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Spilling even a few drops of fingernail polish, which is mostly acetone, on any lacquered finish can dissolve it almost immediately. Acetone is colorless, but it may also cause a discoloration. Pecan is a dense hardwood with tight, dense grain. When finished naturally without stain, it has little character. So stain is almost always applied to pecan hardwood to bring out grain patterns. If you've spilled acetone on pecan furniture, chances are that it has dissolved the lacquer and marred its appearance. Repair it using a set of stain markers.
Painting plain furniture is a fairly simple project: If the object is already smooth, just paint it. If the furniture piece is stained, however, that's another story. Dark stain colors may be visible through paint, requiring numerous coats of paint to cover them, or worse: the paint may not adhere properly. A quality primer before painting helps keep that stain layer from making its presence known on your finished project. Sanding the piece before priming gives the primer an even better surface to grip, resulting in a final paint finish that looks the way you want it to.
Refinishing a piece of furniture takes an old piece and makes it look as good as new. Refinish a piece of furniture with help from an experienced furniture restoration specialist in this free video clip.
Furniture scratches are a thing of the past, so long as you've got just a little bit of time and a box of good, old-fashioned crayons. Cure furniture scratches with crayons in thirty seconds with help from a cleaning expert known as "The Green Cleaning Coach" in this free video clip.
A polyurethane wood finish needs to be repaired in a very particular way for the best possible results. Find out how to repair a polyurethane wood finish with help from a 46-year-old master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
How you'll repair scratches on a wooden table depends largely on how deep the scratches actually run. Repair scratches on a wooden table with help from a 46-year-old master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
Removing a sticky oil finish on wood only requires the careful use of a very particular type of product. Remove a sticky oil finish on wood with help from a 46-year-old master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
Restoring laminate furniture can help take an older piece and make it look as good as new again. Restore laminate furniture with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
When finishing furniture in your home, one valuable tool you're going to want to have around is a nice gel stain. Find out how to finish furniture with a gel stain with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
Repairing high backed wooden chairs doesn't require you to run right out and hire a professional. Learn about do it yourself furniture repair for high backed chairs with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
Furniture legs are commonly attached with screws and washers for the best results. Attach furniture legs with screws and washers with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
Smoke damage can really take its toll on wooden furniture if you're not careful. Repair smoke damage to wood furniture with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
Sanding can be a great way to get a nice distressed look on furniture, so long as you're using the proper technique. Learn how to sand and get the distressed look on furniture with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
Epoxy is a valuable tool to have when repairing furniture for a few different reasons. Find out how to repair furniture with epoxy with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
When repairing and refinishing furniture, you're always going to want to try to keep a few key tips in mind. Get furniture repair and refinishing tips with help from a master precision craftsman in this free video clip.
You don't have to throw out your old furniture just because it takes a little damage over time. Learn about furniture upholstery and repair with help from an accomplished interior designer in this free video clip.
A wine hobbyist will almost inevitably purchase a hand-held wine corker to preserve the integrity of wine that is stored after opening. As the hobby grows in scope, however, the hobbyist may consider purchasing a floor corker, especially if sealing or bottling 200 or so bottles of wine a year. Unfortunately, commercially available floor corkers may not be ideal for individuals who are incapable of kneeling or leaning forward for the time it takes to use it. In addition, not everyone is fond of the industrial look of the metal corker stand.
Applying shellac finishes to maple wood is something you have to do in a very particular way for the best possible results. Apply shellac finishes to maple wood with help from a hardware flooring business owner in this free video clip.
The process of refinishing furniture involves stripping off the old finish, preparing the wood and then applying fresh stain or paint. After removing finish to reveal the bare wood, you may decide to stain it with a special dye formulated to add rich color. Transform the dye into a stain by adding diluted lacquer thinner to it. The correct ratio of chemicals is important to ensure that the wood receives the dye stain effectively.
You can sand pine furniture with a few specific tools. Sand pine furniture with help from a home improvement expert in this free video clip.
Large pieces of furniture can help complete the decor in your home, but some pieces may not fit through narrow doors. You may also want to disassemble a double recliner so you can reupholster it and give the piece of furniture a fresh look. As you disassemble a double recliner, keep the nuts, bolts, screws and washers in labeled plastic zippered bags. Furthermore, take pictures of your progress for reference when reassembling the piece of furniture. The process of taking a double recliner apart is similar to disassembling a single recliner.
If you have a piece of furniture with a bad finish that has yellowed or cracked or has numerous bubbles, you can strip away this layer of polyurethane and start over. Whether or not you plan to change the color of the wood stain will determine how you approach this project. If you will be refinishing the piece in its entirety, using a chemical stripper is fine. If you just want to remove the polyurethane top coat and apply a new one, using a heat gun or sanding the finish is recommended.
Ikea furniture comes in a wide array of colors, textures and styles. Sometimes, with wear and accidents, this furniture can become stripped, exposing bare woods or other materials beneath the enamels and assorted embellishments. Knowing how to fix stripped Ikea furniture gives you the opportunity to save and keep your favorite furniture pieces so you don't have to toss them out and replace them. This is also an environmentally friendly task, as you can repurpose an existing piece of furniture to renew it.
Syroco wood was commonly seen in the 1920s and 1930s. The Syracuse Wood Co. was the full name of the manufacturer, and it made many items from wood. Woodcarvings and other decorative items were commonly seen from this company. Wood that is this old often needs refinishing because it accumulates debris and the original finish fades and peels off. You can revitalize an antique at home.
Pressboard, also known as particle board, is material made from wood shavings, chips and sawdust. It is most often used for inexpensive furniture such as bookcases, TV and entertainment stands, desks and tables. Pressboard furniture is not designed to last very long, and frequent moves or overloading it can lead to serious damage. While badly damaged pressboard that has cracked or splintered across a large panel or shelf should be replaced, it is possible to repair minor damage, such as places where nails or screws have popped out, warped shelves and small gouges.
Put fireplace ash to good use. Use a small amount as fertilizer to boost the soil calcium and potassium for tomatoes. “This Old House” magazine also suggests sprinkling it on wet paint splatters and then scuffing to prevent stained cement. Mixed with water, fine fireplace ash makes an excellent nontoxic metal polish. Another housekeeping use for ashes -- including cigar or cigarette ash -- is as a mild abrasive in homemade furniture cleaning paste to remove surface moisture rings or marks on wood.
When deciding what type of boiler to invest in for a home’s heating needs, a homeowner often must choose between the wood-burning variety and the fossil fuel-burning variety. Another type of boiler, however, can provide the best of both worlds: a wood- and oil-fired boiler. Such a boiler generates heat using either fuel.
Cherry veneer is often used on furniture because of its durability and attractive finish. While the veneer does help protect the surface of the furniture from water damage, it does not protect against breaks in the wood. The legs of any furniture piece are always vulnerable because they support the bulk of the weight of the furniture. A broken leg on cherry veneer furniture does not necessarily mean you have to replace the piece. Repairs are often possible that hide the damage.
Wood veneer is made from thin, pliable pieces of wood cut from logs. Structurally sound dining tables frequently have wood veneer tops that start to peel or curl due to age, exposure to hot pots and spilled food and drinks. Instead of discarding the table, you can repair the veneer with simple tools and materials to restore the tabletop to its original finish.
Create a safe, stable workstation by connecting the legs of the worktable to the floor. Secure tables to the ground in workshops, kitchens, art studios, science labs and sewing centers. Easily link the bases of wooden tables to the floor using the appropriate brackets, such as L-brackets. One end of each bracket screws to the table and the other ends screw to the floor. When working on a concrete floor, employ tools and hardware specific to masonry, as woodworking equipment will not bore the appropriate screw holes and may cause damage to the floor or to the equipment itself.
Antique appraisers can tell a great deal about the age of a piece of furniture by its finish. One of the telltale authenticating details of 18th century furniture is its craquelure. Craquelure is the fine veining and cracking that develops on a piece's finish as it ages and dries. Often this fine craquelure is removed by antique owners who do not know its value. You can return some of your antique's former dignity by applying your own faux finish craquelure.
Wood pallets can be just as useful in your yard as they are for manufacturers, shippers and warehouses. One of the benefits of wood pallets is that they can be repaired relatively easily. If you plan to use pallets to store and transport landscaping items in your yard, understand the basics of pallet repair and handling equipment.
Applying polyurethane to wood floors seals the wood and gives the surface a glossy finish. Bubbles often form in the polyurethane finish for a variety of reasons. You can usually prevent the bubbles from forming. When prevention does not keep the bubbles away, the polyurethane surface needs to be sanded to remove them. Failure to remove the bubbles causes the wood floor to look unattractive.
Adding extra table legs is one method of stabilizing your dining table. If your table seems rickety or unstable when the extensions are added for your holiday dinner, install an additional set of legs in the middle of the table. Screw-in legs can be removed easily and stored when you remove the extensions. By selecting similarly-styled legs and staining them to match the table, your frugal solution makes the new legs look like they always were part of the table.
Wood constructions that go into the ground come under quick attack by wood-rotting fungi and wood-boring insects such as termites. Unprotected wood that contacts the ground can be destroyed in as little as two years. To combat attacks by fungi and insects, wood producers offer timbers for ground contact that are impregnated with preservatives.
When working with wood projects, whether hardwood floors or furniture, you have options for finishing the wood, including paint and stain. If you're looking for a particular finish, such as a warm, soft, oiled appearance, there are some products you should consider. However, finishing doesn't only involve rubbing an oil-based product into the wood. The wood must be properly prepared before you add finishing products.
Installed against the concrete foundation, a wood foundation or a sill plate serves as the base of the structure. Despite their durability, wood foundations exposed to warm, moist conditions rot easily, requiring immediate repair. Left untreated, wood rot causes the foundation to deteriorate and become structurally impaired. Although severely damaged foundations require replacement, you can repair small, isolated sections of foundations using epoxy filler. Before you begin, however, ask a structural engineer to inspect the foundation to determine whether the wood can be salvaged when repaired or warrants replacement.
When finishing furniture with paint, the process often requires more than one coat to create a even and attractive finish. Sanding between coats is an important step that enables the multiple layers of paint to adhere to one another. Although you may feel tempted to cut corners as you apply multiple layers, take the time to prepare the furniture surface before applying each paint layer to ensure that the finished result looks attractive.
Moving furniture to a higher altitude can have a negative effect on its appearance, especially after several months or years. This is due to the lack of moisture, which causes the finish to break down and suffer from small cracks and splits. If the split is large and affects the integrity of the piece, it requires professional intervention. Otherwise, treat smaller splits and cracks in your mahogany damaged furniture with wood putty, which is available at home improvement and hardware stores.
If one of your database tables crashes in Drupal, users might not be able to access portions of your site. In some cases your Drupal site won't work at all. Since Drupal uses MySQL databases, you need to repair your crashed Drupal tables by using a MySQL command, which you can do from phpMyAdmin.
Plywood consists of multiple layers, or plies, of pressed wood that cling to each other and form a solid sheet. Although the surface of plywood is rough and not finished, it performs well as a base material for other woods, such as in furniture construction. One benefit of plywood is that is bends when exposed to moisture and pressure. This allows furniture builders to create intricate designs on the pieces instead of simply using straight boards.
Whether the project you are working on is large or small, using a shellac for your birch plywood adds a soft, natural finished look. Shellac is a natural resin secreted by the lac bug, found in certain parts of India and Thailand. The sticky secretion, when mixed with denatured alcohol, creates a popular wood finish for a variety of projects. Birch wood is especially ideal for shellac, as it brings out the detail of the wood grain, accentuating its beauty. Use clear, premixed shellac for your birch plywood for a simple and easy application process.
If award-winning films like Nick Park’s “A Grand Day Out” and “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” inspired you to try the stop-motion animation technique called Claymation, you will eventually face the challenge of having your stars stand upright and move. Whether your character is a four-legged Gromit or more like his two-footed friend Wallace, the process to attach legs to a Claymation character remains the same. It begins with creating an armature, which is the wire-based skeleton to which you attach your character’s clay legs.
When refinishing an item of furniture or other wooden surfaces, the previously applied finish should be determined ahead of time, before attempting to remove it. This way, you'll know what supplies are needed for the job. Common types of finish used on wood are shellac and lacquer. Fortunately, these two finishes happen to be easy to remove, as little effort is required. You can remove a shellac finish by using denatured alcohol and a lacquer finish by using lacquer thinner.
Bunting is a type of decoration that can be used for special occasions such as weddings. The bunting can be comprised of triangular fabric linked together with string or ribbon. It can also be made of fabric that is gathered and draped. Bunting can be attached the edges of any table involved in the wedding such as for the wedding party, guests, cake or gifts.
Do-it-yourself wood finishers generally have two choices for staining: liquid or gel. Liquid stains penetrate efficiently and bring out the depth of the grain. But this characteristic may also yield blotches in woods with varying density and absorbency. Thick-bodied and heavy with pigment, gel doesn't penetrate like thin liquids. Because it stains superficially, a uniform effect is more achievable. Liquid stain darkens wood less than gel, which becomes darker with successive coats, allowing users to adjust the shade. Finishers more concerned with enhancing subtle nuances of the wood favor liquid stain because gel's darkening properties can obscure wood's natural character.…
Polyurethane wood finish creates a waterproof coating on the surface of floors, furniture and other wooden objects. This material provides a low-maintenance finish that's more difficult to damage than traditional coatings. It doesn't offer the flexibility of shellac, oil finishes or other old-fashioned choices, however, and it can encourage the wood to dry out over time.
Furniture painted a plain, solid color can look somewhat bland sitting in your room, so treat your piece to a red-rubbed paint technique instead. Red is a vibrant, warm shade that adds excitement and gives a chic pop of color to any piece. While a solid red piece can be overpowering, a red rubbed red piece has a much more subtle, charming appearance and gives your furnishing a slightly weathered look. The process is as easy as rubbing with a little elbow grease, but the results look rich and complex.
A table with shiny chrome legs reflects light in a small place and adds a retro design to your home. If you find that the legs are a little short, it can make eating at the table or just generally using it irritating. Raise the chrome legs on your table to make it more comfortable to use.
The main difference between aluminum oxide and regular polyurethane finishes on wood flooring lies in their durability. Aluminum oxide can protect a floor 15 years longer than polyurethane alone. However, that difference in durability also can be a problem if you want to have your wood floor refinished.
