Antique Furniture Restoration and Refinishing – Established in 1979, McLean’s Refinishing, Inc. is Athens’ and Northeast Georgia’s most trusted name in furniture refinishing and restoration. We are a full-service business committed to quality, expert craftsmanship, with a basic love of antiques and woodworking. Through the years, we have evolved into a major workshop that is capable of handling the smallest jewelry box or a complete home of furniture.
We also specialize in commercial work including touchups and repair or restoring furniture used in government offices, sororities, fraternities, and public libraries. With over 25 years of experience, we can handle any restoration need.
Call 706-769-7590 or come by our shop today.
Furniture Restoration & Refinishing
At McLean’s Refinishing, restoring furniture has been a labor of love as long as we have been in business. We love antiques, but we also understand that new or old, antique or modern, a person’s furniture is a part of the person. Our approach is to keep the customer involved in the restoration and keep them informed of the progress.
Restoration does not always mean making an old piece of furniture look new. Sometimes restoration means making the piece look the way it did right before the latest damage occurred. Mom wants to remember every mark on her son’s high chair except the broken leg the movers caused, so we strive to repair the break and preserve the history of her son’s chair. We take care to understand people’s desires and provide quality furniture restoration and repair services.
We can do any type of repair or restoration service including complete restoration, replacement of parts, veneering, lathe work, carving, chair caning, fire or flood damage restoration, curved glass replacement, major structural repair, beveled mirror repair, or leather replacement. We also can provide you with damaged furniture repair insurance estimates and antique appraisals. More Services info here.
Custom Furniture Finishes
In addition to traditional refinishing, we also offer custom finished furniture. As in the example, this particular finish was a seven-step process. The process includes stripping, sanding, sprayed-on undercoating, thorough hand sanding, a second undercoating, sprayed on custom tinted gray lacquer, hand-brushed on Vandyke Brown glaze that is applied and then hand-wiped and brushed to the desired look. One clear coat of sprayed on high-gloss lacquer. then hand sanded and followed by one coat of satin lacquer, The final clear coat is then rubbed out to smooth any dust nibs or overspray to a smooth satin finish. This entire process will produce a silky smooth, beautiful, and long-wearing finish.
If you need quality furniture restoration services or would like to look at our showroom of antique furniture, please call us at 706-769-7590 or come by our facility at 1303 Hodges Mill Road, Watkinsville, Georgia 30677. We are just outside of Athens and only a short drive from the Atlanta Metro area.
Open Monday-Thursday 8 AM-5:30 PM & Friday 8 AM-Noon or by appointment