Books

Brain McInturff writes:

Since we've been on the topic of books lately let me mention 
a few others that I think are great reading(and I'm still reading).

Problems of the Finishing Room - by Scmidt (an analytical Chemist). 
Published in 1926. By far one of the best books I've came across. Goes into 
great detail on the processes used then, the problems encountered and some 
solutions. Also has a lot of formulas for finishes from varnish and shellacing to 
altering colors with different chemical solutions(mainly different acids). One of 
the more obscure books to locate.
 
Practical Furniture Finishing - by Pattou. Published in 1940 (my version).  
A thin book only 112 pages but has a few color plates and goes into details 
on spraying along with touch ups, staining, bleaching, and overall a good 
reading book. The color plates are pretty accurate.

 Furniture Finishing, Decoration and Patching- by Pattou and Vaughn. 
Published 1955 and later. This one I just pick a topic and and always find 
myself going back to it. It has a little over 500 pages and about the first 
115 pages are on furniture styles. The book is broke down into 5 categories: 
Furniture styles; Furniture Finishing; Furniture decoration; Furniture 
patching; and Special Finishes to include lamps and radio cabinets and 
piano's. It's fairly cheap on the bibliofind book search also.
 

The art of Wood Finishing- H. Behlen and Bro. Published in 1944. 
Not a lot of info but a nice novelty for the era and since they are still around.

Wood Finishing - by Jeffrey at the Kansas State Teachers College. 
Published in 1924. Just got this one and will have to say it has a French 
Pollishing technique that I'm going to have to try out. He says the art is 
in the "rubber" which is your pad, and how you fold it. I'll give it a try in 
the next week or so and let everyone know how it turns out. If it's good 
I'll post it. Also I'm going to email Jeff J. about this technique to see 
what he says and thinks.

Well these are just a few of the ones I have in my library on finishing. 
I'll post a few more next week and maybe mix in some of my vast 
wodworking magazines(I have some woodworking magazines from 
London that date back to the late 1800's. I hope others will post some 
of their books that they think are good valuable learning tools. 

Brian



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