The Huron Expositor, 1976-10-28, Page 25means better job
THE FINISHING TOUCHES — CFR owner and manager Harry Schaufler, left and
CFR employee John Leslie, put the drawer 'pulls on an oak chest of drawers which
has 115nmpletely refiriished. (Expositor Photo)
Doing it by hand
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THE HOME OF CFR Above is CanaOlert.
Furnityre Restorers showroom and shop on Highway
86, across from Acme, Signs, in .Exeter..
' (Expositor Ph00)
See how you can 1 make your furniture,
look like new. I
One doesn't have to spend
very long talking to Harry
Schaufler, owner of Canadian
Furniture Restorers in Exeter, to
realize that his main concern is
quality workmanship.
Harry and his nine employees
do everything from refinish and
restore '.furniture. to advise a
customer on colour co-ordination.
But everything that they do is
done by hand.
"When it is done by hand you
get better quality workmanship",
says Harry. "Each individual
piece of furniture has its own
characteristics and has to be dealt
with individually,"
Canadian 'Furniture Restorers
of Exeter will work on everything
from the oldest, ..antique to the
latest style of furniture.
The first step in
reupholstering is to strip it down,
Harry, says. Then the frame is
re-inforced and the springs are
retied. After the padding has
been fitted in place, the piece of
furniture, is measured. and'. the.,
"fabric Mr f614!•' Then+ is'realii?
for the actual upholstering • and
trimming.
In the woodWorking end of the
business, the first step is to make
any necessary repairs to the
individual pieces. The old paint
and varnish"is the 1 stripped off.
The wood is next n..:utralized and
Sanded, after which a strain is
applied, The piece pf furniture
then has sanding sealers applied
to it and, finally a lacquer. Each
coat of sanding sealer and lacquer
has to be sanded between coats.
"If there ever is a mistake, the.
piece of furniture goes back to the
sate employee who made it to
repair. This is done in order to
make sure that it doesn't happen
twice." Harry Schaufler says.'
"As soon as somebody makes a
mistake ,everybody is called in to
see it. It's not done as
punishment, but just to say 'Let's
not make this mistake over
again."
The Canadian Furniture
Restorers plant is located at 168
Thames Road West on Highway
83 and is open from 8 am. to 6
p.m. and in the mornings on
Saturday.
Mr. Schaufler does most of his
price estimates at night, visiting
his customers at their hotnes.
Once he gives a customer an
estimate on' what a particular
piece of work- will cost, that is
what the customer will pay unless
the customer asks for changes in
the work or a 'specialized problem
comes up. In this case the
customer is immediately notified,
Harry said.
Mr. Schaufler says that he
prefers a small business rather
than a large mass production
outfit.
"In mass production you have
no personal contact with your
customers or your employees. In
a small business a person is not
just a number, you are treated as
a human being," he said.
"Personal contact with my
employees means a lot to me."
Personal contact also means a
lot to the work that is being done;
"Each individual has his own
characteristics of potting his
finishing touches on a piece of
work so that you can tell who did
it," Mr, Schaufler says. "Your
workmanship is just like a
signature."
Harry feels that Canadian
Furniture Rcitorers has a great
potential in this area. The area in
the past has lacked skilled
tradesmen with qualifications and
experience in restoring all types
of furniture and Canadian
Furniture Restorers should be
able to fulfill this need,
A particular job may only take
two days, but could take as long
as three or four weeks, depending
on what fabrics are needed. and
what has to be ordered. Canadian
Furniture Restorers deal with live
different companies for supplies,
but they are increasing their stock
on hand Harry says,
A customer need not worry
about transporting his particular
piece of furniture to the plant as
Canatlian Furniture Restorers
now have two trucks on the road
to service customers.
Congratulations
to
Canadian Furniture Restorers Ltd.
on your
EXPANSION
We are •happy to have been selected as the
general contractor on this project. •
Greg_us Construction
Exeter 235-1647
Congratulations
to
Canadian Furniture
Restorers '5
on their
EXPANSION
We've been proud to
supply area builders•
and homeowners on
their projects - large
and small - and we
now add Canadian
Furniture Restoters
of Exeter to our
lengthy list.
Check our prices
and quality'
and see why
the, list grows
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The exclusive Velvet Touch furniture stripping process incor-
porates the. use• of nonflammable cold solvents that safety
remove all paints and finishes and most stains leaving the
wood smooth grid beautiful. Most'wooden surfaces stripped
with this exclusive method are left with the same finishing
characteristics as the wood processed when the furniture was
new Ws method does not destroy or disturk, the patina that
hos taken many, many years to acquire. When good old' fur-
niture with that' beautiful patina supplied by age is dipped
into a tank of hot water, and other chemicals the patina is
usually destroyed.
The Velvet Touch Method treats furniture so gently that very
little sanding, is necessary prior to staming.and finishing. The
overage chest of drawers or dining room table requires only
a fine sanding that is usually accomplished 'in about fifteen
minutes Glue is not affected by the Velvet Touch method of
stripplog,
This exclusive Velvet Touch method incorporates the use of ex•
pensive materials and 'hand labor. The cost is therefore usual-
ly somewhat higher 'than the cost to hove your furniture
dipped into a hot ,bie or acid solution If your furniture is
worth stripping and reflnixhing then it is certainly worth 'the
slight extra charge to get the lob done without damaging the
lurnoture. In most cases when a veneered item that is worth
refinishing is dipped onto a hot liquid solution, it is no longer
worth refinishing.
Canadian Furniture Restorers has expanded their facilities to include
the famous Velvet Touch furniture stripping, the new soft method for
stripping furniture. We're celebrating our expansion by holding ,an
open house this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. You're invited to
look us,over and get in on-the grand opening savings.
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