Furniture Finishers

<ul><li>Brush, spray, or hand-rub finishing ingredients, such as paint, oil, stain, or wax, onto and into wood grain and apply lacquer or other sealers.</li><li>Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.</li><li>Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders.</li><li>Remove accessories prior to finishing, and mask areas that should not be exposed to finishing processes or substances.</li><li>Remove old finishes and damaged or deteriorated parts, using hand tools, stripping tools, sandpaper, steel wool, abrasives, solvents, or dip baths.</li><li>Select appropriate finishing ingredients such as paint, stain, lacquer, shellac, or varnish, depending on factors such as wood hardness and surface type.</li><li>Treat warped or stained surfaces to restore original contours and colors.</li><li>Mix finish ingredients to obtain desired colors or shades.</li><li>Remove excess solvent, using cloths soaked in paint thinner.</li><li>Examine furniture to determine the extent of damage or deterioration, and to decide on the best method for repair or restoration.</li><li>Distress surfaces with woodworking tools or abrasives before staining to create an antique appearance, or rub surfaces to bring out highlights and shadings.</li><li>Stencil, gild, emboss, mark, or paint designs or borders to reproduce the original appearance of restored pieces, or to decorate new pieces.</li><li>Disassemble items to prepare them for finishing, using hand tools.</li></ul>