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Common Sense Antiques today’s somewhat off the wall fashion colors Send your comments, questions and pictures to
Continued from Page 21 will work to your advantage in this case. In me at PO Box 215, Crystal River, FL 34423 or
today’s market you can find almost any color email them to: info@furnituredetective.com
While you are at the art supply store of fingernail polish you desire. You desire
check out the supply of artist wax. This wax one to match your painted furniture. Just Visit Fred’s website at www.furnituredetective.
com and check out the downloadable “Common
comes in small round containers and usually find a fabric swatch or a small drawer that Sense Antiques” columns in .pdf format.
is available in a number of metallic tones you can use as a sample and go shopping His book “HOW TO BE A FURNITURE
like bright gold, copper, aluminum, etc. Use for fingernail polish. A don’t forget about Main St DETECTIVE” is now available for $18.95 plus
these metallic waxes to provide a quick clear polish. The clear version can be used to $3.00 shipping. Send check or money order for
pick me up for dull brass hardware. It’s a lot touch up a nick a clear finish where color is $21.95 to Fred Taylor, PO Box 215, Crystal
quicker than tediously polishing all the brass not involved. River, FL 34423
especially with an impending family event or There are a great many other household Fred and Gail Taylor’s DVD, IDENTI-
holiday. Just wipe a light coat of brass or gold products and methods that apply to FICATION OF OLDER & ANTIQUE
wax across a drawer pull, then buff it slightly furniture care and repair. Just think “outside Exit FURNITURE”, ($17.00 + $3.00 S&H) are
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with a soft cloth. This will highlight the brass the box” for a solution. 220 406 also available at the same address. For more
and brighten it significantly until you have information call (800) 387-6377 (9AM-4PM
time to do it right. 405 Eastern, M-F only), fax 352-563-2916, or
What if you have a problem with a This small bottle of cedarwood oil e-mail info@furnituredetective.com. All items
painted piece? The odds of finding a marker from a health food store restored the are also available directly from the website,
or an oil color to match are pretty slim but original smell to my cedar chest→ www.furnituredetective.com

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