The front porch steps that I finished just in the nick of time before cold weather set in last year didn’t hold up as good as I was hoping. But I kind of knew it may have problems because the wood never totally dried out before I painted it. That’s OK. It […]
Entries from May 2007
Productive Day
May 8th, 2007 · No Comments
What’s Under Your Rug?
May 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I saw the floor around the large area rug, there was about a foot of floor exposed all the way around it. The floor had a few minor problems, nothing that a little bit of sanding wouldn’t take care of. But when we decided to move the furniture around and remove the area rug, we […]
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Update on Peel Away 6
May 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments
I used the paper with Peel Away 6 and left it over night. Today I lifted the paper and it was almost dry. A lot of the varnish came off with the paper but there was still a good deal left on the wood. It is slimey-pasty. It’s hard to get […]
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Computer Mat Ruined Floor Finish (see pic)
May 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments
One of the surprises when we pulled up the rug in the office was the polka dots under where the plastic, anti-static desk floor mat was. The mat had little protrusions to grip the rug. The rug was a normal thickness, large area rug. The mat was on top of that and our chair would […]
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