Keeping a log of sets
The walk from the flea market back to the car is when most of the good ideas turn up.
None of this is expert advice; it is a record kept by people who like restoring. Most problems turned out to be about timing rather than technique.
The walk from the flea market back to the car is when most of the good ideas turn up.
The longest set so far took a whole winter, and we would happily repeat it.
On a slow Thursday evening the best plan is to tidy up, sharpen what needs it and leave early.
A Saturday at the attic shelf taught us more than three weeks of reading about it. We photograph every set from the same spot, which makes the bad ones easy to find later.