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Job Description
Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-7021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 32,330.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
- Currently, there are 17,370 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Furniture Finishers”.
Also Known As…
- Furniture Finishers
- Utility Spray Operator
- Stain Wiper
- Sprayer
- Sealer Sander
- Sander
- Lacquer Sprayer
- Hand Sander
- Furniture Repairer
- Furniture Finisher
- Finish Repair Worker
- Wooden Furniture Polisher
- Wood Polisher
- Wood Grainer
- Wood Finisher
- Wood Filler
- Wood Coater
- Wood Cabinet Finisher
- Varnish Finisher
- Television Cabinet Finisher
- Stain Sprayer
- Shade Sprayer Operator
- Repair Technician
- Refinisher
- Recoater
- Piano Refinisher
- Patch Man
- Machine Grainer
- Hardwood Finisher
- Grainer
- Furniture Technician
- Furniture Sander
- Furniture Restorer
- Furniture Repair Technician
- Furniture Refinisher
- Furniture Polisher
- Furniture Finishing Technician
- Furniture Finisher Apprentice
- Frame Repairer
- Finisher
- Finish Patcher
- Caner
- Cabinet Finisher
- Antiquer
- Antique Refinisher
- Antique Finisher
Tasks for “Chair Finisher”
- Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders.
- Examine furniture to determine the extent of damage or deterioration, and to decide on the best method for repair or restoration.
- Distress surfaces with woodworking tools or abrasives before staining to create an antique appearance, or rub surfaces to bring out highlights and shadings.
- Mix finish ingredients to obtain desired colors or shades.
- Paint metal surfaces electrostatically, or by using a spray gun or other painting equipment.
- Confer with customers to determine furniture colors or finishes.
- Remove excess solvent, using cloths soaked in paint thinner.
- Design, create, and decorate entire pieces or specific parts of furniture, such as draws for cabinets.
- Stencil, gild, emboss, mark, or paint designs or borders to reproduce the original appearance of restored pieces, or to decorate new pieces.
- Remove accessories prior to finishing, and mask areas that should not be exposed to finishing processes or substances.
- Wash surfaces to prepare them for finish application.
- Disassemble items to prepare them for finishing, using hand tools.
- Follow blueprints to produce specific designs.
- Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.
- Treat warped or stained surfaces to restore original contours and colors.
- Brush bleaching agents on wood surfaces to restore natural color.
- Brush, spray, or hand-rub finishing ingredients, such as paint, oil, stain, or wax, onto and into wood grain and apply lacquer or other sealers.
- Spread graining ink over metal portions of furniture to simulate wood-grain finish.
- Select appropriate finishing ingredients such as paint, stain, lacquer, shellac, or varnish, depending on factors such as wood hardness and surface type.
- Recommend woods, colors, finishes, and furniture styles, using knowledge of wood products, fashions, and styles.
- Remove old finishes and damaged or deteriorated parts, using hand tools, stripping tools, sandpaper, steel wool, abrasives, solvents, or dip baths.
- Replace or refurbish upholstery of items, using tacks, adhesives, softeners, solvents, stains, or polish.
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