The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-08, Page 18PAGE 2A —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1979
Peter Burley...
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worth when buying old
furniture,it is also im-
portant for knowing what
type of stain to use on
your furntiure if you are
going to refinish it, ex-
plains Burley.
You have to use stain
according to the type of
wood you are working
with. For example, if you
tried to put a cherry wood
stain on a piece of walnut
wood furniture, it would
not look right.
There are two woods
though, says Burley,
which are called
masquerade woods
because whatever stain
you put on them, they will,
take on the appearance of
the stain. These two
woods are pine and bass.
Cypress wood is
another interesting type
of wood, says Burley. He
found out not too long ago
that this wood is rot
proof. Kehnedy's casket
is made of it and ac-
cording to the Bible,
cypress wood was also
used in the construction
of Noah's ark. While in
Florida, Burley bought a
piece of cypress wood
already1- • cut and
refinished it, making it
into a unique coffee table.
THE PROCESS
Burley has a special
room in his basement
where he does his work.
This room is hosed down
to remove all dust and
lint. After it is hosed,
down, Burley waits four
to six hours until no more
water is dripping in the
room. Before moving a
piece of furniture into the
room for refinishing, he
uses paint or varnish.
remover, to loosen the old
finish. Then he washes it
with cold water to
neutralize the chemicals
in the remover.:
Once the piece of
furniture is dry, Burley
washes it again with a 50-
50 solution of men-
tholhydrate and lacquer
thinner to remove all
trace of stain and color.
He is thenready to sand
the furniture to make it
smooth. He uses 400 black
paper to do this.
Once the piece of
furniture is stripped and
sanded, Burley is ready
to move it into the hosed
down room to be stained
according to the kind ow
wood he is working with.
In the room, the fur-
niture- is wiped down with
a tac cloth (a soft flannel-
, like cloth about 12 inches
square). This cloth is
wetted thoroughly with
turpentine, wrung out,
sprinkled with, varathene
and kneaded so the
varathene will mix with
the turpentine. The
wetness of the turpentine
and the stickiness of the
varathene on the cloth,
helps pick up all the dust
and other small particles
on the furntiure before it
is stained.
Stain has a filler in it
which will fill open.grains
and bring out other
grains. It can be put on
with a cloth or an or-
dinary paint
brush,rubbing crossways
against the grain to work
it in. All traces of excess
stain should then be
rubbed off going with the -
grain.
Stain is relatively
inexpensive and it dries
quickly, says Burley. He
leaves his stain on a piece
of furniture for eight to
ten hours.
` Once the stain dries,
the furniture is ready for
its first coat of varathene.
Varathene has plastic in
it. It" is very pliable and
won't chip or crack. It
protects the furniture
against abuse.
Varathene should be
put on with a special
brush made of hog
bristles. Each of these
bristles should be tapered
and the brush should be
cut square for a more
even flow.
The first coat of
varathene should be
brushed on thinly, going
with the grain. One
shouldn't over -brush or
attempt too large of an
area or else overlapping
will occur. Never shake
a can of ' varathene,
Burley advises. Shaking
it, creates air bubbles
which- will show up in the'
furniture. Burley stirs his
varathene and then waits
half an hour before using
it.
Another tip he gives
about using varathene is
to never wipe excess
varathene off your brush
on the side of the can at
the top because this will
also create air bubbles.
Instead, wipe the excess
off on the inside of the
can.
After putting the first
coat of varathene oh the
piece of furniture, let it
sit for 24 hours, then sand
it with 400 black dry or
wet paper and again wipe
it with a tac cloth.
' The second coat of
varathene can then be put
on and the same process
repeated after 24 hours.
After the third coat of
varathene is put on, dried
and sanded, the furniture
should be wiped off with a
soft cloth dampened with
lemon oil.
Lemon oil is one of the
oldest furniture finishes
and Burley says that
furniture should be wiped
with it once a month in
wintertbecause the wood
has a tendency to dry out.
After furniture has
been stripped and san-
ded, it can also be.
finished in boiled linseed
. oil, says Burley. The oil
leaves a nice finish and
scent but this process is
not used much because
is very time-consuming.
The oil is applied at 80
degrees four times a day
for .the first day, then
once a -day for a week,
then once a week for a
month•,and then once a
month for a year. A hard
paste wax should be
applied after a year and
the oiling process should
be repeated every one or
two years.
Varathene can be
applied to furntiure with
a spray can as well as a
brush, Burley says. Blit if
you are going to"-usf ' a
spray can, he advises,
heat the first coat of
varathene to 90 degrees,
so it will penetrate the
wood. From►• there on,
follow the same process
as you would if brushing
it on.
If a piece of furniture
has' to be restored before
it is refinished, Burley
carefully matches up the
woods and grains and
uses an electric glue gun
to stick broken pieces
together with glue heated
to 325 degrees.
CANING
Although restoring and
refinishing, furniture are
what Burley likes to do
best, he also does some
caning. This is a type of
weaving which one would
often see on chair seats or
piano stools. The Bent-
wood rocking chairs
which are so popular
today are a fine example
of caning.
Caning is done with 'a
type Of palm called
Rattan. It conies from
India, China and Ceylon.
Burley buys his palm by
the hank from Toronto.
The palm is first
soaked in glycerine and
water for 15 minutes to
make it more pliable to
work with. There are
three different types
(according to their sizes)
of caning but Burley does
only the most common
type. '
Once he is done caning
or weaving with the wet
palm, Burley dries it with
a heat lamp. The palm
retracts when it dries and
becomes tighter. One ply
of the palm isstrong
enough to sit on' but by the
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time the caning is done,
there are usually six plies
of palm on the chair or
stool.
The end result of
caning is a beautiful
piece of work but it is
expensive because of the
amount of labor involved.
DONATIONS
,Burley has lived in
Goderich for. only eight
years now and he loves it
here. He was born and
raised on a farm near
Grand Bend. He has'
travelled around a lot and
feels that there is no other
town with as much to
offer as Goderich.
He has two sons and
two daughters. One of his
sons shares the same love
for working with wood as
he does. He is ap-
prenticing at Douglas
Point to be a carpenter.
He also took a cabinet
making course but
couldn't compete with
machines that can turn
cabinets out faster and
cheaper.
Burley is a member of
the Salvation Army. The
Army rents a garage in
town and stores furniture
donations there for needy
families. Burley helps
pick up and deliver these
donations. A kitchen set
which is valueless to a
furniture dealer is gold to
someone who doesn't
have one, he says. The
Army would welcome
furniture donations.
Lieutenant Neil Watt can
be contacted if you have
anything to donate.
Burley is indeed for-
tunate to have a hobby he
loves .to occupy his time
with and one which he
finds so rewarding.
Without it, retirement
might have been a pretty
dull time in his life.
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Peter Burley of Goderich and at right is the end glycerine and water to make it pliable before using
result. Caning involves weaving with a palm called it.(Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
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