The Flipping Idiot vs a Dirty 1930s Heywood Wakefield Dresser - Part 2

This Heywood Wakefield gets the bulk of its finish removed with the help of a Bacco 665 scraper.
I show as much of this, as I can in real time along with how I hold and use the scraper based on my experience, to speed up the refinishing process.

[@H2O_Wellnes_and_energy]

As I watch your video, below the tv sits a beautiful Heywood Wakefield piece very similar to yours. One of the handles through the years broke in half and I’ve used layers of wood glue and now it’s just a broken coagulated mess! ( I wish I could send you a picture) how will I attempt to remove the old glue when I go in and restore it… by the way, I appreciate your tutorial!!! I wasn’t sure how to approach restoring it 🤓

[@theflippingidiot7705]

There isn’t a great way to message back-and-forth especially with pictures, so I just made a quick video this morning because I’m about to do some work on that dresser anyway to clean off the handles and the drawers and get it ready for refinishing.
Here is the link, and if it doesn’t work in comments, just look for it with the rest of my videos.
th-cam.com/video/uCR9PCCyyS0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cb8kw6Yk0Z-Mdb8R

[@H2O_Wellnes_and_energy]

Thanks John! I wasn’t expecting a video.. it was so helpful. I have the confidence now to attack it, such a great piece I’ve had in my family forever!! Lmk if you have a social media platform I can send before and after pics of my dresser🤓

[@theflippingidiot7705]

Glad I could help!
I am slowly working on a website and I am on Instagram as the real flipping idiot or some kind of flipping idiot… Definitely an idiot who is flipping…
And maybe you want to videotape your story and share it as you work on this dresser because April Wilkerson one said in her video if I don’t document what I’m doing how will people know about my cool ideas or something like that.
wilkerdos.com/

[@mab49696]

Why do you clean then scrape? Do you not waste your cleaning effort by scrapping, or did you only decide to scrape after you cleaned?

[@theflippingidiot7705]

The biggest issue is silicone and anything I can do to eliminate old furniture polish is that may carry silicone I try to do.
Also, any oil, grease and other materials from make up or furniture polishing products can get embedded in the shellac finish because it’s not a waterproof finish like polyurethane.
So I find its simplest to just give it a good cleaning in case I have to do some sanding because you can sand silicone, and what it’ll do is heat up the silicone, and then it will just melt down farther into the woodfibers where it will keep the finish from attaching properly.
I haven’t personally had this issue, but I talk to an expert refinishing guy at woodcraft, and he said the issue with silicone as it will cause blistering or bubbles where the finish doesn’t take and the only way to eliminate it is to do three coats of aerosolized or spray shellac before applying a poly.
And I will admit, I don’t have the perfect answer, I’m just hedging my bets by starting off with an aggressive, cleaning to carry away any possible contaminants that will affect the finish down the road.
Visually, cleaning the furniture where are some of the shellac as worn away, it’s just a lot easier to tell where the shellac starts and the wood stops, or vice versa.