Wood 1019 Spot Repair II: Jerry Behrens visits DCTC Wood Finishing Program to talk about touch-up work

Jerry Behrens was in talking with the students about some advance touch-up. He was happy to share his years of expertise with the class, do a demo, and was open for questions. Jerry, a former grad of NIWF (class of 1989), has also served on the NIWF board since 1992.

Jerry was the Touch-Up Technician for Gepharts Furniture, until he accepted a position as a Technical Sales Representative with Mohawk Finishing Products Inc. in 1992, he was awarded the National workshop instructor Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Rep, and Goal Buster in his first year with Mohawk! He was also a three time member of the President's Club (top 5 in company). Next Jerry accepted the Vice President position with national franchiser Kitchen Tune-up where he does technical training for new franchises and on-going support for existing franchises.
He has also wrote, produced, and hosted two Wood Restoration Videos.

Wood 1007 Methods of Fastening: Re-Glueing a chair

Methods of Fastening covers the dismantling and rebuilding of furniture joints. In wood working (Wood 1004) we learned how to repair or replace furniture components, now we take those repaired or replaced components and rebuild our furniture. Here you can see some chairs being re-glued.

Wood 1019 Spot Repair II: DCTC visits Schniederman's Furniture

NIWF students went on a field trip to Schniederman's Furniture warehouse and meet some of the graduates of the NIWF program. Kathy Morse (in the green shirt), a past graduate and now employee of Schniedermans gave us a tour of the warehouse and demonstrated some repair techniques as well. There were opportunities for the students to try these new techniques with the Master Technicians.

A Master Leather Technician at Schniederman's shows the students real world leather repair techniques on furniture that is soon to hit the showroom floor.

Students get lots of opportunities to see professionals working, it is crucial that they see the hows and whys of the entire process. To go out and see masters making a living using the same skills that they are learning at the National Institute of Wood Finishing in invaluable!