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AT Restoration: How to Restore an Old Wardrobe

If you have a vintage wardrobe, or a modern one that's experienced a lot of wear and tear through everyday use, Ahti Toplaan has a walk-through below on how you can restore it.

This video provides a clear visual overview of some basic woodworking skills (sanding and varnishing) as well as more technically challenging jobs like ageing metal and making a dovetail joint.

Drag the video to the following time stamps if you need to review something:

0:00 Intro

1:17 Bottom section

9:18 dovetails

15:18 drawers

21:23 centre section

26:13 top section

29:58 handles

30:17 finishing

35:27 metal ageing

36:37 final overview

Tools that Ahti recommends:

dovetail jig

Kärcher steam cleaner

Bessey edge clamps

-another dovetail jig

workshop vacuum

random orbital sander

oscillating spindle sander

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