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| 85 days ago |
Repairing plaster before painting - 1 reply Well this is alot of wood working as a topic, but here are so many jocks with answers I thought someone may have run into this before. We have a store built in 1857. Plaster over soft brick. We are putting an antique mall in 2 large rooms. We tried to paint the plaster and the Kilz curled and fell off. There has been moisture problems in the pas... |
| 112 days ago |
Scroll Saw Info - 3 replies Hi, I’m seeking information what type of scroll saw blades to purchase for cutting 3/4 inch pine boards. The cuts are not going to be real intricate, but I cant make them on my band saw. I need to have the edges be fairly clean. Thank you so much for your time, Noel. |
| 144 days ago |
Olive Oil For Food Safe Finish? - 21 replies I made several breadboards and wanted to do a food safe finish. The lady I sold my first one to said she always uses olive oil on her food safe wood. Well, I have olive oil already, so would it work as well as a product that I would have to purchase for a food safe finish? I will be selling some of these to the public. What little I know about f... |
| 276 days ago |
Quilt case small glass sides - 3 replies I had a customer come in today and asked if I could make a small quilt case, glass sides and possibly glass top. Small size for quilt folded in 3rds. I guess it looks like a small coffee table to show off a quilt. Has anyone seen these or built it? Thank you, Noel. |
| 308 days ago |
Moisture in lumber - 5 replies Ok, this is back to the basics for me. I built a pine cabinet one year ago. I saw it yesterday and the boards had shrunk. There were 1/2 inch gaps in the back and sides. The door had warped. I have heard of taking readinfgs on the moaiture in lumber and need to know more about this. Is there a range that you can go by so this wont happen again? ... |
| 321 days ago |
Sanding Sealer Question - 6 replies Winter time and working indoors without ventilation. I have a question about sanding sealers. I am still working with some pine that may leak sap. I need to seal the wood and am looking for a cost effective product. This is primitive furniture so finish is rough. I stain, seal, and then glaze and wax with water based products. The seal is my pro... |
| 390 days ago |
Antique painted finish - 5 replies I have found that acrylic latex works on some of my projects and coveres well. I am ready to move to the next level of antique painting going past the crackle paint. I have seen some items that really look aged. I wonder if they are using a sand blaster to age the paint? I have also seen items where the paint is starting to peal off. I have not ... |
| 455 days ago |
Kiln Dried Pine - 2 replies Hi, I am still kicking around some ideas about pine boards. The pine wood 1×12s I have had in the past were air dried and leaked sap all over the place. Is there a kiln dried pine board that will not leak sap, or a better grade of pine that I could purchase? If so I am looking for a distributor that will shipp or is loacted in the South wes... |
| 462 days ago |
Windsor chair finishing - 5 replies Hi, well I’m off on a new adventure. I need to put a black distressed finish on a Para Wood Windsor chair. I am wanting to know if I should go with black paint and what to protect it with. Or could I go with several coats of ebony stain and seal it with a gel topcoat or shelac? I need to learn this within several weeks. Anyone have the bes... |
| 497 days ago |
Pine Boards Leak Sap - 19 replies Hi, I have been building projects with new pine lumber. Sometimes the boards leak sap. I have used Zinseer sanding sealer and that seems to help hold in the sap. I tried to take a shortcut and not use sanding sealer. The cabinet that I had sold leaked so bad on the door I had to take it back and replace it. I cant afford to have this happen agai... |
| 503 days ago |
Quilt Hanging Rack Parts - 6 replies Hi, I have a large amount of Red Oak lumber and I want to make some quilt hanging racks. This would be the kind that is the basic two pieces of board held together by a wooden knobs and screws. I want them to be as nice as possible for resale. I just dont know where to purchase a heavy duty wooden knob and bolt that would have good threads in th... |
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