These are pictures of an 18th century blanket chest, brought in by a client. This chest had been in a flood about a year ago and needed to be cleaned up and restored.
I photographed the restoration process which only took a day to complete. The chest required only one coat of varnish. A more complex restoration might require stripping, cleaning off stripper, sanding for smoothness, staining if it is necessary and several coats of varnish and fine rubbing with rubbing compound after each coat of varnish. The whole process is completed with a coat of polish. The final article should be satiny smooth with no brush marks. This process usually takes several days to a week to finish.
Bill started out by washing all the mud off of the chest with water, a rag and a toothbrush. It was allowed to dry for a couple hours then he worked it over with a furniture restorer, steel wool and a toothbrush to get into crevices. He followed up with a light sanding then stain and varnish.
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