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Novice Question - How to finish plywood for a built in desk

Started by mctubster, 16th May 2012 10:03 PM

Replies: 3
Views: 2,371

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th June 2012 03:26 PM; by mctubster

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G'day from the mid north coast

Started by Valley2surf, 10th June 2012 09:55 AM

60s, beautiful, box, build, caravan, cedar, coast, connecting, dining, doors, encyclopaedia, fly, forum, forward, french, gday, hand, mid, mind, north, plan, projects, red, reference, revarnish/stain, sand, stain, timber, tools, wooden

Replies: 9
Views: 2,239

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th June 2012 10:30 PM; by Valley2surf

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Advice needed - how to restore table and chairs

Started by Dengue, 9th June 2012 11:34 AM

advice, boards, chairs, combination, corners, crannies, curved, damage, finish, job, legs, lot, needed, nooks, outfit, paint, polyeurethane, remove, restore, rid, seats, shortened, solid, stain, table, timber, timbers, varnish, water, wearing

Replies: 2
Views: 2,434

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th June 2012 06:14 PM; by Claw Hama

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RESTORATION

removing excess stain 'gunk'

Started by yugyug, 27th May 2012 09:59 PM

adheres, advance, bamboo, bit, cabinet, dilute, doh, excess, feast, gunk, guy, hoping, mineral, partial, ply, re-staining, removing, residue, sanding, scrap, softens, solution, spirit, stain, stained, strongly, success, tips, turps, watson

Replies: 7
Views: 3,046

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st June 2012 01:49 PM; by Bob38S

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Sikkens colour to match meranti bifold doors into the merbau deck

Started by KMR, 31st May 2012 03:09 PM

bifold, cetol, closest, colour, coloured, deck, doors, filter, hls, light, match, meranti, merbau, products, recommend, sikkens, stain

Replies: 0
Views: 3,296

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st May 2012 03:09 PM; by KMR

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Asked by Daughter to fix the benchtop

Started by TheDad, 30th May 2012 08:49 PM

700kms, albury, asked, based, benchtop, burn, daughter, difference, finish, finished, fix, freezing, friday, home, ideas, makes, mark, pine, polyprop, refinish, sanded, stain, suspect, timber, toes, turps, visiting, water

Replies: 0
Views: 1,485

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th May 2012 08:49 PM; by TheDad

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FINISHING

Finishing brushbox stair banister

Started by jtaus67, 28th May 2012 11:07 AM

advice, banister, brushbox, coastal, colours, completed, finish, finished, finishes, finishing, floors, guessing, guidance, hardware, hit, issue, natural, oiling, respect, salt, seek, shop, spoil, spot, stain, stain/varnish, stair, suffice, wood, worried

Replies: 4
Views: 1,825

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th May 2012 05:58 PM; by jtaus67

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Green Tinge in new Red Cedar Doors

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 23rd May 2012 04:20 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,282

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd May 2012 04:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Staining over filled cracks?

Started by steck, 18th May 2012 11:57 AM

advice, camphor, crack, cracks, cut, doh, eagerly, fill, filled, greystain, ideas, invisible, laurel, lighter, nasty, patterns, platter, poly, product, refinishing, scratches, sections, soughtu, stain, staining, suggestions, superglue, timber, wipe-on, wood

Replies: 6
Views: 1,899

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th May 2012 11:55 AM; by Bob38S

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Wood Conditioner

Started by audisadi, 2nd May 2012 10:14 AM

appreciated, australians, bit, conditioner, directly, distribute, fairly, feast, furniture, garden, generalization, i.e, outdoor, pine, pre-stain, preparation, product, product/technique, recommendations, rep, sales, sample, sound, stain, suggestions, tested, told, treatment, watson, wood

Replies: 8
Views: 11,588

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th May 2012 08:12 PM; by Arron

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Help with Cherry Stain

Started by spartan, 15th May 2012 10:46 PM

advice, appreciated, attempt, bed, bedsides, bit, browner, call, cherry, closer, colour, current, feast, followe, found, guys, help/suggestions, jarrah, manufacturer, maple, match, proceed, prooftint, recipe, stain, stained, tables, timber, warren, watson

Replies: 2
Views: 1,223

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th May 2012 08:12 PM; by spartan

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Question about mirotone

Started by Wood and Wool, 28th April 2012 07:29 PM

advise/help, apply, appreciated, coat, coats, coffee, coloured, dark, easier, easiest, easy, furniture, guess, guessing, home, is;, jarrah, job, marks, match, mirotone, potential, question, sand, stain, stripped, table, underneath, varnish, wood

Replies: 8
Views: 2,289

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd May 2012 09:39 PM; by powderpost

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FINISHING

Restoration - Old Silky Oak Desk

Started by stephenoutram, 22nd April 2012 12:57 PM

cabinet, clean, comments, condition, darkish, desk, drawer-fronts, durable, finish, fixed, framing, furniture, grateful, intended, natural, oak, photos, piece--which, pieces, planks, projects, ready, removed, restoration, silky, stain, stickers, timber, top, top--originally

Replies: 2
Views: 4,933

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th April 2012 04:29 PM; by stephenoutram

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RESTORATION

Newbie advice for staining?

Started by VisualPun, 22nd April 2012 03:07 PM

2tsup, 5-10, advice, apply, appreciated, cabots, computer, correct, daft, decided, desk, eastern, excess, feast, gloss, guys, hey, hoping, idea, lacquer, link, mahogany, newbie, questions, rag, sized, stain, staining, table, wipe

Replies: 6
Views: 1,634

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th April 2012 11:18 PM; by VisualPun

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Stain on 50yo Jarrah Table

Started by Bootie, 17th April 2012 01:50 PM

50yo, advice, apply, attached, bit, bring, carpenter, deep, easy, experienced, finish, fix, garage, heavy, hoping, jarrah, leave, life, lightly, melissa, person, photo, prominent, provide, sanded, stain, table, tips, top, w.a

Replies: 5
Views: 2,358

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th April 2012 07:34 PM; by Hermit

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Where to purchase colour stains (green) in Melbourne?

Started by jmoore65, 24th April 2012 01:40 PM

alder, applied, art, body, build, bunnings, carry, colour, cour, dealer, fast, feast, finished, green, guitar, ink, john, melbourne, planning, purchase, sanded, solid, stain, stains, supply, tru-oil, water-based, watson, wondering, wood

Replies: 3
Views: 3,121

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th April 2012 05:23 PM; by Mulgabill

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FINISHING

Suitable stain to match faded Meranti on Pine

Started by rogerjenkins, 23rd April 2012 08:48 PM

appreciated, client, coffee, doors, faded, greatly, helpful, holiday, house, ideas, lounge, match, meranti, pine, radiata, requests, roger, round, stain, suggestions, suitable, table, timberwork, twenty-five, windows

Replies: 1
Views: 1,954

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th April 2012 05:40 AM; by dr4g0nfly

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FINISHING

Re-staining a Bookcase

Started by metalastic, 15th April 2012 02:19 PM

advance, bookcase, bookcase-, colour, finish, ian, identical, inherited, light, option, pine, re-stain, re-staining, recently, restaining, rosewood, sand, stain, stained, timber, top

Replies: 1
Views: 1,898

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd April 2012 08:10 PM; by austermite

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FINISHING

What stains can I use under shellac / french polishing?

Started by berntd, 15th April 2012 04:30 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

applyhing, appreciated, based, bernt, black, blotchy, bunnings, dark, dissolves, dyes, feast, french, greatly, hints, ideas, japan, partially, polishing, range, refinishing, shellac, shelves, spritis, stain, stains, traditional, tups, watson, wattyl, whalnut

Replies: 18
Views: 8,232

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd April 2012 07:00 PM; by RETIRED

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Want an old weatherboard look - help!

Started by TTIT, 16th April 2012 10:47 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

20mm, bits, craft, darkening, expose, finishes, hoping, idea, ideas, lightly, milk, model, paint, pine, played, raw, sanding, scale, shaped, spirit, stain, stained, suggestions, thinking, timber, type, weatherboard, weatherboards, weathered, wide

Replies: 15
Views: 4,099

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th April 2012 01:23 AM; by bsrlee

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To Stain or to Bleach?

Started by VisualPun, 15th April 2012 04:26 PM

90%, american, appreciated, beech, bleach, building, colors, contrast, dark, decided, easier, eastern, feeling, insists, left, light/dark, lighter, mahogany, primary, project, resistant, run, stain, stained, staining, started, table, timber, timbers, wondering

Replies: 1
Views: 1,332

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th April 2012 11:27 PM; by StuartMcC

Forum:
FINISHING

HELP! Finishing Tree Stump

Started by meds613, 4th April 2012 12:42 AM

bark, completely, core, damp, dated, day, dry, drying, fallen, finish, finishing, log, maple, month, months, multiple, note, pic, seal, sealed, seat, section, stain, staining, stripped, stump, table, tree, wait, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 3,500

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th April 2012 12:42 AM; by meds613

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MDF Off Cuts

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 22nd March 2012 05:50 AM

0.5, 17cm, coasters, cuts, decorate, ideas, mdf, measuring, outdoor, paint, plse, read, renovateforum.com, seal, square, stain, thread, tile, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 1,508

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd March 2012 05:50 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Problems with staining veneer - Help!

Started by zanlation, 28th February 2012 02:27 PM

2-4, applied, apply, brush, cloth, coatings, considered, consistent, cover, days, dry, finishing, glue, glued, grit, left, lint-free, oak, oil, patchy, plywood, poor, problems, sanded, sink, soaked, stain, staining, veneer, waited

Replies: 9
Views: 3,038

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th March 2012 09:24 PM; by Gaza

Forum:
FINISHING

sand after stain?

Started by forunna, 3rd March 2012 09:42 PM

based, cabots, craig, drying, jsut, people, quicky, sand, stain, straight, varnish, water

Replies: 4
Views: 1,519

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th March 2012 07:28 PM; by forunna

Forum:
FINISHING

Restoring/finishing turned chairs

Started by snowyskiesau, 7th February 2012 02:34 PM

antiques, approach, bits, chairs, clean, colour, coming, couple, design, detailed, don;t, examples, fairly, finish, finishing, gloss, light, lot, matt, pictures, pieces, prior, refinishing, repair, restoring or finishing, stain, suit, timber, travelling, turned

Replies: 6
Views: 2,314

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th March 2012 02:07 PM; by wheelinround

Forum:
RESTORATION

tas oak rocking cradle finishing advice please!

Started by lsd4me07, 30th January 2012 09:54 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

180grit, acheive, advice, appreciated, attached, bars, beautiful, building, color, cradle, difference, finish, finishing, furniture, greatly, hassle, lasting, match, nursery, oak, picture, project, question, rest, rocking, spent, stain, tas, treadle, woods

Replies: 17
Views: 3,929

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st March 2012 10:37 PM; by ian

Forum:
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What is a nice dark brown timber?

Started by Antonio Saleh, 25th February 2012 10:10 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

antonio, appreciated, brown, colour, dark, due, finish, forum, frustrated, lead, nice, oblivious, research, search, stain, straight, timber

Replies: 18
Views: 4,821

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th February 2012 08:35 PM; by ian

Forum:
FINISHING

Wattlt Estapol 7008 used over Wattyl Interior stain

Started by Gavin Cahill, 29th February 2012 01:55 PM

7008, estapol, interior, pack, stain, wattlt, wattyl

Replies: 0
Views: 1,695

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th February 2012 01:55 PM; by Gavin Cahill

Forum:
FINISHING

Black Japan - Japan Black ???

Started by thumb trimmer, 16th February 2012 08:54 PM

ago, black, couple, finding, finished, fro, impossible, japan, match, mate, mine, nowt, poly, pre-mixed, purchase, recently, shellac, shelving, stain, unit, units

Replies: 7
Views: 2,208

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th February 2012 07:13 PM; by mic-d

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FINISHING

Advice on sanding, and on masking stain

Started by projectitis, 17th February 2012 08:18 PM

advice, bare, birch, bleed, edges, finish, firmly, line, mask, masking, nice, painters, peter, ply, push, questions, sand, sanding, smoothest, stain, straight, tape, timber

Replies: 1
Views: 1,433

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th February 2012 07:08 PM; by projectitis

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FINISHING

Spraying a stain

Started by garfield, 27th January 2012 09:47 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advise, appreciated, bed, building, buy, experienced, geoff, price, son, spray, spraying, stain, staining, sydney, type, western, wondering

Replies: 28
Views: 3,220

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2012 06:23 AM; by greek carpenter

Forum:
FINISHING

ray haas needs help.

Started by Ray Haas, 2nd February 2012 12:37 AM

advise, antique, bait, blistered, dark, died, dining, forum, found, french, haas, holiday, left, love, loves, mahogany, polish, polished, rat, ray, restoration, return, rotted, stain, table, wife

Replies: 2
Views: 1,560

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th February 2012 01:31 AM; by auscab

Forum:
RESTORATION

Refreshing baby's cot

Started by cray-, 15th January 2012 01:37 PM

accurate, adapt, assume, baby, beginner, bit, board, camera, change, cheap, color, cot, darker, gentle, hand, instruction, judge, knowledge, match, orbital, photos, refreshing, safely, samples, sand, sandpaper, sheets, stain, table, tips

Replies: 2
Views: 14,315

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st February 2012 10:55 AM; by old pete

Forum:
FINISHING

Oil over acrylic paint?

Started by Pogo02, 29th December 2011 06:32 AM

acrylic, applied, apply, avoid, bob, brushes, durable, experimenting, finish, food-/childsafe, grain, lot, oil, option, paint, rag, rid, smooth, spraying, stain, thinned, toys

Replies: 4
Views: 6,642

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st December 2011 08:46 PM; by Pogo02

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FINISHING

Stripper

Started by rohinmyson, 29th December 2011 06:07 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,227

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th December 2011 06:07 PM; by rohinmyson

Forum:
FINISHING

Australian Red Cedar coffee table

Started by Andrew Miller, 6th December 2011 08:37 AM

;position, appreciated, australian, cedar, coats, coffee, durable, finish, finishing, gift, house, ideas, lacquer, lasting, light, low, maintenance, oil, planning, red, relatives, reoiled, spray, stage, stain, suggestions, table

Replies: 3
Views: 2,758

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th December 2011 10:53 AM; by Andrew Miller

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FINISHING

Jarrah problem...desparately need HELP....

Started by kekemo, 15th November 2011 08:58 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

apply, cabot, cabots, colour, desparately, drat, fill, filler, gals, gaps, guy, hear, jarrah, life, pictures, pine, problem desparately, problemdesparately, putty, rest, seat, seeking, solo, stain, stick, stupid, surface, timber, whisper, woman

Replies: 19
Views: 8,999

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th December 2011 12:18 AM; by kekemo

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FINISHING

table with water damage

Started by nethergate, 30th November 2011 07:38 AM

5mm, advice, bit, cat, cloth, cover, cracks, damage, deep, doesn’t, heaps, helped, iron, it’s, i’m, james, lacker, life, moisture, photo, pine, rest, stain, stuff, table, tonight, touch, towel, water, wood

Replies: 6
Views: 2,018

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th December 2011 07:30 AM; by nethergate

Forum:
RESTORATION

Darkening light Jarrah

Started by gra9782, 25th November 2011 06:24 PM

advance, black, boards, darken, darkening, dining, dyes, experience, finishing, furniture, gra9782, green, helpful, info, jarrah, lacquer, light, lighter, pieces, pointers, presume, products, red, stain, tint, tints, trick

Replies: 4
Views: 2,955

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd December 2011 10:40 AM; by rod1949

Forum:
FINISHING

oak table restoration

Started by jw2170, 8th November 2011 02:50 PM

120grit, antique, believes, chairs, color, comments, darker, finish, folding, friend, jacobean, oak, original, purchased, re-stain, restoration, sandpaper, section, set, stain, suggested, suggestion, table, test, tips, type, upside, varnish, welcomed, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 2,301

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th November 2011 05:37 PM; by jw2170

Forum:
RESTORATION

Advice on re-finishing oregon desk

Started by la Huerta, 4th November 2011 01:31 PM

advice, antique, awsome, bits, blend, coat, color, desk, finish, giving, handsand, light, loosing, manufactured, orange, oregon, poly, refinishing, remove, rough, scratched, shallac, shiny, soft, stain, suggest, thinking, tidy, top, wipe

Replies: 4
Views: 1,967

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th November 2011 06:35 PM; by la Huerta

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FINISHING

ubeaut traditional wax over wattyl stain?

Started by metalnwood, 16th October 2011 07:16 AM

anymore, coating, coats, compatible, english, estapol, guys, ideal, jason, mahogany, picture, product, rebuilding, speakers, stain, starting, thinking, time, traditional, ubeaut, wattyl, wax, wondering

Replies: 2
Views: 2,146

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th October 2011 11:47 AM; by FenceFurniture

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FINISHING

Paint or Stain?

Started by ceilingsofperth, 30th September 2011 10:15 PM

bed, black, built, buy, correctly, finish, furniture, grain, house, matt, nice, original, paint, pine, plan, queen, sheets, size, spray, stain, stick, visible, white, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 1,575

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2011 09:01 PM; by ceilingsofperth

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FINISHING

staining dark timber to make it lighter?

Started by pkjames, 2nd October 2011 04:58 PM

bit, bought, cheers, color, colour, consistent, dark, darker, differentoo, flooring, gdat, gum, input, james, lighter, make, maple, match, mates, nsw, replacing, slap, sort, spotted, stain, staining, suggestions, timber, weekend, wrong

Replies: 12
Views: 4,633

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2011 05:43 PM; by rustynail

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FINISHING

More durable finish over Hard Shellac?

Started by rhancock, 11th September 2011 09:29 PM

2-part, abused, beech, bench, built, coats, cover, deck, durable, earlier, finish, finished, hard, ikea, kids, lives, months, offcuts, perch, question, remove, shellac, stain, tough, ubeauts, usage, walnut, wear, worktop

Replies: 2
Views: 1,586

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th September 2011 10:22 PM; by rhancock

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FINISHING

Help to keep stain from soaking into other areas?

Started by Babylon5, 9th September 2011 03:53 PM

areas, black, board, colour, contrast, easily, engraved, issue, lighten, nice, penetrating, photo, photo carved, pine, product, prooftint, reduce, remove, sand, sandable, sanding, sealer, shane, shellac, soaking, stain, stayed, top, wiping, woodworkers

Replies: 3
Views: 1,918

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th September 2011 12:47 PM; by Babylon5

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FINISHING

NGR - to stain or not to stain...

Started by woodmark, 31st August 2011 02:18 PM

aim, applying, bit, brown, colour, considerably, couple, darken, darkening, doors, enhance, flakes, grain, hue, inevitably, light, ngr, occur, pattern, poly, possibly, sanding, sealer, shellac, stain, thoughts/ideas, timber, understand, visually, wondering

Replies: 1
Views: 1,992

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st August 2011 02:45 PM; by RufflyRustic

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FINISHING

Dragon's Blood

Started by mic-d, 21st August 2011 12:43 PM

blood, derived, dracaena, dragon, dragons, finish, imitation, impure, incense-grade, mahogany, online, prooftint, recipe, refined, resin, source, stain

Replies: 4
Views: 1,653

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st August 2011 07:03 PM; by RedShirtGuy

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FINISHING

Satin Poly Still Too Much Sheen

Started by 4speed, 14th August 2011 09:52 AM

added, advance, age, bare, compared, dull, fine, finish, floor, furniture, house, massive, match, oak, obvious, original, pieces, planks, poly, recoat, repaired, satin, sheen, shined, stain, steel, suggestions, toned, wood, wool

Replies: 2
Views: 1,846

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th August 2011 02:30 PM; by 4speed

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FINISHING

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