sanding or applying varnish.

-If your option is to work inside you house, it will do but you must put any magazines around it to secure from spillage to the floor. In removing old paint, use paint remover. Once the paint peeled off, do the sanding to the surface. In case the paint remover cause it to hurt your eyes, wash it with clean water. Use paint remover only as directed. Take caution that the chemical will not touch your skin to avoid allergic reaction.

-Use knife to scrapped off the varnish. Magazines is useful to wipe remaining chemicals in the surface. Yo keep it clean, use detergent powders. Wash it with water then let it dry.

-In doing the finishing process, remove the old finish. It must be clean in preparation to the application of the varnish. Coat it with varnish and let it dry. Rub with paste of pumice to the surface. Any slippage can be remove by using denatured alcohol. Do the final coating. You can apply it repeatedly until you are satisfied. After it has been dried, use a soft cloth to have an even coating on the surface.

-In using varnish, apply the surface thinly. Let it dry overnight. If you intend not to remove the old finish, do by repairing the holes, dent surface and loose joints but thus highly affected only. Keep it clean by sanding. Remove all dirt that are visible. Varnishing will follow. Apply first the base of the furniture with the needed coating. Glaze can be applied by the use of sponge or cloth. Any excess should be remove and then you have to do the final application of varnish.

-In re-varnishing a good condition furniture because it is already faded then do the new varnish application. Repair first the surface. Any loose parts should be screwed using glue if needed to sealed any loose connection. Use sandpaper to old finish. Turpentine can do the removing. Clean the surface again from dirt before the application of the varnish. The new application can brighten the newly varnish furniture.

If you plan to repair, re-varnish or retouch your furniture, this simple steps are very helpful for you to have an effective way for your furniture to look original. The newly image will depend on how you reconstructed it. Any failure will give your furniture lesser effect. If not done well the duration of the retouching is only short and after a while you have to re-varnish again which is time consuming.

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