How do they match: Furniture Finishers

  • Machine Grainer
  • Utility Spray Operator

  • Disassemble items to prepare them for finishing, using hand tools.
  • Distress surfaces with woodworking tools or abrasives before staining to create an antique appearance, or rub surfaces to bring out highlights and shadings.
  • Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.
  • Paint metal surfaces electrostatically, or by using a spray gun or other painting equipment.
  • Remove old finishes and damaged or deteriorated parts, using hand tools, stripping tools, sandpaper, steel wool, abrasives, solvents, or dip baths.
  • Spread graining ink over metal portions of furniture to simulate wood-grain finish.

  • Operate grinding equipment.
  • Operate painting or coating equipment.
  • Remove accessories, tools, or other parts from equipment.