I have my curtains back up and the tape and paper off the glass. A good sign that I’m done, but I’m not. I need to let all that woodwork around the windows cure good before I go back and give it the “rub out” step. It’s just my own type of […]

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After stripping and sanding and cleaning, I just want to get the finish on the oak.  But I know through past experience if I fail to use grain filler I end up having to put so many coats of finish on and sanding back down over and over until the grain gets filled anyway and […]

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I’m finished with the double-hung front windows sashes and have them temporarily in place, I still need to add the weather stripping. They open and close with one finger. For the bottom window* the trick is getting the ropes even and the right length (not so long that they has slack in them […]

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Rain, rain go away. I moved my work inside. Luckily, I haven’t finished the stripped floors yet so I just rolled up the area rug, put a canvas cover cloth on my dining room table and just worked in the house. We eat in front of the TV so we don’t use […]

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