Specialty Tools/Products/Resources

Glues/Fasteners/Clamps

Titebond Wood Glue - One-part wood glue, water-resistant, indoor or exterior use, excellent sand ability.

Gorilla Wood Glue - water based adhesive with great holding power.  Requires 20 - 30 minutes of clamp time, fully cures in 24 hours, for use indoors or outdoors

JB Weld Quick Setting Epoxy - Fast setting two-part epoxy system for wood bonding and repairs. Sets in 6 minutes and cures to a light tan color in 1-3 hours and can be shaped, tapped, filed, sanded and drilled.

Goo Gone - for removing gooey messes – stickers, wax, markers, crayons, glue, tar, window decals, glitter, gum, labels etc. The citrus essential oils can be used as well.

E6000 - Most recommended by experienced flippers - Industrial strength craft adhesive that's ideal for bonding wood, fabric, leather, ceramic, glass, metal.

• Bonds to glass, wood, plastics, tin, metal, ceramic, cement, rubber, vinyl, leather, fabric and much more
• Temperature resistant
• Non-flammable once cured
• Safe for photographs
• Clear, waterproof and paintable
• Washer/dryer safe

Furniture Repair/Reconstruction/Redesign

Leg Attachment Plates - add interest, height, or update a look

Hair Pin Legs - Popular MCM legs for coffee tables, etc.

Furniture Gripper Pads - Place under furniture legs to protect floors and helps level furniture in hardwood and carpet situations.

Clamps - use for repair work, holding up your backgrounds for staging or for any of a dozen different uses. These are useful to have around.

• Band Clamps - For securing four corner gluing
• Spring Clamps - to hold backdrops, etc.
• Bar Clamps - use to secure glued wood pieces. These range in size from a few inches to 36+.
• Pipe Clamps - these are great for larger projects, just buy the length of pipe necessary for your piece

Rotary Tool - use the different attachments to carve, sand and reshape wood.

Tack Puller - to pull out staples, tacks, brads in upholstery

Work Bench - portable, compact sawhorse/work table

Lead Test Kit - Detects lead on most surfaces within 30 seconds.

Graining Tools - Use to create grain when using liquid wood.

Pick & Tool Set - for cleaning out hard to reach areas

Spatula Palette Knife - for use to add wood putty in hard to reach places

Furniture Moving/Packing/Storing

Furniture Sliders - For moving furniture around on carpet - great for those of you who have to move furniture around in your house to stage your pieces.

Permanent Glide Disks - Permanent nail-on furniture disks for table and chair legs.

Shrink Wrap - Packing and packaging, sealing jars and paint cans

Shoulder Dolly 2-Person Lifting and Moving System - users can move and lift heavy, bulky furniture.

Furniture Dollies - For moving heavy furniture pieces easily

• Four Wheeled - works great under pieces to easily move with one finger while painting
• Tri-dolly - For placing under chair legs or spread out under large pieces for mobility
• Hand truck (dolly) - For carrying heavy boxes, furniture, etc
  

Tools for Design

Prima Marketing Transfers - rub on transfers that can be distressed.

Stencils - these are reusable, which is an advantage over transfers. See below for a list of the many stencil companies. My favorite place to get stencils is Stencil Revolution.

Printable Image Transfers - The Graphics Fairy has a plethora of image transfers you print off and transfer onto your projects. You can also find them on Etsy.

Decorative Rollers - Iron Orchid Designs has about a dozen different rollers to add patterns to your pieces.

Silicone Moulds - for making your own decorative appliques. Paper clay is the most popular medium used in these molds. A new company has a more flexible medium, but is much more expensive - Form Flex Compound.

Cricut Machine - make your own decals