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 \nOVER the years now,I've written a lot of books aboutrefinishing furniture in which I've tried to convincepeople that it was easy to do.Well,of course,I waslying all along.It's hard.And I never do it any moreunless I’m downright forced into it.As when mybrother-in-law comes to visit us from China,and mywife is embarrassed because all we have around thehouse is foam rubber on black iron frames.So then mywife says,“Come on,George,show them how you canreally do it.Show them I didn’t marry a fake.\"  \nSo then we go out and buy a cheap antique,and Irefinish it,and right after he leaves I go out and sell itcheap to some antique dealer I know and want to pumpfor some more funny stories about the business.  \nSo I've finally decided to come clean and tell all youbeloved folks out there in bookland that the only reallyeasy thing to do with junky furniture isn't to refinishit but to paint it up.Or,putting it in fancier language,to decorate it.And over the centuries,people in thejunky-furniture trade have figured out a heck of a lot ofways to do this to get out of the work of refinishing.  \nGeorge GrotzDurham,N.H.,1968  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2021 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \n# PREFACE:CONFESSIONS OFA FURNITURE DOCTOR\n\nV  \n## PART I.FINDING THE RAW MATERIAL\n\n1.WHAT TO LOOK FOR INUSED-FURNITURE STORES3The ones run by charities-at least when thewicked aren't prospering!  \n2.WHERE TO FIND THE CHEAPANTIQUES  \nRevealing the best sources for Late Victorian and\"barn furniture.\"  \n3.WHEN TO USE UNFINISHED  \nFURNITURE15This is interesting.Maybe you'd better read it.  \nINSTANT FURNITURE KITS FROM  \n4.  \nLUMBERYARDS17They cut the pieces to length,and you just nailthem together.  \n5.MAILORDER COLONIALREPRODUCTION KITS23Fool your friends and confound your enemies withsome really great reproductions of Early Americanfurniture that come in kit form.  \nviii  \n## PART Ⅱ.HISTORICAL OPAQUE FINISHES\n\n6.ANTIQUE WHITE AND OTHERCOLORS29The fun finish from France that hardly ever looksdirty.  \n7THE EARLY AMERICAN MILK-PAINTBIT35What was really used on Colonial paneling andcountry-made Early American furniture.  \n8.VICTORIAN FAKE-GRAINING39This is supposed to be a lost art,but maybe youcan revive it.  \n9.EARLY AMERICAN FAKE-GRAINING41The worse you do it,the better it looks!  \n10.GILDING CHAIRS AND PIANOS45A glazed dull gold that fits in with anything and iseasy to slop on.  \n11.HIGH GLOSS ON FANCY CHAIRS47A little something special for my lady's boudoir.  \n12.THE LIMED FINISH51A subtle,rich-looking finish for open-pored woods.  \n## PART III.WHAT TO DO WITH UNFINISHEDFURNITURE\n\n13.PREPARING THE NAKED WOODS55This is very educational-don't skip it.","cbCaiuq599fLokgv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuq599fLokgv","pdf",3580195,100,"English","# Preface: Confessions of a Furniture Doctor\n## Part I. 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