How To Strip and Refinish Ercol Furniture

Professional antique furniture restorer Simon Gilboy describes in detail how to strip the old finish off of an Ercol coffee table, refinish and polish with a beeswax wood polish.

The table has been varnished and over-french-polished. The finishes have deteriorated to such an extent that the only remedy is to strip it all back to bare elm wood and refinish it from scratch.

YOU WILL NEED:
- Protective gloves, glasses and mask
- Solvent or paint stripper
- An old cut-down 2" paint brush (to apply the stripper)
- Roller tray (to catch the waste finish)
- Wallpaper or cabinet scraper (Buy from Gilboys: https://bit.ly/47Hriky)
- Grade 4 coarse wire wool
- 100, 120, 180 and 320/400 grit sand paper
- Methylated spirits/denatured alcohol and acetic acid/pickling vinegar (to neutralise the surface)
- Household sponge
- Finishing oil - ( Buy online :http://bit.ly/3IMIw7l )
- Gilboy's 'pure gold' beeswax wood polish: http://bit.ly/2LRC3ds
- 0000 grade ultra-soft wire wool: http://bit.ly/31XBmVq
- Pure cotton buffing cloth with an open weave: http://bit.ly/31WRYgi

SECTIONS
Stripping: 0:49
Cleaning Back: 4:32
Sanding: 10:30
Neutralising: 16:25
Flattening the grain: 19:22
Oil Finishing: 21:00 ( Buy online :http://bit.ly/3IMIw7l )
De-Nib: 24:40
Waxing: 29:13
Buffing: 31:55