Custom Finishing is a furniture refinishing business serving Columbus, Ohio, since 1977. Custom Finishing provides services including furniture refinishing, antique restoration, stripping, and repair. The business specializes in a wide range of custom stain and paint finishes such as antiquing, glazing, marbleizing, faux finishes, modeling, stippling, sponging, striated finishes, gold and silver leaf application, French polishing, hand striping, and highlighting. Custom Finishing also offers high gloss and hand-rubbed finishes, veneer repair, and parts duplication. The finishing process uses hand stripping, flow over, and dip tank methods with alkaline methylene chloride stripper and water wash. Main finishing products include aniline dyes and toners, oil stains, and nitrocellulose lacquers applied with a conventional pressurized air spray system. The business emphasizes sealing wood.
Antique Furniture Restoration Service
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Services and categories listed for this business.
Furniture RefinishingAntique RestorationStripping and RepairCustom Stain FinishesCustom Paint FinishesAntiquingGlazingMarbleizingGold and Silver Leaf ApplicationFrench PolishingVeneer RepairParts Duplication
What types of finishes does Custom Finishing specialize in?+
Custom Finishing specializes in custom stain and paint finishes including antiquing, glazing, marbleizing, faux finishes, stippling, sponging, gold and silver leaf, French polishing, hand striping, and highlighting.
Does Custom Finishing offer veneer repair services?+
Yes, Custom Finishing offers veneer repair and parts duplication services.
What finishing products are used by Custom Finishing?+
Custom Finishing uses aniline dyes and toners, oil stains, and nitrocellulose lacquers applied with a conventional pressurized air spray system.
How does Custom Finishing prepare wood before staining?+
Custom Finishing seals wood with aniline dye before staining to ensure uniform color and richness, and never stains raw wood directly.
What stripping methods does Custom Finishing use?+
Custom Finishing uses hand stripping, flow over, and dip tank methods with an alkaline methylene chloride stripper followed by a water wash.
Martin offers fair rates and does excellent work. Once I saw the workmanship he offers, I took some additional pieces in to be restored.
Note: the original piece we asked him to work on was an old secretary desk that had been built by my wife’s grandfather. It was in pretty bad shape from being moved over the years, but Martin was able to restore life to it. We’ve even made it a show peace in our home.
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Jared Snow
Mar 8, 2025
★★★★★5.0
I have dealt with Marty for over a decade on various projects and his work is always excellent. If you want something done well and done properly, Marty is your guy.
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Afj L.
Feb 18, 2019
★★★★★5.0
Martin is an honest skillful custom finishing expert. Small family shop, not so easy find. Wish there are more places like this.
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