A coffee table I stripped and refinished over the last week or so

After picture, waiting for full finish cure.

I stripped it with hydrocote MEC free stripper.

2 coats of Fidds garnet shellac with many coats of gloss hydrocote resisthane. (the camera flash made it the red and orange really pop)

Fiddes shellac should be strained before spraying.

Ahhh nothing like bringing a piece back to life Looking Really GREAT!

Nice...I'm sure the color is much nicer then what the picture shows.

Thanks for sharing.

If anyone's interested in seeing some general antique restoration work you can find my H Restoration Inc. facebook page or go to the commercial side of my web site to the news section. I try to post a picture a day of what it is that we do.

originally had a lot darker, more opaque finish, but the customer only recalls that current color. It was so opaque two of the the frame rails were glue ups of 2 or 3 pieces, the knee blocks were not color matched, a big old patch of sapwood on one of the back of the legs.

We should have a section just on how to photograph everything. I constantly struggle with it in my shop.

If you buy a back drop, tripod and some lights. You can fake professional lighting setup fairly well. But for casual shop process photos setting that up each time, doesn't make a lot of sense.

I've thought about it...I've got around 4500 sq feet but honestly we use every inch of it with the wall space being the most desired areas. We up the items that are taller against walls whenever possible like clocks, secretarys and bookcases.

I guess a simply pull down screen and a couple of lights and I'd be off to the races.

Anyway...the piece looks great!! I was just feeling the "too red/orange" picture pain because it's a common issue. My biggest issue is the darn florescent lighting in my spray booth and shop. And now with the new light bulbs it adds another level of difficulty. It used to be that I'd do my coloring to look good under a good ole fashioned incandescent light bulb which highlights the red and oranges in a finish. The newer bulbs are a colder light and furniture looks different.

We finish something in the booth and it looks one way, take it out into the main shop and it looks another, take it out into the loading dock in the sunlight and it's different yet again and finally deliver it to the clients home where it looks different from all of the above. All in the eye of the beholder I guess.

You could also use subdued the lighting by hanging simple white sheets on either side with floods (low wattage bulbs) behind them and nixing the flash on the camera.

Most photographers rely on post process work with computer software nowadays anyway. Just about all flaws or enhancements can be made on the computer with software like After Effects, Apperatue, or Photoshop. ect....

The best results are with a simple white floor and background, preferably seamless. With software it wouldn't matter what show up in the background you can filter it with a DOF (depth of field) filter.

Not all super models look that good

WOW. What a transformation. Nice job.