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Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.
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CLEAR hardwood finishes? -- moisture cure, etc. [32 articles]
I now have a new unfinished red oak hardwood floor installed in an apartment that I will be renting out. What I want is a truly *CLEAR* finish to put down on the new unfinished flooring. I h...
Minwax "Polyshades" -- why not for floors? [8 articles]
I started an earlier thread yesterday with the subject heading : "CLEAR hardwood finishes? -- moisture cure, etc.". I now have related question and I decided to post it as a separate topic in a...exterior stain for playset [9 articles]
I just built a playset out of pressure treated southern yellow pine. It looks OK but I would like to put some redwood stain on it to make it look nicer against the forest green slide and rockwall...Sawdust as lawn food [15 articles]
rlz - 2009-11-21 15:13:00 [In: Furniture | Landscaping & Gardening | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
Recently, I made my wife an oak desk, which created alot of sawdust.
I used my shopvac to clean it up. I started to just throw the sawdust
away in the trash can, but I wanted to ask around if sawdu...Score: Grandfather clock [9 articles]
HeyBub - 2009-11-17 10:47:00 [In: Furniture | Maintenance & Repair | ]
I went to an estate sale a couple of weekends ago and inquired about the
price of grandfather clock (GC). "$200" was the answer. I passed, but left
my card.
Last Monday I got a call saying seve...Cleaning residue on stained deck? [6 articles]
I have a natural cedar deck that I pressure washed and then stained with semi-solid this past spring. Came out quite nice. A good portion of this deck in under a maple tree on one side and oak tre...Stained ceiling tiles. [9 articles]
terry - 2009-11-15 13:20:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Bathrooms | Bedrooms | Driveways & Walkways | Furniture | Kitchens | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Siding & Exterior Covering | Walls & Ceilings | ]
This single floor, plus full in ground basement, bungalow, has
ceilings of those one foot square fibrous interlocking tiles.
In family room and the adjoining kitchen and hallway (About one third
of...Preserving paint brushes [7 articles]
Not@home - 2009-11-17 22:06:00 [In: Cleaning & Sanitizing | Furniture | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | ]
I have a collection of good brushes (natural bristle) that I keep for
fine painting, such as varnishing. I just finished varnishing the new
woodwork in a room we remodeled, and spent a lot of tim...Order of Operations to Refinish Table Top - DSCF4160 (Small).JPG (0/1) [8 articles]
frank1492 - 2009-11-13 17:05:00 [In: Furniture | ]
Note that the bare area has some raised grain and that there is
considerable staining.
I propose:
(1) Strip
(2) Sand
(3) Refinish with stain/poly combo.
I assume I will need to appl...Order of Operations to Refinish Table Top - DSCF4160 (Small).JPG (0/1) [4 articles]
frank1492 - 2009-11-14 15:53:00 [In: Furniture | ]
Note that the bare area has some raised grain and that there is
considerable staining.
I propose:
(1) Strip
(2) Sand
(3) Refinish with stain/poly combo.
I assume I will need to appl...Photo- Re: Order of Operations to Refinish Table Top [9 articles]
frank1492 - 2009-11-22 13:39:00 [In: Furniture | ]
As you can see, it's pretty nasty:
http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q40/bathman2/?action=view¤t=DSCF4160Small.jpg
...CFL vs Incandescent fixture rating [21 articles]
Gordon Shumway - 2009-11-17 19:22:00 [In: Furniture | Home Electronics | Lighting | Pest Control | Plumbing & Water Supply | ]
SWMBO just bought a new table lamp for the desk in our computer room.
This lamp will be replacing one that uses two (2) 75 watt Incandescent
bulbs. This new lamp uses only one (1) bulb. The label ...Refinishing a leather top table [5 articles]
dave - 2009-11-21 18:52:00 [In: Furniture | ]
Hello. I have a leather top coffee table that needs to be
refinished. Is it possible to do it with out messing up the
leather? It seems to me the stripper, no matter how mild, would
still be ab...Order of Operations to Refinish Tabletop: Poly Stays Tacky [6 articles]
frank1492 - 2009-11-24 14:38:00 [In: Furniture | ]
I was making good progress on this- had applied two coats of oil stain
and the surface seemed dry. Water marks pretty much gone.
Maybe I didn't wait long enough (it was at least 12 hours) after
...Can't lift grime of table saw [86 articles]
Sam Takoy - 2010-01-04 17:52:00 [In: Appliances | Furniture | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Kitchens | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | ]
Hi,
I'm rehabbing an old craftsman saw which has never been used but sat in
a garage for 20+ years. The tar paper had completely rusted into the
surfaces. I have cleaned it up substantially but...