REFINISHING

It's not surprising that people develop such a lasting fondness for Viking

Ranges. After all, Viking Ranges have some very enduring characteristics.

Like heavy-gauge steel construction. Large commercial grates. High

output stainless steel burners. Things you just don't find in lesser ranges.

Including a closed-door infrared broiler. A thermostatically controlled

griddle/simmer plate. All the things that make Viking free-standing and built-

in cooking equipment the kind of thing you always want to pass down.

But never want to pass by.

Call 1-800-482-1948 for color literature
and the Viking dealers near you.
Ohio residents please call 1-800-362-2807.

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Both new and older marble needs professional
care to look its best and to maintain its value.

MARBLELIFE professionals use proprietary

technologies to restore, preserve and seal
marble, terrazzo and other dimensional
stone; bring out its natural beauty, color
and sheen and provide a lustrous finish.

Refinishing furniture is recycling furniture,
a boon in these ecology-minded times.
Some reasons to recycle by refinishing:
The world's supply of hardwoods is being de-
pleted, creating a shortage of quality hard-
woods for furniture manufacturing.
It takes 60 to 120 years fora tree to reach
harvesting maturity, and recycling by refin-
ishing could save 10 million trees if every adult
in the United States refinished one chair in-
stead of buying new.
While recycling by refinishing is an idea
most people can embrace, folks may be wary
of worn-out wood pieces, uncertain of the tech-
niques to be used.
For do-it-yourselfers, hardware and lum-
ber stores carry a variety of easy-to-use wood
refinishing products and cleaners that chem-
ically remove old paint, finishes and stains.
They also offer glues and puttys which repair
cracks and chips, and a wide variety of new
stains and finishes to apply once the piece has
been cleaned and repaired.
For less crafty people, handymen and re-
finishing firms can be hired to do the work in-
stead.
Whether furniture finds are from antique
shops, flea markets, garage sales or the fam-
ily attic, refinishing expert Homer Formby,
developer of refinishing products, offers the
following criteria for determining what pieces
can be reborn and which are destined for the
dump. Formby says to seek out those that are
structurally sound, with drawers and doors
that work well. It also helps if the pieces are
solid wood rather than wood veneer — sol-
id wood can be indefinitely stripped and re-
finished — although veneers in good
condition also can be refinished.
Formby says not to worry about
• Age. If a piece meets the preceding cri-
teria, it's worth considering for refinishing,
no matter how old — or new — it is.
• Dirty, waxy buildup, dull finish, fine
scratches, white rings. All these can be elim-
inated with quality wood maintenance prod-
ucts.
a Dark "alligatored" finish, plastic-looking
polyurethane finish, damaged or unattractive
paint Quality refinishing products can remove
any type of old finish without harming the
wood. El

PAINT PRIMER

Experts in Marble Restoration & Preservation

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Before painting, remember to clean and
patch the surface. Paint trim first, then
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