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Definition: Refinisher |
RefinisherNoun1. A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Finishes or refinishes damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish, utilizing knowledge of wood properties, finishes, and furniture styling: Disassembles article, masks areas adjacent to areas being finished, or removes accessories such as knobs and hinges, using handtools, to prepare article for finishing. Removes old finish from surfaces, using steel wool, sandpaper, or solvent and putty knife. Removes excess solvent with cloth immersed in paint thinner or sal soda. Applies plastic-putty, wood putty, or lacquer-stick to surface, using spatula or knife, to fill nicks, depressions, holes, and cracks. Smooths surface for finishing, using sandpaper or power sander. Selects finish ingredients and mixes them by hand or machine to obtain specified color or shade or to match existing finish. Brushes or sprays successive coats of stain, varnish, shellac, lacquer, or paint on workpiece. Grains wood or paints wood trim, using graining roller, comb, sponge, or brush. Polishes and waxes finished surfaces. May restore wood to natural color, using bleaching acid and neutralizer. May spread graining ink over metal portions of surfaces with cheesecloth to simulate wood-grainlike finish. May finish piano and organ cases and be designated Piano-And-Organ Refinisher (woodworking). May finish mirror and picture frames and be designated according to type of finish applied as Powder Gilder (wood prod., nec); Whitener (wood prod., nec). May finish television receiver cabinets and be designated Television-Cabinet Finisher (woodworking). May finish wooden parts of custom-made firearms and be designated Finisher, Special Stocks (ordnance). May stain and finish surfaces of new furniture pieces to simulate antiques, bringing out highlights and shadings by rubbing surfaces with abrasives or cloth, and be designated Antiquer (furniture). (references) |
| Repairs defects, such as holes, cracks, and scratches, in finish of furniture or furniture stock: Examines each defective article to determine method of repair. Fills holes and cracks with shellac or wax, using heated blade to melt and spread wax and shellac. Removes varnish and smooths cracks and scratches with sandpaper. Applies stain to match furniture surface and varnish to protect surface, using brush or spray gun. Smooths and shapes repaired surface with sandpaper, pumice stone, steel wool, or chisel. Nails, screws, or glues broken or split parts together. Rubs glossy spots with pumice stone and oil, and polishes dull spots with wax to match surrounding finish. Dabs moistened cloth to and presses heated blade against dents and scratches to draw indentations to surface. May chisel out defective sections and replace them with patch matching color and grain. (references) | |
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Synonyms: RefinisherSynonyms: preserver (n), renovator (n), restorer (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Refinisher |
| Specialty definitions using "refinisher": DIAL REFINISHER ♦ FIGURE REFINISHER AND REPAIRER ♦ STOVE REFINISHER ♦ tank refinisher. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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furniture refinisher | 7 |
estee lauder idealist skin refinisher | 4 |
refinisher | 2 |
refinisher wood | 2 |
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Words beginning with "refinisher": refinishers. (additional references) | |
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"Refinisher" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Rheinische. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-h-i-i-n-r-r-s" | |
-2 letters: errhines, fineries, finisher, refiners, refinish, reifiers. | |
-3 letters: errhine, fernier, ferries, fierier, fishier, freshen, fresher, heifers, heinies, henries, herries, inheres, refiner, refines, refires, refresh, refries, rehires, reifier, reifies, rerisen, reshine, shinier. | |
-4 letters: enserf, feirie, ferine, finish, firers, fisher, freers, freres, friers, frisee, heifer, heinie, herein, hirers, infers, inhere, nereis, refers, refine, refire, rehire, rerise, rinser, seiner, serein, serine, sherif, shiner, shrine, sirree. | |
-5 letters: ernes, feres, ferns, finer, fines, finis, firer, fires, firns, freer, frees, frere, fresh, frier, fries, frise, heirs, heres, herns, hirer, hires, infer, neifs, nisei, reefs, refer, reifs, reins, resin, rifer, rinse, risen, riser, rishi, seine, serer, serif, serin, sheen, sheer, shier, shine, shire, shirr, siree, siren, sneer. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-h-i-i-n-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: refinishers. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100110 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e f i n i s h e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0066 0069 006E 0069 0073 0068 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52717275807585747184 |
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