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Need a lesson/help with sanding and finishing

Started by Lyle, 28th April 2012 08:08 PM

attached, cut, dried, driving, ease, finish, finishing, flash, gloss, grades, hard, insane, lesson or help, light, normal, photo, picks, plate, redone, sanding, sane, sctatches, speed, spray, start, steel, suggestions, timber, wool, wop

Replies: 11
Views: 1,937

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th April 2012 01:59 PM; by soundman

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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: 1,919

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

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FINISHING

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: 3,962

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

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FINISHING

Why are extension companies so much more expensive than a local builder?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd April 2012 07:10 PM

$100k, $10k, $150k, advice, ballpark, based, bigger, builder, builders, companies, cost, dealing, description, difference, drafting, estimates, estimating, extension, floor, grain, local, permits, price, read, renovateforum.com, salt, suggestions, surprised, thread, total

Replies: 0
Views: 2,081

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd April 2012 07:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Why are extension companies some much more expensive than a local builder?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd April 2012 03:00 PM

$100k, $10k, $150k, advice, appreciated, based, bigger, builder, builders, companies, cost, dealing, description, difference, drafting, estimates, estimating, extension, floor, grain, local, permits, price, read, renovateforum.com, salt, suggestions, surprised, thread, total

Replies: 0
Views: 1,334

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd April 2012 03:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Advertising your business

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 1st April 2012 12:40 PM

advertise/have, advertised, advertising, appreciated, business, cheers, cost, feedback, home, improvement, local, online, pages, paper, past, people, read, renovateforum.com, specific, success, suggestions, thinking, thread, title, toying, tru, wondering, worthit, yellowpages

Replies: 0
Views: 1,245

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st April 2012 12:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Tradie Insurance

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 25th March 2012 07:40 PM

allianz, anyones, companies, coverage, craig, experience, garage, hear, insurance, liability, post, public, read, renovateforum.com, site, standard, suggestions, suggests, thread, title, tools/equipment, tradesmen, tradie

Replies: 0
Views: 1,518

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th March 2012 07:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Hey G'day!

Started by josham, 10th March 2012 03:28 PM

advice, based, building, cheers, experience, experiences, finding, floor-to-ceiling, flooring, forum, forward, frame, framing, gday, happening, hey, hope, house, job, josh, offer, owner-builder, pole, return, roof, similar, situation, suggestions, tradesman, windows

Replies: 5
Views: 1,511

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th March 2012 07:51 AM; by JJF

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

restoration old chest drawers

Started by Pandora, 10th March 2012 07:37 AM

beautifully, brass, carcass, chest, covered, dabbed, damaging, drawer, drawers, finished, front, handles, hated, inside, justice, mahogany, metal/brass, nan, oak, original, pic, removed, replace, rescued, restoration, screws, stud, suggestions, throw, ugly

Replies: 2
Views: 2,553

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2012 03:11 PM; by AJ

Forum:
RESTORATION

Timber Fascia to Hollow Blue Board Wall...best way to fix

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th March 2012 01:40 PM

150mm, 75-100mm, advance, attached, blue, board, fascia, fasica, finish, fix, fixed, flush, forget, frame, hollow, line, method, picture, question, read, renovateforum.com, secure, stud, suggestions, thread, thumbnails, timber, top, trim, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 2,100

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2012 01:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Cat door in the floor?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 11th March 2012 11:00 AM

barge, boards, box, cat, creating, designed, door, draft, existing, exposure, flap, floor, googling, hole, horizontal, house, installation, lead, movies, permanent, read, renovateforum.com, repair, run, sort, suggested, suggestions, thread, vertical, western

Replies: 0
Views: 1,505

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th March 2012 11:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Flexible, durable finish for a wooden vehicle

Started by projectitis, 14th February 2012 06:42 PM

4-ply, bunnings, called, crack, durable, electric, exposure, fibreglass, finish, flexible, laminated, layers, local, matt, means, peter, ply, product, scooter, suggested, suggestions, suitable, sun, surface, thin, tissue, told, vehicle, weather, wooden

Replies: 6
Views: 1,788

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2012 08:15 PM; by projectitis

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FINISHING

Unknown Finish....Please Help

Started by Keith J, 16th February 2012 10:20 AM

$1500, bought, damaged, don’t, dry, epoxy, feet, fiji, finding, finger, finish, finishplease, flakes, horse, idea, keith, nail, paid, recent, run, scraped, scrapings, shellac, sticky, suggestions, tiny, trip, unknown, upset, wax

Replies: 0
Views: 983

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th February 2012 10:20 AM; by Keith J

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FINISHING

best waxy white shellac supplier ?

Started by JDarvall, 10th February 2012 06:40 PM

bulk, buy, jake, perchance, sell, shellac, suggestions, supplier, waxy, white

Replies: 7
Views: 2,864

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th February 2012 07:00 AM; by JDarvall

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FINISHING

Leaky roof - tiled roof

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 15th February 2012 06:10 AM

and/or, blow, chronic, covering, degrees, excessive, experience, gap, half, handled, heavy, lead, leaks, leaves, lletting, overlap, question, rains, read, renovateforum.com, roof, strip, suggestions, thinking, thread, tile, tiled, volume, water, wind

Replies: 0
Views: 1,934

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th February 2012 06:10 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

One handed locksmith going nuts

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th February 2012 09:20 PM

alright, bigger, bit, cut, door, filler, gracefull-lilly, handed, handful, handles, hole, huge, inside, job, laundry, lock, locked, locks, locksmith, mortice, neat, omgosh, read, renovateforum.com, reply, shower, suggestions, thinking, times, toilet

Replies: 0
Views: 1,281

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th February 2012 09:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Tv reception, our new roof and the lost SBS channels!!

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 12th February 2012 05:50 PM

analogue, antenna, bit, brilliant, channels, cheers, city, corrugated, council, fix, funny, happened, ideas, insulation, leave, lost, moved, off-white, preference, read, reception, renovateforum.com, roof, sbs, space, suggestions, thread, tiles, transmissions, vincent

Replies: 0
Views: 1,413

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th February 2012 05:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

blocking heat through glass in laundry door

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 7th February 2012 08:10 PM

afternoon, attached, bit, block, blocking, bond, colour, coming, diy, door, doors, glass, heat, house, laundry, putting, read, reflection, renovateforum.com, reply, roof, sheet, straight, suggestions, thread, thumbnails, tint, tinted, western, worth

Replies: 0
Views: 1,249

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th February 2012 08:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Painting glazed terracotta roof tiles

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 6th February 2012 05:50 PM

adhere, afford, appreciated, colour, experience, glaze, glazed, house, match, paint, painting, prepare, read, renovateforum.com, replace, roof, scheme, suggestions, terracotta, thread, tiles, time

Replies: 0
Views: 3,274

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th February 2012 05:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

glare off new colorbond roof

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 5th February 2012 10:00 PM

advice, colorbond, dora, eye, fence, forums, found, gday, glare, ground, house, ideas, inside, lessen, level, middle, read, renovateforum.com, roof, slopes, stumped, suggestions, sun, suspect, technical, thinking, thread, time, trawling, whitewash

Replies: 0
Views: 1,963

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th February 2012 10:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Cheapest window material

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd February 2012 10:20 PM

about800mmm, attached, cheapest, covering, height, ladder, laserlite, length, light, material, metres, moment, plastic, rain, read, reinforced, renovateforum.com, rented, reply, roofing, shed, sheet, sort, suggestions, thread, thumbnails, transparent, waterproof, window, windows

Replies: 0
Views: 1,198

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd February 2012 10:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Advice on whether brick arches are load bearing

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 25th January 2012 06:50 PM

advice, arch, arches, avoid, bearing, bit, brick, bricks, cost, double, engineer, floor, floorboards, frame, guys, gyprock, hallway, hoping, load, original, read, remove, renovateforum.com, square, suggestions, thread, timber, top, wall, walls

Replies: 0
Views: 1,721

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th January 2012 06:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Finishes to Cyress Pine flooring

Started by rod13, 20th January 2012 11:43 PM

boards, burnished, considered, cypress, cyress, environmentally, fairly, finish, finished, finishes, floorboards, flooring, friendly, house, jarrah, low, organoil, pine, polyurethane, previously, product, re-finish, rod, sand, success, suggestions, tough, unsure, voc, wearing

Replies: 6
Views: 8,901

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd January 2012 11:19 AM; by twosheds

Forum:
FINISHING

Mahogany mat finnish

Started by Hilary, 5th December 2011 10:38 PM

ago, basically, bought, buddha, close, damage, dark, day, drying, finnish, hilary, huge, husband, inside, mahogany, mat, natural, prevent, process, product, shiny, statue, stay, sticky, suggestions, tones, treated, untreated, vietnam, wood

Replies: 2
Views: 1,518

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st January 2012 07:40 AM; by StuartMcC

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FINISHING

new toys

Started by waco mill man, 10th January 2012 12:33 PM

900, edger, heading, kansas, n.c, pick, suggestions, talon, toys, trip

Replies: 3
Views: 2,058

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th January 2012 06:13 PM; by Scott

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MEMBERS TRANSPORT

G'day

Started by 1eyedjosh, 26th December 2011 10:26 PM

Replies: 5
Views: 1,196

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th January 2012 10:48 PM; by Grommett

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

African Ash Finish

Started by wheelinround, 1st January 2012 05:19 PM

african, ash, chippy, coat, danish, experience, finish, finishes, hand, i/we, lacquer, mdf, nitro, oil, original, ray, real, retain, sanding, satin, shelf, spray, suggestions, tad, thin, timber, timberlac, top, yellowing, yrs

Replies: 2
Views: 1,711

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2012 07:31 AM; by wheelinround

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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: 2,744

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

Forum:
FINISHING

Clear grain filler

Started by Arron, 19th December 2011 01:03 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

arron, aus, cheers, clear, common, crystalac, filler, finishes, folks, glues, grain, mcfeelys, perfect, shellac, suggestion, suggestions, suitable, talc, transparent, white, wood, woodgrain

Replies: 23
Views: 6,152

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd December 2011 09:56 PM; by Arron

Forum:
FINISHING

Suggestions for recycled hardwood

Started by g_coopster, 8th December 2011 01:39 PM

box, chair, finish, furniture, happy, hardwood, natural, protect, purchased, recycled, sealer, storage, suggestions, timber, wax

Replies: 1
Views: 1,345

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th December 2011 09:25 PM; by AngelaPetruzzi

Forum:
FINISHING

Cedar chest of drawers

Started by Horsecroft88, 9th November 2011 02:13 PM

appreciated, brass, careful, cedar, chest, concerned, correct, damage, drawers, edge, fiddleback, front, handles, level, past, period, piece, polish, professional, repair, repairer, replaced, skill, sort, suggestions, suspect, time, top, totally, wrong

Replies: 14
Views: 3,842

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th December 2011 11:27 AM; by Horsecroft88

Forum:
RESTORATION

Lacquer overspray

Started by allsport, 4th December 2011 01:00 PM

1.2, 2.4, dried, equipment, fan, jarrah, lacquer, mdf, metres, nearly-dry, overspray, panel, pick, pressure, psi, required, rough, sandy, settling, slightly, slution, spray, suggestions, surface, system, tend, texture, time, tomorrow, veneer

Replies: 7
Views: 2,539

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th December 2011 03:33 PM; by The Bleeder

Forum:
FINISHING

HELP: 135yearold Oregon Finish Suggestions?

Started by russell boothey, 24th November 2011 01:33 PM

135, 135yearold, 1880, boothey, colour, dressed, expeience, finish, finishing, golden, look/work, oregon, original, peice, photos, quarter, recently, rich, russell, sawn, shipped, souced, suggestions, timber, towns, upload, usa, wagga, wondering, yrs

Replies: 2
Views: 1,785

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th November 2011 09:31 PM; by rogerjenkins

Forum:
FINISHING

Oak carver

Started by snowyskiesau, 14th November 2011 12:24 PM

apply, carver, finish, fix, friend, glue, house, oak, reed, rush, seat, staying, suggestions, suitable, understanding, warming

Replies: 1
Views: 1,264

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th November 2011 01:37 PM; by wheelinround

Forum:
RESTORATION

Guitar Finish

Started by IWieldTheSpade, 30th October 2011 09:51 PM

cheers, finish, finishes, guitar, hardy, medium, natural, protect, sheen, sort, suggestions, tear, usual, wear, wondering

Replies: 1
Views: 1,716

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2011 08:48 PM; by AngelaPetruzzi

Forum:
FINISHING

Varnishing issues of a serious nature. . . .

Started by Scuzzie, 17th October 2011 07:26 PM

2ft, 5ft, appreciated, brilliant, brushed, coats, dash, depressed, door, feast, imperfection, issues, marine, mine, mountain, nature, ranges, remaining, spar, suggestions, thirds, time, turps, varnish, varnishing, watson, wildly, word, wrinkled, yeah

Replies: 6
Views: 2,488

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th October 2011 07:07 PM; by soundman

Forum:
FINISHING

Outdoor pool shower help

Started by MyGrandMagnolia, 9th October 2011 11:44 PM

advised, bunnings, cheers, cold, connect, fellow, fix, grateful, helped, hot, house, mix, outdoor, pipes, plumbers, plumbing, pool, privacy, putting, screen, shower, sincerely, slat, strongly, stuck, stuff, suggestions, threads, timber, water

Replies: 9
Views: 4,263

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th October 2011 06:24 PM; by MyGrandMagnolia

Forum:
POOLS, SPA & WATER FEATURES

Advice about an old trunk - please pardon the crosspost!

Started by Chipsmith, 12th October 2011 05:56 AM

advice, crosspost, eventually, forum, found, glass, glossy, linseed, metal, mind, murphys, nice, oil, painting, pardon, react, result, rusty, seal, sealing, semi, soap, suggestions, top, treat, treated, trunk, varnish, warm, wood

Replies: 1
Views: 1,527

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th October 2011 05:28 PM; by IanAllan

Forum:
RESTORATION

Found an old Wood and Metal trunk and need advice

Started by Chipsmith, 12th October 2011 05:41 AM

advice, beveled, eventually, found, glass, glossy, laquer, leather, linseed, metal, murphys, nice, oil, painting, react, result, rusty, seal, sealing, semi, soap, straps, suggestions, top, treat, treated, trunk, varnish, warm, wood

Replies: 1
Views: 1,446

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th October 2011 06:47 AM; by dr4g0nfly

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FINISHING

SD Alcohol 40-b (denatured alcohol)

Started by abitfishy, 17th March 2008 07:17 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

170ml, 40-b, 40b, alcohol, alcohols, allowed, alternative, basically, button, cleaning, denatured, dry, fluid, heads, hey, holds, isocol, isopropyl, lasts, mentioned, month, press, purchase, reason, refilled, sprays, suggestions, unit, warms, wondering

Replies: 15
Views: 10,936

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th October 2011 11:12 AM; by Bushmiller

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

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: 4,595

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

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FINISHING

Nature Made ME Buy IT

Started by mrpedersen, 4th October 2011 05:08 PM

adds, appeciated, base, bigbird, block, buy, call, cavity, cover, cut, drawer, drawers, front, glenn, knot, life, nature, nest, outline, piece, pine, portion, preserve, project, ready, roughness, sanding, sealing, spotted, suggestions

Replies: 2
Views: 1,255

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2011 02:44 AM; by mrpedersen

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FINISHING

Amateur and amateurish musical instruments in Brunswick, Victoria.

Started by curious.jp, 21st September 2011 04:13 PM

amateur, amateurish, apartment, bit, brunswick, build, called, chunk, contact, forum, furnishing, hear, instruments, likes, love, materials, melbourne, musical, noise, paid, pine, project, purpleheart, skilled, suggestions, suppliers, timber, tools, urban, victoria

Replies: 5
Views: 1,232

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th September 2011 04:30 PM; by tea lady

Forum:
G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

External finish for Elm

Started by Basilg, 6th September 2011 01:45 PM

.35m, 0.2m, coating, coats, edge, elm, external, finish, finished, finishing, front, inside, letters, low, maintenance, natural, paint, period, protection, protective, provide, putting, reasonable, section, sheen, sign, suggestions, surfaces, top, tree

Replies: 11
Views: 2,238

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th September 2011 10:36 PM; by Basilg

Forum:
FINISHING

finish for brushbox,blackwood table.

Started by slow but ruff, 3rd September 2011 10:10 PM

appreciated, blackwood, bring, brushbox, date, features, finish, finished, hallway, nice, parquetry, suggestions, table, timbers, top

Replies: 11
Views: 2,466

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th September 2011 12:15 PM; by AngelaPetruzzi

Forum:
FINISHING

old time upholsterer needed

Started by hawburn, 18th June 2011 05:35 PM

assist, black, chairs, club, coast, completely, danke, fashioned, fastidious, gold, meet, mind, needed, people, person, prefer, recovered, restoration, restore, sofa, suede, suggestions, sunshine, time, too.thinking, travelling, upholsterer

Replies: 2
Views: 3,474

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th September 2011 10:09 PM; by TheDad

Forum:
UPHOLSTERY

trestle legs joints

Started by Talorien, 5th September 2011 08:48 PM

70x19, angle, angled, craig, cut, dovetail, fiddly, forgetting, glue, hope, horizontal, join, joins, joints, legs, makes, outward, pine, real, screw, sense, spreading, stop, stress, suggestions, thinking, top, trestle, vertical, wood

Replies: 2
Views: 3,569

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th September 2011 10:38 AM; by Sam

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

Stove black

Started by burraboy, 17th July 2011 07:02 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

black, black-it, carpenter, carry, door, finishing, jobs, locks, recipes, restoration, sources, stove, style, suggestions, usual, zebra

Replies: 22
Views: 6,138

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th September 2011 11:26 AM; by burraboy

Forum:
FINISHING

Cedar finish

Started by DIY DAN, 2nd September 2011 09:54 PM

australian, bare, brown, cedar, colour, dan~, dark, diy, fine, finish, ideal, light, natural, oils, poly, red, red/brown, result, retain, shellac, soaks, straight, suggestions, timber, wax, white, wipe

Replies: 1
Views: 1,659

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd September 2011 11:21 PM; by Cruzi

Forum:
FINISHING

brick sill

Started by lift, 31st August 2011 11:18 PM

appreciated, brick, bricks, hold, laying, mud, position.no, sill, suggestions, wet, window

Replies: 2
Views: 1,634

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd September 2011 01:51 AM; by Skew ChiDAMN!!

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

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