Experienced London Based French Polishers
Stevens Furniture Restoration has 30 years of experience in re-finishing. Predominantly traditional finishes including shellac and oil based products. We have worked at prestigious stately homes, commercial buildings and private clients. We can even French polish larger furniture items on-site, ensuring all proper precautions are taken.
Through close analysis, we can determine whether or not French polish has been used as not all antique furniture is necessarily French polished. Antique furniture pre-1800s may have been coated in other types of resins and waxes.
French polishing is the name given to a wood finishing technique consisting of applying many layers of shellac – a natural resin taken from the lac beetle.
It is the most used of all the lacquers in antique furniture restoration. It intensifies the colour of most types of wood and provides a high gloss surface and a beautiful chatoyancy effect.
French polishing is the most exacting and difficult among the wood polishing techniques, however, it provides the best result.
Stevens Furniture Restoration Londons French Polishers possess over 30 years of experience in French Polishing.
