I watched this video twice, trying to understand all the colorwork. I believe you are so familiar with the colors in your toners and how they all work together, that it puts color theory to a whole other level. You possess a wealth of knowledge and I so enjoy your videos. I wish I had found you sooner. How lucky your customers are to have you available.
Trena, you need to capture the moments of the owners when they see what your transformation has brought out. Those moments can be absolutely priceless!
You are a true professional artist. I love watching the transitions you create. Love it Love it!!!! Thanks for everything you post for us and take care!
You're amazing! I've seen more than one cabinet maker get a permanent head-shake and permanent hand-shakes after spraying so long with no mask. I hope you will start using yours all the time.
Yes, I absolutely will. sorry for the few vids early in the channels birth that I didn't. I have a nice one and I am using it much more diligently thanks to my wonderful viewers most of who gently reminded me to take care of myself. Thankyou and I appreciate your viewership.
More beautiful work! The crack in the table top started off so bad I thought it was supposed to be two pieces. But by the time it was done, you made it look perfect.
@johnsfurniturerepair Trena it's no wonder you are in such great shape! (Not hitting on you...just stating a fact...lol). Between horseback riding and your job...man I'm exhausted just watching you. Great job on the set...thanks for the lesson! I hope you got a hug around this video...bless your heart you sounded stressed. I love that curved corner cabinet you walked past a few times...is there a video to go with it? I hope your new shop will have anti-fatigue mats in your most stood on areas...you deserve it!
Fantastic in so many ways! Your level of skill is unsurpassed! I am doing a similar project but only one piece: an oak swivel rocker. So, I watched this with special interest in the coloring. Thanks so much for showing me how it's done!!
I was freaking out a bit in the first yellow stage, should have trusted you…the raw and burnt umber were the perfect touch. That caramel color makes the wood so perfect, so much work but definitely worth it. Congratulations!
Your attention to detail is to be commended. The offhand way that you arrive at solutions to knotty problems speaks to a high level of training, skill and craftsmanship (craftpersonship? I don't know, I'm an old guy)
Unbelievable how much WORK there is to each and every piece of a table, never mind the chairs. You are so thorough and probably they’re in better shape and construction after you do your magic thank when they were originally made. I have no doubt. You are the best Trena! Love watching you do your magic!
Another stunning piece (or pieces in this case), Trena. When you did the yellow tinting (before the two umber tones) I had to remind myself “trust the process) and that final color is just gorgeous!💜
That dining set looks like very high end Swedish furniture now! Well done once again Trena! I'm learning colorwork and aspire to have half the knowledge you do one day!
I know others have chided you about wearing your respirator, etc. I am 66 and an artist which means in our young years my colleagues and teachers didnt know the full risks of the polymers, solvents, pigments, dusts, sparks and noisy equipment we were working with. Our habits from long ago are coming home to roost - cancers, respiratory diseases, dementia, hearing and vision loss - with verifiable direct links. Please protect yourself. It is real, it is harming you even if you can't feel it. I enjoy watching your patient and thorough work. You have a nice touch and eye.
I love your videos, your knowledge and experience really comes across. I’m a diy have-a-go, make a mess, not the right equipment kinda gal. So it’s really good to see what exactly is involved. I’m learning a lot 😊
Please wear a mask when you paint/stain! My friends father was in the same profession and ended up getting brain cancer very young from the chemicals. Amazing job. God bless.
I like the technique you used when sanding the round pieces by rolling them on the work surface while using the orbital sander. I had never seen that before but I definitely will need to use it on my next project. 🙂
Exactly! I found you a couple of weeks ago, and since watched around 30 videos. You teach me how different moments in restaurating is done, or could be done, and this time it was the rolling sanding movements that I never seen before. You inspire, teach and give us so much joy. Today I’ve finally decided to attack a wobbly chair that has been waiting for two years. Now when you taught and inspired me on your videos, I am curious. Can I make it sturdy again? The first step? Can I then go forward? Thank you so much!😊
Trena, this is just absolutely gorgeous. It looks better than it did in the store when they purchased it I am sure. The talent you have with color and "knowing" what does what I know comes from years of experience and what a gift. That set is just elegant. I can say all you do is elegance in work. Some styles are not for everyone but each customer presents a new challenge I am sure. No matter what the piece you challenge yourself to do it as you have a talent that is rare in this day and age. We live in a big city area ..........we are rural but yet we would be hard spent to find someone to do what you do........they are just rare. Thank you for sharing your talents with us and letting us gleam a bit of your talented knowledge. I have an old oak table small or a side table perhaps from the early 1900's in my garage with one leg broken and someone painted it white. Perhaps in summer I will try to redo it and make it new. Some of your repair on legs or replicating one may come in handy. I would sure have a few ideas to work with knowing what you have shown.........ty for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend and keep these coming, we are truly enjoying them.
Trena, I enjoy watching your videos but recommend that you use primarily reversible glues for reassembling chairs, tables and most other furniture. The reason is obvious. To refinish and repair the chairs you're featuring you disassembled the chairs. When you use epoxy it becomes much more challenging to make repairs and refinish. I'm in the antique repair business and have repaired and built chairs for more than twenty years. The Windsor chairs I built more than twenty years ago with white glue are still as strong as the day I built them. I like the way you present your work and the skills that you share. I do a lot of caning and rush weaving and recommend that you present a show on the re-caning and re-rushing. Michael
I agree. I often feel like a should have made the switch to actual restoration appropriate glues. I like them I always just feel like they wouldn’t be strong enough but that’s probably not true. I should probably apologize to all the future restorers😂. I’ll give it a go. Hard to break old habits. Thanks for watching!
@@johnsfurniturerepair Just thinking about future repairs. You have a strong understanding of repairing and refinishing furniture. As you know, there are many many different wood working tricks and tips. Another way to prepare wood dowels for glue is to place a saw in a vice...teeth up and drag the dowel length ways across the saw blade. This creates more grooves the the glue to escape and avoids holding the dowel with pliers against a band saw blade to cut grooves. Love your garden! Michael
@@johnsfurniturerepair Love your videos. Please keep doing them. I use primarily PVA or polyurethane glue. But what I use doesn't matter as I'm hardly in your league. You might have a look at Thomas Johnson's video on glue choice (czcams.com/video/AmFot8H_2Kk/video.html). As I understand it, if you've got poorly fitting pieces, epoxy makes sense. But if you've got well-fitting pieces, even hide glue can be stronger than the wood itself.
Wonderful to see the process/methods you use for taking the chair apart. Nails in joints always seem to be a hurdle in my projects. Thanks for your videos.
Hello again! You succeeded very well with the table top, it seems that you have worked with this for a long time, I have no idea how long but it does not matter. I just hope the crack in the middle holds. And the chairs also turned out really well. Do not forget respirators !!! Although sanding dust varnish and paint are environmentally friendly, it settles in the airways and lungs. It becomes clearer when you get old !!! 👍 From me. Carsten Sweden
Please take a little advice from someone who did the same work you are doing for 43 years be kind to your lungs and wear a respirator your older lungs will thank you
Those turned out nice. The high yellow you had in the beginning was cool. It reminded me of the fender telecaster. Some guitar luthiers call it it TV yellow? It would be cool to hear what you charge for each project...
Great spray jobs as usual. You're the only person I can think of who actually makes "watching paint dry" interesting. 😁 BTW, what pressure do you run your spray gun at? You always get better results than me, and I've tried all the other variables.
Thanks. Usually 19psi with a devilbiss HVLP gun. Product matters too. I find Lenmar lacquer pretty amazing at flow out and they have beautiful sheens. Cheers!
Surprised you did not use the rotex to sand top and leaves. If only for the larger pad if nothing else. Thoughts? Thank you again for the awesome tutorials!!
Trena next time try pulling the nails through instead of pushing them back as they went in . It keeps the wood from splintering . I know in some cases it's a little harder but it should save you a step.
Another beautiful project! I am a dark wood (not that red colour) fan, but that finished colour is beautiful!! I was always told that 180 sandpaper was too rough for a finish sanding.. and to go about 400. Maybe that is wrong information?
Love your attention to detail. Can you weigh in on the whole debate RE large flat surfaces must be sealed both sides to stop warping etc. do you do it? What is your opinion? I’m going back into your channel to watch/rewatch videos as I learn so much. More please!!!!
yes i do seal both sides, the top will obviously see more wear so it needs more of a finish than the underside. but wood will still move sometimes due to moisture of the room. there is no finish that completely stops this from happening. thanks for watching!
Lol. I don’t think so. many times refinished pieces need a little help. Brand new pieces do natural so much better. But it happens once in a while so stay tuned. Cheers!
As Nick P commented please wear a respirator when spraying anything. 3mp100 filters or better for laquer paint. I have used a ton of the mac product you use and it says right on the label that there is a risk of brain damage for occupational use. While the respirators are a pia they can save your life. Also i do not hear any fans whirring in the background. If you concentrate laquer fumes a simple spark WILL cause an explosion. Please take care and heed this advice. You do too good of work to lose.
They look loads better, I much prefer a natural look to wood. I’m going to sand down my yellow looking pine to a more natural look. Just looks dated. Mind you every country has its fads, maybe if I wait long enough it will be back in vogue lol
I watched this video twice, trying to understand all the colorwork. I believe you are so familiar with the colors in your toners and how they all work together, that it puts color theory to a whole other level. You possess a wealth of knowledge and I so enjoy your videos. I wish I had found you sooner. How lucky your customers are to have you available.
Agreed! Trena is super talented. 👍
I’m exhausted. So much work. Well done.
Trena, you need to capture the moments of the owners when they see what your transformation has brought out. Those moments can be absolutely priceless!
Yes but it is actually a really private moment for a lot of my clients. Some are ok with shareing though. Cheers!
The finish on the table looks like silk. Beautiful job and thanks for sharing your art.
I hope you keep making these videos. Such precise, educational instruction. Excellent!🇦🇺👴🏻
You are a joy to watch, listen and learn from. Thank you for allowing us to be your audience.
I did not realise how much colour work is involved, thanks Teens your knowledge is unbelievable.
I am happy watching you doing your magic watching as i have my coffee. 👍🏼
You are a true professional artist. I love watching the transitions you create. Love it Love it!!!!
Thanks for everything you post for us and take care!
You're amazing! I've seen more than one cabinet maker get a permanent head-shake and permanent hand-shakes after spraying so long with no mask. I hope you will start using yours all the time.
Yes, I absolutely will. sorry for the few vids early in the channels birth that I didn't. I have a nice one and I am using it much more diligently thanks to my wonderful viewers most of who gently reminded me to take care of myself. Thankyou and I appreciate your viewership.
Awesome change. Lobs go sanding and sore arms. Looks so much better😊😊😊
Keep always safe John's Furniture R...
As someone who loves wood work I have not had the patience for fine detail, you have inspired me to remedy that. Love your work and videos
Lovely. I’m a dark wood lover but I do think these pieces look so lively like this.
More beautiful work! The crack in the table top started off so bad I thought it was supposed to be two pieces. But by the time it was done, you made it look perfect.
You sure do have the artist eye for color along with your other finishing talents .
I never cease to be amazed at how many ways some people
can come up with to booger up a piece of furniture with nails and screws. Unbelievable!!
@johnsfurniturerepair Trena it's no wonder you are in such great shape! (Not hitting on you...just stating a fact...lol). Between horseback riding and your job...man I'm exhausted just watching you.
Great job on the set...thanks for the lesson! I hope you got a hug around this video...bless your heart you sounded stressed.
I love that curved corner cabinet you walked past a few times...is there a video to go with it?
I hope your new shop will have anti-fatigue mats in your most stood on areas...you deserve it!
Fantastic in so many ways! Your level of skill is unsurpassed! I am doing a similar project but only one piece: an oak swivel rocker. So, I watched this with special interest in the coloring. Thanks so much for showing me how it's done!!
Excellent job. Well done.
Stunning work.
Super job!! Looks like Haywood Wakefield. 👍
Almost like their champagne finish.
@@johnsfurniturerepair fantastic!
Wonderful…you are very patient
I love the little smile shaped handles on the backs of the chairs. Makes them look happy with the beautiful job you did.
I was freaking out a bit in the first yellow stage, should have trusted you…the raw and burnt umber were the perfect touch. That caramel color makes the wood so perfect, so much work but definitely worth it. Congratulations!
Green strips, another professional touch!👍🏻🇦🇺👴🏻
Good Job Girl!!!!
You do a great job! Thanks for posting.
Nice job!!!
I liked the first color you added, than the more yellowish color.
Your attention to detail is to be commended. The offhand way that you arrive at solutions to knotty problems speaks to a high level of training, skill and craftsmanship (craftpersonship? I don't know, I'm an old guy)
Even when I don't care for a particular style or color, I can still appreciate your workmenship
Unbelievable how much WORK there is to each and every piece of a table, never mind the chairs. You are so thorough and probably they’re in better shape and construction after you do your magic thank when they were originally made. I have no doubt. You are the best Trena! Love watching you do your magic!
Thankyou !
Lots of hours on that job Trena, but it looked wonderful at the end, well done again, Norman(England)
Didn't look like much before you started but now looks amazing.
Very nice Trena! Great work as usual!
Amazing improvement.
Another stunning piece (or pieces in this case), Trena. When you did the yellow tinting (before the two umber tones) I had to remind myself “trust the process) and that final color is just gorgeous!💜
thankyou Ashley. lol i know it can look a hot mess at points in the process. lol
Just came across your site. Excellent work. I would just like to say ,you should use a mask when spraying.
Lately I have started to appreciate the natural finishes - like Scandinavian furniture.
That dining set looks like very high end Swedish furniture now! Well done once again Trena! I'm learning colorwork and aspire to have half the knowledge you do one day!
I know others have chided you about wearing your respirator, etc. I am 66 and an artist which means in our young years my colleagues and teachers didnt know the full risks of the polymers, solvents, pigments, dusts, sparks and noisy equipment we were working with. Our habits from long ago are coming home to roost - cancers, respiratory diseases, dementia, hearing and vision loss - with verifiable direct links. Please protect yourself. It is real, it is harming you even if you can't feel it.
I enjoy watching your patient and thorough work. You have a nice touch and eye.
Glad you’ve started wearing your mask since these videos. Your health is precious
beautiful wood, so nice to see the beautiful grain...not my favourite colour but always better than red. your detailing is great to see.
I love your videos, your knowledge and experience really comes across. I’m a diy have-a-go, make a mess, not the right equipment kinda gal. So it’s really good to see what exactly is involved. I’m learning a lot 😊
Trena, another AMAZING JOB!!!!
I love your work! I appreciate your woodworking knowledge! I will be CZcams bing watching all your videos 😂
Keep up the excellent work 👍🏼👍🏼
Please wear a mask when you paint/stain! My friends father was in the same profession and ended up getting brain cancer very young from the chemicals. Amazing job. God bless.
they turned out beautiful
Beautiful just beautiful,,,,,
I like the technique you used when sanding the round pieces by rolling them on the work surface while using the orbital sander. I had never seen that before but I definitely will need to use it on my next project. 🙂
glad to share, it helps when you need to sand out color. cheers!
Exactly! I found you a couple of weeks ago, and since watched around 30 videos. You teach me how different moments in restaurating is done, or could be done, and this time it was the rolling sanding movements that I never seen before. You inspire, teach and give us so much joy. Today I’ve finally decided to attack a wobbly chair that has been waiting for two years. Now when you taught and inspired me on your videos, I am curious. Can I make it sturdy again? The first step? Can I then go forward?
Thank you so much!😊
Trena, this is just absolutely gorgeous. It looks better than it did in the store when they purchased it I am sure. The talent you have with color and "knowing" what does what I know comes from years of experience and what a gift.
That set is just elegant. I can say all you do is elegance in work. Some styles are not for everyone but each customer presents a new challenge I am sure. No matter what the piece you challenge yourself to do it as you have a talent that is rare in this day and age. We live in a big city area ..........we are rural but yet we would be hard spent to find someone to do what you do........they are just rare. Thank you for sharing your talents with us and letting us gleam a bit of your talented knowledge. I have an old oak table small or a side table perhaps from the early 1900's in my garage with one leg broken and someone painted it white. Perhaps in summer I will try to redo it and make it new. Some of your repair on legs or replicating one may come in handy. I would sure have a few ideas to work with knowing what you have shown.........ty for sharing.
Have a wonderful weekend and keep these coming, we are truly enjoying them.
Thankyou for the lovely compliments Mary and Thankyou so much for watching. Cheers!
The table particularly looks ab-fab. What a delicious colour it is now! Well done you.
Trena, I enjoy watching your videos but recommend that you use primarily reversible glues for reassembling chairs, tables and most other furniture. The reason is obvious. To refinish and repair the chairs you're featuring you disassembled the chairs. When you use epoxy it becomes much more challenging to make repairs and refinish. I'm in the antique repair business and have repaired and built chairs for more than twenty years. The Windsor chairs I built more than twenty years ago with white glue are still as strong as the day I built them. I like the way you present your work and the skills that you share. I do a lot of caning and rush weaving and recommend that you present a show on the re-caning and re-rushing. Michael
I agree. I often feel like a should have made the switch to actual restoration appropriate glues. I like them I always just feel like they wouldn’t be strong enough but that’s probably not true. I should probably apologize to all the future restorers😂. I’ll give it a go. Hard to break old habits. Thanks for watching!
@@johnsfurniturerepair Just thinking about future repairs. You have a strong understanding of repairing and refinishing furniture. As you know, there are many many different wood working tricks and tips. Another way to prepare wood dowels for glue is to place a saw in a vice...teeth up and drag the dowel length ways across the saw blade. This creates more grooves the the glue to escape and avoids holding the dowel with pliers against a band saw blade to cut grooves. Love your garden! Michael
@@johnsfurniturerepair Love your videos. Please keep doing them. I use primarily PVA or polyurethane glue. But what I use doesn't matter as I'm hardly in your league. You might have a look at Thomas Johnson's video on glue choice (czcams.com/video/AmFot8H_2Kk/video.html). As I understand it, if you've got poorly fitting pieces, epoxy makes sense. But if you've got well-fitting pieces, even hide glue can be stronger than the wood itself.
@@adrianstephens56 already a huge fan of Thomas. Cheers!
Love this set!!!
Beautiful job you really knock that one out of the park, you are very talented.
Great job!
Encore du très joli travail bravo à bientôt salut Jeannot 🛠😉
Wonderful to see the process/methods you use for taking the chair apart. Nails in joints always seem to be a hurdle in my projects. Thanks for your videos.
Trina , great work !
Huge difference!
Thanks for watching heather!
Fantastic job. I wish I could do half as good as you do.
Love it. You have excellent technique. and explain things really well. Thank you.
The table and chairs look wonderful! Really a super job!
Thankyou!
Hello again!
You succeeded very well with the table top, it seems that you have worked with this for a long time, I have no idea how long but it does not matter. I just hope the crack in the middle holds.
And the chairs also turned out really well.
Do not forget respirators !!!
Although sanding dust varnish and paint are environmentally friendly, it settles in the airways and lungs. It becomes clearer when you get old !!!
👍 From me.
Carsten
Sweden
20 yea in. Cheers
Excellent work
Hope you are making at least a modest or much income--great work--and greetings from the $-USA-$
really nice work...and a lot of sanding
Gorgeous
Beautiful
very nice
Je pense que ça a l'air joli 🌞
Please take a little advice from someone who did the same work you are doing for 43 years be kind to your lungs and wear a respirator your older lungs will thank you
nice
What's one thing you hate to do when refinancing? Mine is sanding.
Those turned out nice. The high yellow you had in the beginning was cool. It reminded me of the fender telecaster. Some guitar luthiers call it it TV yellow? It would be cool to hear what you charge for each project...
❤️
Great spray jobs as usual. You're the only person I can think of who actually makes "watching paint dry" interesting. 😁 BTW, what pressure do you run your spray gun at? You always get better results than me, and I've tried all the other variables.
Thanks. Usually 19psi with a devilbiss HVLP gun. Product matters too. I find Lenmar lacquer pretty amazing at flow out and they have beautiful sheens. Cheers!
@@johnsfurniturerepair Thanks for that. I've obviously been using way too high a pressure (40psi!).
Great job! But why don't you wear respiratory protection when you do paintwork?
Surprised you did not use the rotex to sand top and leaves. If only for the larger pad if nothing else. Thoughts? Thank you again for the awesome tutorials!!
Lol I ran out of 180 for the rotex. Got some more after though.
Where can you get a rubber mat for pounding apart the old glue joints?
Any hardware store
Trena next time try pulling the nails through instead of pushing them back as they went in . It keeps the wood from splintering . I know in some cases it's a little harder but it should save you a step.
Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don’t. Probably should have in this one. Thanks!
How long does it take you to retinish a 2 leaf table & 6 high back chairs .?
You do beautiful work! Do you ever show customer reactions?
Trying to get some to agree to be on camera. They are shy. But hopefully I can
👍🤩
Power to your elbow spray painting a chair is one of the most difficult things to to paint matt
You get used to it after the 1000th chair
Another beautiful project! I am a dark wood (not that red colour) fan, but that finished colour is beautiful!! I was always told that 180 sandpaper was too rough for a finish sanding.. and to go about 400. Maybe that is wrong information?
Sand the wood to 180, sand finish coats with 320 to 400 up. Cheers
Love your attention to detail. Can you weigh in on the whole debate RE large flat surfaces must be sealed both sides to stop warping etc. do you do it? What is your opinion? I’m going back into your channel to watch/rewatch videos as I learn so much. More please!!!!
yes i do seal both sides, the top will obviously see more wear so it needs more of a finish than the underside. but wood will still move sometimes due to moisture of the room. there is no finish that completely stops this from happening. thanks for watching!
@@johnsfurniturerepair thank you so much for answering my question, I appreciate it greatly that you bothered.
Supurb teacher!
Ty
If I had the responsibility of repairing, stripping and refinishing a dining room set, to this standard, I think I'd move to another state.
Lol it is a lot of work.
@@johnsfurniturerepair And you do it all so beautifully. 👍
Thankyou so much!
I've watched a load of videos now, & I'm beginning to wonder if there's some law in Canada which outlaws leaving any wood is natural colour.
Lol. I don’t think so. many times refinished pieces need a little help. Brand new pieces do natural so much better. But it happens once in a while so stay tuned. Cheers!
Thank God for clamps.
Lol. Yep
Sorry, what kind of lacquer are you using? 5 coats of what? Couldn’t understand what you said. Thx
Precat lacquer
You say "we" a lot. Who is "we"? I only see you in the videos. Just curious. Thanks, Trena.
All my personalities. Lol
As Nick P commented please wear a respirator when spraying anything. 3mp100 filters or better for laquer paint. I have used a ton of the mac product you use and it says right on the label that there is a risk of brain damage for occupational use. While the respirators are a pia they can save your life. Also i do not hear any fans whirring in the background. If you concentrate laquer fumes a simple spark WILL cause an explosion. Please take care and heed this advice. You do too good of work to lose.
We have giant air exhaust system along with concentrated space fresh air fan. But I do need to wear my mask more. 😉
@@johnsfurniturerepair I can't tell you how happy i am to hear that you have fans. It really is hazardous.
Beautiful I’m tired of dark walnut.👋👋👋👋
anti mubdieat fi eamalik
Wear a mask when you spray. It's healthier.
They look loads better, I much prefer a natural look to wood. I’m going to sand down my yellow looking pine to a more natural look. Just looks dated. Mind you every country has its fads, maybe if I wait long enough it will be back in vogue lol
mask?
Sorry, thanks for helping me stay diligent
Why epoxy? Just trying to make it difficult for the next repair person?