French Polishing

French polishing specialists in maldon

French polishing is a great way to restore your furniture, when undertaken by a professional. Here at Clive Beardall Restorations Ltd, clients travel far and wide to our workshop in Maldon.

Bring your furniture to us

If there is slight damage to your furniture like scratches and water marks, we can come to your home or business and repair the damage. If there is a greater amount of damage, you can bring it to our workshop or we can collect it from you and we will bring your furniture back to life.

Based in Maldon, we also sell a range of antique furniture across Essex including Danbury, Ingatestone, Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Epping. Get in touch with one of our restorers to find out more.

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choose Clive Beardall for French Polishing

French polishing includes:

Shellac French polishing
Polish repairs
Wax polishing
Retaining furniture patina
Complete furniture care

Maintenance and repairs

French polishing is labour intensive but the finish is easy to repair and maintain. Most furniture only needs feeding once a year, with any dirt and marks dry wiped away or cleaned with a damp cloth. We're happy to travel to your property or collect and deliver items to you.

After polishing

If there is a large build up of wax and dirt over a period of time and has been neglected and gone flat, light cleaning with a reviver and re waxing often helps.

Client testimonials

"In the Autumn 2018 Clive renovated a William lV card table for me and I was very pleased with the result. The polished surface had become dark on the leg and the colour on the top surface was very patchy. Sections of beading were missing. It now looks stunning. Clive was able to even out the colour on the top and the grain of the rosewood shows up beautifully all over. He needed to replace some beading and it is impossible to tell the new parts from the old.
Our guests at Christmas were very admiring and impressed.
The work was completed in the time promised and Clive brought the table back and unloaded it, positioning it in the house for us. I would certainly use Clive again and would recommend his work." - Janet B.

THE HISTORY OF OUR COMPANY

Examples of modern spray finishing and on-site polishing

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Mahogany Staircase -A Georgian mahogany hand rail and painted staircase. The handrail was stripped, sanded, stained to an agreed colour and traditionally hand french polished with a beeswax finish.

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Bubinga Staircase - A new solid Bubinga staircase. This staircase was sanded and polished naturally using a modern cellulose lacquer. Bubinga is a hardwood from West Africa, a beautiful cabinet timber and a good alternative to Rosewood.

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Walnut Altar Panel - Art Deco walnut veneered altar panel. Veneer repairs were carried out once removed off site, the old perished polish was then removed and re polished using traditional methods with a beeswax finish, then reinstalled on site.

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1950's Walnut Dining Suite - A late 1950's American Black Walnut dining suite.
This suite was stripped, sanded and re-sprayed to matt finish.

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Rosewood Writing Table - A 1970's Rosewood writing table with folding insert leaf, this table was stripped, prepared and re-sprayed to a satin finish.

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