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Learn These Repair Techniques That I Have Used And Developed For Repairing Dressers, Cabinets, Armoires, Chests, Trunks Etc.
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Missing or broken knobs or handles
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Replace with stock knobs or handles
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Broken drawers
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Use Liquid Nails, Seal-All, tape etc to repair
Use wood stock if necessary
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Drawers that don't slide properly
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Use Vaseline to grease tracks
Use power saws to remove binding edges
Use files and sand paper to relieve binding surfaces
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Broken legs
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Use Liquid Nails to repair
Use screws and mechanical fasteners to repair
Make replacement legs from stock
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Poor overall appearance
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Clean up with Lacquer Thinner, touch up with spray can paint
Repaint the whole piece
Revarnish the whole piece
Antique the whole piece
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COMMENT
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Use common sense to repair these items, do the mechanical work first, then do the appearance work last...
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