tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695685403802703716.post6261419206021125947..comments2024-03-10T00:46:33.915-08:00Comments on WPatrickEdwards: Video Series: Working With Protein GlueW. Patrick Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15001954861903457707noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695685403802703716.post-18913730205638097742020-04-03T06:24:24.686-07:002020-04-03T06:24:24.686-07:00Seems like the dreaded 'home repair' is un...Seems like the dreaded 'home repair' is universal. I had a client whose Father 'repaired' a settle (you can tell me more about it I imagine- looks like a cross between a bench with storage under the seat and a small church pew). Good old pva was used, in abundance, without drawing the joints back together so racking was now permanent. Fortunately they were dowelled, in the most part and exposed, so I could cut through them and then clean all the pva off the french polish and the joints and wherever else it ended up. Although not large - roughly 1700 wide x1400 high x450deep it was solid jarrah and a two person lift . New dowels, discrete internal reinforcing in the corners with age appropriate slotted screws and same species, hide glue ( sorry didn't use yours, cheated and used titebond ) few other small repairs and touch up the shellac here and there. Then they complained even though they knew the hourly rate and approximate cost. I picked it up and dropped it off too for free as I had other work there at the time. I don't do this sort of restoration work a lot and have an awful lot to learn but get asked often enough to make me question what other actual restorers are doing in my part of the world. Furniture removers seem to be of the same ilk worldwide as well. Thanks for the info and experiences you impart with your site. Gav Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com