27 September 2009
Touch-up DIY
10/01/2009 12:43 PM Hotel and Commercial Building Restorationtouch-up | furniture refinishing | furniture touch-up
Yes, Green Tree Restoration does share some of their tightly held trade secrets in nationally published magazines! Below is an article Adam Pishl authored for WoodDigest Magazine. This article is very relevant to the hotel and commercial office industry.
Touch-Up Start-Up
An introduction to touch-up
Adam Pishl
Eighteen years ago, I was introduced to touch-up while working in a small furniture restoration shop. During the finishing process, and occasionally after the finish was applied, we would pull out the set of 12 pigment powders and touch up the minor color imperfections.
When we were faced with more serious damage we would reach for the auto body filler topped with a dressing of the appropriate colored stains and paints and then seal it with the finish we were using on the furniture. Today, many shops continue to use these difficult and unpredictable methods of touch-up primarily because many finishers are unaware there are other available options.
A few years later, I attended my first touch-up class, and my eyes were opened to a better way of doing things. I was curious when I started my first class and amazed when I left. I didn’t realize what was available and how it would significantly impact the direction of our business. When all was said and done, our quality of restoration improved and when damage occurred, we had the best tools to properly repair the damage.
Shortly after discovering this new approach, I started a small touch-up business and for several years explored the different American-made brands and increased my abilities using their methods. Then I stumbled across the Heinrich König Company.
It had recently introduced its products into the United States through Coating Development Group, now König North America. The Heinrich König Company was not new to the rest of the world, having been around for over 100 years in Europe, but was relatively unknown in the United States. Excited to try a new approach, I dove in and explored the product line in depth. I quickly realized there was a choice to be made between the German method and the American method.
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Touch-Up Start-Up
An introduction to touch-up
Adam Pishl
Eighteen years ago, I was introduced to touch-up while working in a small furniture restoration shop. During the finishing process, and occasionally after the finish was applied, we would pull out the set of 12 pigment powders and touch up the minor color imperfections.
When we were faced with more serious damage we would reach for the auto body filler topped with a dressing of the appropriate colored stains and paints and then seal it with the finish we were using on the furniture. Today, many shops continue to use these difficult and unpredictable methods of touch-up primarily because many finishers are unaware there are other available options.
A few years later, I attended my first touch-up class, and my eyes were opened to a better way of doing things. I was curious when I started my first class and amazed when I left. I didn’t realize what was available and how it would significantly impact the direction of our business. When all was said and done, our quality of restoration improved and when damage occurred, we had the best tools to properly repair the damage.
Shortly after discovering this new approach, I started a small touch-up business and for several years explored the different American-made brands and increased my abilities using their methods. Then I stumbled across the Heinrich König Company.
It had recently introduced its products into the United States through Coating Development Group, now König North America. The Heinrich König Company was not new to the rest of the world, having been around for over 100 years in Europe, but was relatively unknown in the United States. Excited to try a new approach, I dove in and explored the product line in depth. I quickly realized there was a choice to be made between the German method and the American method.
go to full article link
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