In today’s post we will be discussing some home remedies to get that smokey smell out of your furniture. Smoke, whether from cigarettes, fire damage, or other burning things, can leave an unpleasant odor in your home. What’s worse is that this smell can stick to your furniture, leaving your house smelling rotten. Fortunately, there …
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Recommend Wood Stains
We always get asked what type of products do you use and which ones should we stay away from. Here are some recommendations on the stains that we use at Wood Menders: The stains that we use almost exclusively when we are refinishing furniture comes from General Finishes (http://www.generalfinishes.com). We purchase them typically at our …
A Quick & Easy Way to Disguise a Scratch on your Furniture
Your wood furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed, if finished properly it can last years and years without any major upkeep. But sometimes scratches do happen, even when you are extra careful. Here is a quick trick to disguise those scratches with black tea, when you do not have to time to call …
How Cleaning May Restore Your Furniture
Do you keep walking by your dull table and hoping that one of these days it will look like you first brought it home? Sometimes all your furniture needs is some extra TLC in order to not only restore but breathe new life & extend the life of your furniture. Furniture eventually reaches a point …
Strip Paint Off of Furniture Like a Pro
You will agree that a well-crafted furniture piece that gets a beautiful stained finish can truly show the craftsmanship of a woodworker. This is perhaps among the reasons why it is so painful when people paint a really well-built piece of furniture. If you have apparently done this to a project and have regretted doing …