Antique and Furniture Care

Antique and Furniture Care

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Looking after your antiques, ensuring they're displayed, stored and handled correctly is essential to preserving them for future generations. Furniture needs informed care and it's important to remember that furniture isn't just wood; the beauty of wooden furniture is often how the wood is aged as well as the other materials used.

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This do-it-yourself furniture and antique advice forum is sponsored by Dr. Woodwell Wood Elixir. Questions relating to wood furniture care and antique restoration using Dr. Woodwell Wood Elixir and JoinTite are welcome.

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7 Tips to Care for Your Antique Furniture.

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One word about refinishing antiques is sufficient. Don't. It's not that you can't physically remove the old finish and put on a new one, the problem is that the old finish, no matter how dark and ugly, is extremely valuable to antique collectors. The original finish is part of the provenance, or history of the piece, and therefore can't be removed without losing the most visible proof of its age.