French Polishing And Enamelling

Originally published in 1934, this guide to French Polishing contains a wealth of knowledge for anyone who wants to find out more about the subject, and also for those who are in the trade and wish to know more about methods and techniques. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: The Improving and Preparation of Furniture Woods Stains and Imitations French Polishing Cheap Work Re-Polishing Old Work Spirit Varnishing General Instructions Enamelling American Polishing Processes Miscellaneous Recipes Materials Used

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction" by Richard Bitmead. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The following pages commence with a description of the art of French Polishing in its earliest infancy, care having been taken by the Author, to the best of his ability, to note all the new processes and manipulations, as well as to concisely and perspicuously arrange and describe the various materials employed, not only for French polishing but for the improving and preparation of furniture woods, a matter of great importance to the polisher. The arts of Staining and Imitating, whereby inferior woods are made to resemble the most costly, are also fully treated, as well as the processes of Enameling, both in oil-varnishes and French polish, together with the method of decorating the same. The condition of the art of polishing in America is dwelt upon, and various interesting articles written by practical polishers in the States, which appeared in their trade journal, The Cabinet-maker, have been revised and printed in this work.

Considered the most perfect of all wood completes, French finishing is a centuries-old procedure utilizing hand-scoured shellac to create a profound, shiny completion. With more than 30 years of involvement as a luthier (producer of string instruments) and finisher, the writer's dependable strategies are introduced in this book and will permit the understudy to rapidly dominate the specialty of French cleaning bit by bit. The creator improves the regularly befuddling and clashing portrayals of this strategy, and presents each progression obviously and compactly. The materials required, the creation of the muneca (scouring cushion), the planning of the shellac arrangement, the readiness of the wooden surface, the application and support of the completion are completely covered. Actually a sort of stain, shellac is a characteristic plastic, resinous material produced using discharges of the lac creepy crawly. Along these lines, and in light of the fact that liquor is the solitary dissolvable utilized, shellac is a harmless to the ecosystem wood finish, not at all like current completes, for example, nitrocellulose enamel and polyurethane, and is one reason the creator accepted this method numerous years prior. Furthermore and to its exceptional magnificence as a wood finish, the creator likewise embraced this strategy due to the improved acoustic properties of a French-finished instrument. Most of high quality old style guitars today are French cleaned. In spite of the fact that, for instance, the French finishing of a guitar is depicted all through this book, any carpenter applying a completion to any carpentry venture can utilize the strategies introduced. French cleaning is a fundamental strategy utilized in antique furniture rebuilding, and is a worth added forte expertise for any guitar shop to offer. This is likewise an ideal decision for somebody who has quite recently perused a How-to-Build-a-Guitar book, completed their first guitar and don't have any desire to also buy a splash stall, shower hardware and well being gear, also cleaning and the space required.