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Steinism
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Username: Steinism
Post Number: 16
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 5:56 am: | 
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does anyone know of a reputable wood refinisher? we have chestnut moldings in our home and we'd like to restore and bring them back to life. we would like to find a detailed person who can do the job right.
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Chris
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Username: Chrisco
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 4:10 pm: |
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Try JC Painting -- 908-604-2254. We got a quote from him for the same type of job -- restoring chestnut molding. He was expensive, but had done this sort of work before and seemed to know exactly how to go about it without damaging the wood. In the end we went with someone much cheaper. But we ended up paying them additional money anyway to get the job done (somewhat) to our satisfaction. I wouldn't really recommend this guy, and I don't think he's interested in taking on another one of these kinds of jobs anyway. |
Barb
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Username: Flannery
Post Number: 149
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 6:02 pm: |
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We used JC Painting (Jacek Cymer) and, although somewhat pricey, was truly worth it in the end. We don't have chestnut (the wood was intended to be painted originally), but was the molding was covered with 8+ layers of paint and you could no longer see the detail.
These guys stripped it down to bare wood using environmentally friendly chemicals, cleaned up after themselves well, broke windows loose that had been painted shut, and did a beautiful job painting.
They also do a wonderful job removing wallpaper and repairing plaster. If you'd like to see pictures of the before and after of our downstairs, go to http://www.godlew.com/scott/index.htm (which should get you to the "repainting the 1st floor" page). I think the "after" pages got posted ahead of the "before."
If you want to PL me, I'm happy to talk to you about it. |
chickadee
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Username: Chickadee
Post Number: 32
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 8:20 pm: |
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Barb, beautiful job on the house. I love the stained glass windows. Friends of ours in South Orange had the same situation-covering the stained glass windows from the inside and outside in the dining room. They exposed them, and they are beautiful. One wonders what people were thinking to cover them up. |
Beans
Citizen
Username: Nalini
Post Number: 35
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 8:27 am: |
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Barb, what a change!!! It looks beautiful. We're going through the same process of ripping up the carpeting exposing the hardwoods etc. |
Joan Auer
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Username: Joan
Post Number: 116
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 10:49 am: |
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Barb, Your house looks beautiful. We will be repainting soon and are searching for colors. I love the color of your living room/hall/sunroom. Would you mind posting the name? Thanks. |
Barb
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Username: Flannery
Post Number: 152
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 8:10 pm: |
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Hi Joan,
The livingroom/hall/sunroom color was "Shipmate" from Benjamin Moore. It's a fairly light khaki/tan. Keep in mind that colors on the web may not be truly representative of the actual thing although I will admit that this time it's pretty close. The color definitely changes throughout the day. Some evenings it looks perfectly olive...
If you want to stop by and see it in real time, let me know and we can work it out. |
Joan Auer
Citizen
Username: Joan
Post Number: 117
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005 - 12:35 pm: |
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Thanks Barb. I'm going to get a sample of it and try it out on the wall. |
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