Difference between Restoration and Refinishing
To Refinish or Restore?
This week's question comes from Kyle who writes:
Lately I've been working on refinishing an old dresser. It'south been in my family for a long fourth dimension and has been abused pretty desperately. Just since it was a family heirloom, it was similar pulling teeth to convince my mom to allow me restore it. I've seen your episodes on refinishing and I know about your experience in the field. I was simply wondering if yous could tell me what kind of things ruin the value of a piece and why yous call back there are so many refinishing "haters" out there. If a piece is in bad shape is it still more than valuable than if an ambitious woodworker like myself fabricated information technology look good once again?
And this was my response:
Hey Kyle. From what I take seen, at that place are definitely two types of refinishing out at that place. You lot have the utilitarian version, which I am familiar with, which simply takes an old beat up piece of furniture and makes information technology serviceable and beautiful. This includes doing any necessary repairs, stripping off the quondam cease, possibly re-staining, and of course, applying a new finish of option. The second type of refinishing is actually true "restoration". This is a much more involved process that requires careful attention to detail and a gunkhole-load of know-how. While I can't tell yous exactly how to maintain the value of an antique, I am sure it has a lot to do with keeping the original finish intact and doing spot repairs with flow-accurate materials. Anyone in that industry could probably recite a long listing of exercise's and dont's.
So at a indicate like this, you have a few questions to ask yourself (and your female parent). Is this piece ever going to exist sold? Is information technology highly valued past your mom simply considering its "valuable" or is information technology an emotional attachment past virtue of its service in your family unit for and then long? Also, it might be nice to know if the piece even has substantial value as an antiquarian. Mayhap you should take information technology appraised before making a final phone call. You run across Kyle, yous could refinish that piece and arrive look meliorate than it did on the mean solar day it was created, but equally a result you lot may very well (and most likely will) destroy its value as an antique.
As an aside, I volition tell you that out of all of my videos (over 60 now), the ane that I receive the nigh complaints and corrections about is the refinishing serial. I suppose its my fault for not explicitly stating that this was not meant to be "Antique Restoration 101". I had explicit instructions from the owners of that table and I did exactly what they wanted. An erstwhile decrepit table was pulled out of the dorsum of a garage and was restored for sentimental value. The table would never be sold or fifty-fifty appraised. The customer only wanted the table to match the color scheme of her current decor then that she could bask the same tabular array her female parent had enjoyed for then many years before her. Monetary value was irrelevant.
Then actually, this is a personal decision for you lot and your family unit. But to answer your question directly, even a cute refinishing job can completely destroy the value of an antique. Hope that helps.
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