It’s no secret that at Terry Waters French Polishing we love all things wood, particularly when we get to apply our vast French polishing experience and wood restoration expertise. Wood is used in so many different ways and turned into so many different products, and we thought we would share some our favourites with you. 
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Our favourite use of wood: Oak
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Salvage yards are a great place to go looking for reclaimed wood – but it’s important to remember that the wood you’re buying will be in need of a little tender loving care to restore it to its former glory.
Wooden Wonders we’d like to have French polished: 17. Professor Yaffle from Bagpuss
Remember Professor Yaffle, the stern, dry wooden bookend from classic 1970s children’s serial Bagpuss? He came to life with the other toys but spent much of his time, as the brains of the outfit, worrying about what the other toys were getting up to and scolding them for their behaviour.
Wooden Wonders We’d Like To Have French Polished: 12. Jenny’s cello from An Education
Have you seen Bafta-winning film An Education? Hotly-tipped and narrowly missing out at last year’s Oscars, this stylish and idiosyncratic British film is the story of a bored schoolgirl in 1960s suburban London and her fling with a man twice her age. But never mind the plot synopsis – here at Terry Waters French Polishing, what caught our eye was the starring role given to a truly beautiful cello!
Commercial French Polishing used in bar restoration
When watching creepy horror classic The Shining, it’s unlikely you’re focusing on the quality of the bar in the Overlook Hotel’s impressive, yet terrifying, Gold Room. Unless you work for Terry Waters French Polishing, that is, where you’re never off-duty. It’ll take more than an air of menace, a few ghosties and a demented Jack Nicholson to keep us from spotting a fictional French polishing challenge.
Wooden Wonders We’d Like To Have French Polished: 7. The wardrobe from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
OK, so it’s fictional, it’s made from an apple tree whose fruit bore amazing healing powers and it contained an entire parallel universe in amongst its haul of fur coats. But we never really get to find out what this doorway into another dimension looked like, do we?
Wooden Wonders We’d Like To Have French Polished: 6. De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Aeroplane
The legendary De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is famously known as the “Wooden Wonder”, precisely because the majority of it’s construction was made of various wood elements. Although Britain had access to Aluminium, this material was predominantly directed towards the production of Spitfires and Hurricanes, so the Air Ministry decided to investigate the possibility of an aircraft which could make the most use of non-strategic materials.
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