{"id":2684,"date":"2017-02-01T22:12:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2025-06-06T18:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:21:36","slug":"sanding-finishing-1st-feb-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"Sanding &#038; Finishing with Garry McLaughlin &#8211; 1st Feb 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great evening learning from professional wood restorer <a href=\"https:\/\/furniturerestorationcanberra.com.au\/home\">Garry McLaughlin<\/a> on sanding and finishing &#8211; thank you so much Garry!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_4281s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_4281s-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"504\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_4281s-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_4281s-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_4281s-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_4281s-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_4281s.jpg 1765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the break Garry showed us his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FurnitureRestorationCanberra\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook page<\/a>, which has a great video of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FurnitureRestorationCanberra\/videos\/771369579630108 \">bringing a 1885 Singer Sewing Machine back to its former glory<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Garry covered a whole range of issues, including paper types and grit, sanders, techniques, wood preparation, sealing, staining, shellac and wax.<\/p>\n<p>So many practical hints &#8211; including the double two fold half sheets of sandpaper to cover all aspects of hand sanding &#8211; and protection from splinters to boot. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Baronial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Baronial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"211\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Baronial.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Baronial-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Baronial-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Garry also covered a quite a bit of the history of finishing, simple things like the different grit to use to best restore old woodwork, and the whole range of waxes that will last &#8211; including the <a href=\"https:\/\/gillysaustralia.com.au\/\">Gilly Stephenson<\/a> range.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gilly-Stephenson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gilly-Stephenson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gilly-Stephenson.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gilly-Stephenson-150x88.png 150w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Gilly-Stephenson-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A great start to the year &#8211; looking forward to next month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great evening learning from professional wood restorer Garry McLaughlin on sanding and finishing &#8211; thank you so much Garry! In the break Garry showed us his Facebook page, which has a great video of bringing a 1885 Singer Sewing Machine back to its former glory. 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