REFINISHING

At Kings' Furniture Revival, we use a flow-over system for stripping, which is the same as hand stripping with a little help. We use an Alcohol-based stripper. Once the piece is stripped, we sand by hand, stain with color, finish with lacquer, and buff down. We can also just strip a piece, and you do the rest. If you have pieces that have already been stripped by yourself or unfinished pieces (i.e., from Good Wood, etc.), then we can do the finishing.

Stripping Painted Furniture:

If the piece(s) are painted, we may not do it. If we do, it will typically cost 2–5 times more than non-painted, and maybe even more. There are not dip-tank strippers available in this area, so paint stripping is usually done by hand, which is time-consuming and expensive. We also ask for a 30–50% deposit up front, depending on the number of pieces and layers of paint, and offer no guarantees as to how much paint will be removed.

Wood dyeing and Faux Finishes are also available. Contact us to discuss. You may also stop in our shop and see some of our work in the showroom.

REPAIRS

Everything is repairable, but not necessarily worth repairing. Some damaged pieces can be repaired, but structurally they will not be sound; they may be good for looks but not for normal use. I can normally give people a cost of repairing something: the best, which is also the most expensive way to repair it, and an alternative, which may be less expensive but not really the proper way and may not be something that has good structural soundness to it. Since we don't know how the piece is going to be used or abused, there is no way to guarantee any repair. But I can typically tell someone if this piece is repaired, whether it has any life expectancy or not. But there is still no guarantee. If the furniture did not come with a guarantee when it was purchased, whether it was yesterday, twenty years ago, or 100 years ago, then I cannot guarantee it any more than the manufacturer did. But I do guarantee I can give you my best opinion of how something should be fixed, how much it would cost, and how long it could last under normal use.