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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: 1,942

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

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Shellac or Lacquer?

Started by Mimmy, 12th August 2011 10:15 PM

1930s, advance, change, finish, lacquer, left, original, purchased, recently, restore, restore-, shellac, sideboard

Replies: 1
Views: 1,425

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th August 2011 09:23 AM; by Bob38S

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Ye Olde Telephone

Started by RedShirtGuy, 13th July 2011 05:50 PM

anyhoo, car, carting, conjunction, dates, dirty, finishes, home, hooked, house, knowledge, machine, managed, material, modern, move, olde, original, partially, phone, phone/answering, plan, research, restore, restored, stick, storage, stuff, telephone, wireless

Replies: 7
Views: 2,270

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th July 2011 09:59 PM; by rogerjenkins

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RESTORATION

Finishings for rimu wood

Started by swight, 26th June 2011 12:23 PM

colour, danish, finish, finishings, finsihed, hope, hoping, light, liming, maintain, natural, oil, original, rimu, sanding, table, white, wood, yellow

Replies: 3
Views: 3,069

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th June 2011 06:17 PM; by swight

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FINISHING

finishing cedar

Started by jdmd, 3rd June 2011 01:08 PM

applied, bad, cabinetmakers, cedar, chest, coat, decided, deserves, disapeared, drawers, finish, finishing, floorseal, gratefully, oil, original, powder, question, rebuilding, received, required, scandinavian, shellac, site, sucessfully, suggestions, usual, watching, wax, wipe

Replies: 4
Views: 2,216

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th June 2011 05:11 PM; by aemhull

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Qld maple wardrobe

Started by mic-d, 14th June 2011 05:11 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

10-15mins, 173174, 173175173176, amount, bottle, bottom, cleaned, disassembled, door, drawer, film, finish, flaked, grime, joints, maple, metho, missing, original, panels, patience, plastic, qld, reglued, remove, resting, shellac, spray, wardrobe, wood

Replies: 25
Views: 5,370

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th June 2011 10:00 AM; by RufflyRustic

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keeping the colour in wood

Started by mongrell, 8th June 2011 11:02 AM

,leichardt, ,purple, boat, brown, colour, combat, finishes, heart, inhibitors, keeping, losing, market, orange, original, osarge, pine, problem.have, read, varnishes, wood, woods

Replies: 1
Views: 1,583

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th June 2011 03:18 PM; by RufflyRustic

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Auto Tray Restoration

Started by rdc, 8th May 2011 10:18 PM

1870, ash, auto, bring, coating, comments, damaged, era, family, fix, harris, life, listed, melbourne, original, pictures, piece, removed, restoration, sanding, section, son, spot, strip, subsequently, substance, tray, type, varnish, waxy

Replies: 2
Views: 2,277

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th May 2011 08:05 AM; by mcjimmyd

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Restoring a Parker table to look like original

Started by skidave, 16th March 2011 02:54 PM

appreciated, bare, chiswell, coating, condition, dull, greatly, ink, marks, moment, newspaper, oil, original, parker, polish, polyurethane, question, restoring, sanded, shiny, sideboard, suggestions, table, top, tung, unsure, veneer, water, wax, wood

Replies: 10
Views: 3,912

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd March 2011 09:50 AM; by conwood

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Rejuvenating a Chiswell teak veneer sideboard

Started by skidave, 20th March 2011 01:22 PM

brighten, cent, chip, chiswell, cut, dulled, fill, filler, finish, half, mix, nature, oil/urethane, original, piece, prefer, rejuvenating, sideboard, size, slightly, stripped, teak, trick, tung, varnish/urethane, veneer, wipe, wiping

Replies: 2
Views: 5,154

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st March 2011 08:12 PM; by skidave

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A Classic Lightbulb Moment

Started by Bob38S, 16th February 2011 11:17 AM

$4.00, bits, brush, cents, classic, container, containers, couple, form, funnel], glass, half, heavy, holding, lightbulb, moment, moments, mouthed, move, original, rests, returning, sale, shallow, suitable, unused, wide, wipe, wiping, [the

Replies: 1
Views: 1,837

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2011 02:38 PM; by Willard

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authenticity ... milk paint

Started by fletty, 18th September 2010 08:43 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1920s, 1930, austalia, australian, authentic, authenticity, catches, circa, cupboard, dresser, enamels, fletty, furniture, kitchen, layout, linseed, milk, modern, nice, oak, oil, original, oxides, paint, painted, pieces, read, silky, straight, tidy

Replies: 29
Views: 6,779

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2011 05:38 PM; by Woodwould

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Kity bestcombi 2000 - can you use normal router bits on it?

Started by Yvette Burger, 25th January 2011 12:07 AM

2000, afrikaans, bestcombi, bit, bits, blonde, chuck, confusing, dire, gday, hand, info, input, kity, meant, normal, original, patience, pls, router, scared, sounds, speaking, spesific, standard, weary

Replies: 6
Views: 4,094

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th January 2011 05:01 PM; by Bushmiller

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

How many times did you redesign?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 31st December 2010 08:40 PM

admit, beern, bits, boxes, cabinets, cecile, change, cost, design, exception, finalised, finished, kitchen, lot, months, moondog, original, playing, price, read, received, recovered, redo, renovateforum.com, renovation, rethought, thread, tick, times, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 1,228

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st December 2010 08:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Finishing White Cypress

Started by Bradford James, 1st December 2010 12:12 AM

20mm, assistance, bit, brad, cypress, experiences, finishes, finishing, frame, hope, hoping, knowledge, lost, mind, minimal, months, oil, original, people, provide, reclaimed, ruin, similar, skills, splitting, stored, terrible, thick, timber, white

Replies: 0
Views: 1,361

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st December 2010 12:12 AM; by Bradford James

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stripping back to original paint?

Started by phreak97, 17th September 2010 07:32 PM

1940s, answer, arcade, coat, crap, damaging, definately, edge, elbowp, flakes, hey, ideas, layers, machine, mid, original, paint, painted, plaster, playfield, powdery, read, restoring, scraper, scrapes, strip, stripping, top, types, uncovered

Replies: 6
Views: 2,791

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th November 2010 06:29 PM; by phreak97

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suggestions on lvl for living area continuous spanning 7 mtres

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th November 2010 09:50 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,263

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2010 09:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Buying 90 yr old house. Builders Report...Advice ?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 4th November 2010 06:30 PM

access, appeared, brick, corner, cracks, damp, external, floor, front, height, home, house, issues, joists, kitchen, left, original, report, roof, section, serious, sill, sound, structural, structure, suggest, veranda, wall, walls, window

Replies: 0
Views: 2,291

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2010 06:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

What wood is this?

Started by Freo, 31st October 2010 05:53 PM

1912, 1st, 2nd, 300mm, australia, boards, dates, enclosed, heavly, house, identical, original, originals, painted, pics, sample, skirting, stripped, type, untouched, western, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,338

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2010 05:53 PM; by Freo

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Restoring interior timber panelling

Started by LisaF, 3rd October 2010 09:42 AM

1940s, absolute, cheers, condition, damage, dark, dry, fabulous, faded, googling, guidance, house, idea, interior, linseed, lisa, metho, mixture, moved, novice, oil, original, panelling, restoring, suggestions, timber, type, vinegar, west-facing, wiped

Replies: 6
Views: 3,350

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th October 2010 09:33 PM; by alwyn

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Another flat roof nightmare...

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 25th October 2010 03:10 PM

access, bad, builders, continues, downpipes, dunno…, external, extra, feature, flashing, flat, gutter, heads, house, idea, inside, isn’t, i’m, original, previously, pull, roof, roofies, seal, sealant, shake, start, study, water, we’ve

Replies: 0
Views: 1,330

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th October 2010 03:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Help with varnish -newbie

Started by Lee roy, 10th October 2010 10:05 AM

actual, appreciated, attempt, bring, coats, colour, colours, dark, darker, decided, direction, hope, hoping, identical, legs, light, makes, managed, newbie, original, paint, people, picture, sanded, table, teenage, varnish, water, wife, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 1,628

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th October 2010 03:49 PM; by Lee roy

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Original or Not ?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 9th October 2010 12:40 PM

1921, advice, arch, arched, buying, closing, consistent, doors, easier, enable, facia, folding, gap, heating, house, low, makes, meant, mind, openings, original, photo, putting, read, renovateforum.com, reply, short, sitting, starts, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,483

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th October 2010 12:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

On The Brink....Money Pit or Not ?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 7th October 2010 04:00 PM

2.8, additions, average, bedrooms, block, brink, consists, country, determined, dry, fireplaces, floors, future, garage, heritage, history, house, lack, leadlights, listing, maxed, original, reflecting, rot, sell, significant, sitting, town, verandah

Replies: 0
Views: 1,567

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th October 2010 04:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Finish for NZ Kauri Pine Floor?

Started by keenbean, 8th September 2010 09:47 PM

advice, appreciated, aware, begins, bought, carpeted, decided, experience, fairly, familiar, fill, finish, floor, forgive, friend, gaps, house, kauri, lingo, lucky, newbie, original, pine, pretty, resin, sanding, sands, sort, timber, weeks

Replies: 0
Views: 2,697

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th September 2010 09:47 PM; by keenbean

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kauri pine table

Started by clock, 29th August 2010 11:53 AM

120, 1950, appreciated, bare, colour, comments, completely, dinged, finish, fnished, glue, glued, grit, hardwood, honey, kauri, laminex, leaving, legs, lightly, original, pine, sand, sanding, sheet, surface, table, timber, top, underneath

Replies: 9
Views: 3,983

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th September 2010 11:35 PM; by Manuka Jock

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Saved from the trash pile.

Started by Papa, 21st July 2010 12:18 PM

2000, chrome, clamping, coats, corner, dad, damn, dowels, fifties, holes, house, installed, knob, locate, misalignment, mom, moved, nail, original, paint, painted, pile, ply, saved, shed, square, straight, throw, trash, weeks

Replies: 14
Views: 2,798

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th August 2010 09:45 AM; by Sebastiaan56

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RESTORATION

Filler problem

Started by mspil, 22nd June 2010 10:43 PM

absorbed, absorbs, alike, broken, chair, chairs, chipped, damaged, degree, fill, filler, found, gratefully, match, missing, noticeable, original, past, pieces, problem, re-glued, received, rest, sand, spots, stain, struts, surrounding, timbermate, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 2,130

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd June 2010 08:02 PM; by chowcini

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FINISHING

Hello from Point Cook

Started by Bewah, 17th June 2010 11:45 AM

ago, brings, cabinet, call, chipboard, cook, days, expertise, experts, forum, freighted, garner, hello.u, knackered, knowledge, meet, month, nice, original, people, plate, point, project, questions, replaced, round, share, sourced, start, thread

Replies: 4
Views: 1,278

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th June 2010 03:38 PM; by Sir Stinkalot

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

How do I remove a casement window?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 6th June 2010 01:40 PM

1950, brisbane, budge, casement, circa, hardware, hardwork, heap, hinge, hinges, house, ideas, insitu, manufacturing, mechanism, original, plate, queenslander, read, remove, renovate, renovateforum.com, reply, started, stripping, suggestions, thread, whitco, window, windows

Replies: 0
Views: 2,364

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th June 2010 01:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

screws and hinges circa 1800

Started by jimbur, 24th May 2010 11:56 AM

1800, botched, brass, broken, caddy, cheers, circa, half, hinge, hinges, inch, jim, modern, original, originals, quarter, repair, reproduction, restoring, screws, source, surprising, tea

Replies: 3
Views: 2,164

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th May 2010 06:33 PM; by AlexS

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RESTORATION

new to this site

Started by stcos85, 15th May 2010 04:58 PM

1940s, bathroom, condition, country, croydon, features, fire, found, furniture, house, list, living, lot, months, move, moving, original, recommend, return, salvage, sash, sell, sinks, site, steve, surround, toilets, victoria, weatherboard, windows

Replies: 3
Views: 1,238

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th May 2010 04:20 AM; by Christos

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Restore Teak Outdoor Table

Started by Off the Block, 3rd May 2010 10:16 AM

appears, appreciated, care, clean, coating, condition, displeasure, drive, existing, folding, happened, insert, loving, method, oil, original, outdoor, past, planet, replies, restore, sanding, saviour, stripping, suggest, surprisingly, table, teak, thrown, wifes

Replies: 2
Views: 3,225

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th May 2010 06:03 PM; by hap97

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RESTORATION

Great Service with a RouterMaster

Started by jaksam, 3rd May 2010 09:41 PM

admit, ago, centre, couple, difference, dust, equipment, exceptional, fair, great, heard, imaging, keith, level, machine, offering, operation, original, piece, price, router, routermaster, service, set, smoothness, torque, tweak, tweaked, upgrade, version

Replies: 1
Views: 2,319

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd May 2010 10:12 PM; by opelblues

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HAVE YOUR SAY

re-doing an extension, how complicated is it?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd May 2010 07:50 PM

actaully, add, advice, bearing, bit, brick, ceiling, chippy, consequences, extension, external, guess, house, internal, job, load, lower, original, pretty, re-doing, received, rest, roof, thankyou, tiling, veneer, wall, walls, worried, worrying

Replies: 0
Views: 1,234

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd May 2010 07:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Refurbish or renovate/extend? Your opinions

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 2nd May 2010 12:30 PM

5-star, bathroom, bottom, buy, cheap, comfortable, commission, extension, front, gut, house, houses, kitchen, live, market, mid-50s, minutes, moondog, nice, norlane, northcote, original, pretty, replacement, retire, site, sound, telling, tired, width

Replies: 0
Views: 1,302

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd May 2010 12:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

550 Invalid recipient

Started by Woodwould, 28th April 2010 12:03 AM

550, accounts, days, email, emails, fix, hit, invalid, issue, merrily, original, past, people, phone, receiving, recipient, reply, respond, returned, senders, sending, simply, spoken, unknown, user

Replies: 11
Views: 4,269

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th April 2010 06:41 PM; by kiwigeo

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Best Cladding for high pitched wall?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 29th April 2010 04:10 PM

0.5ks, 2tsup, beacuse, cheers, cladding, coast, cost, damage, direct, due, fortune, jago, links, low, maintenace, multi, original, overlay, product, read, remove, renovateforum.com, roofline, stuck, studs, suggestions, systems, thread, wall, web

Replies: 0
Views: 1,392

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th April 2010 04:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Gun Stock Restoration

Started by Bob Smalser, 11th April 2004 07:13 AM

age, aid, applied, breaks, broken, chip, color, condition, cure, drill, epoxy, furniture, glue, grain, gun, hole, inletting, i’ll, learn, matching, original, plug, restoration, screw, stock, surfaces, swivel, thin, walnut, wood

Replies: 6
Views: 13,408

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd April 2010 11:31 AM; by Bob38S

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FINISHING

Concrete Rainwater Tank installed too low underground

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 22nd April 2010 04:50 PM

advice, appreciated, build, builder, commissioned, concrete, downpour, fault, greatly, ground, ground-this, heavy, hole, installed, lanchoi, lid, makes, original, overflow, pipe, possibly, rainwater, read, seal, sealed, seep, tank, thread, water, whever

Replies: 0
Views: 2,224

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd April 2010 04:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

How was this Herirtage wood treated?

Started by Freo, 12th April 2010 10:42 PM

appears, bring, colonial, colour, door, doors, ealry, flaked, frames, herirtage, heritage, historical, house, layer, oil, oiled, original, pine, sanding, signs, soot, test, treat, treated, treatment, varnish, varnished, view, wood, woods

Replies: 1
Views: 1,519

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th April 2010 02:31 PM; by Horsecroft88

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FINISHING

How do i treat this bare wood?

Started by Freo, 11th April 2010 11:33 PM

appears, bare, colour, completed, discoloured, edwardian, exterior, finish, finished, furniture, glossy, house, jarrah, matt, original, outdoor, pieces, returned, rough, sale, sanded, section, shiny, smooth, texture, totally, treat, varnished, wandoo, wood

Replies: 1
Views: 1,824

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th April 2010 08:50 AM; by wisno

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FINISHING

Black Calico / Baize

Started by quercus, 3rd April 2010 02:07 PM

afternoon, baize, black, calico, call, cedar, cheaper, cloth, desk, easter, happy, imagine, inlaid, lacquer, lacquered, leather, material, melbourne, option, original, repair, restoring, shiny, supply, top, type, victorian, writing

Replies: 4
Views: 1,729

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th April 2010 09:01 AM; by AlexS

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RESTORATION

When does the old shed become a new shed?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 16th March 2010 11:10 PM

corner, council, damaged, exist, extras, ground, hurt, including, original, possibly, posts, putting, raising, refitting, removing, renovateforum.com, replacing, roof, shed, structural, sunk, taking, theory, thread, timber, walls, weatherboards, world, wrong, [/url]

Replies: 0
Views: 1,233

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th March 2010 11:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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THE GARDEN SHED

Marble fire place in 100 yr old 2 storey terrace

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 23rd February 2010 04:50 PM

100, black, black/blackish, buy, color, downstairs, fire, fireplaces, front, homea, live, marble, original, purchased, read, renovateforum.com, renovation, stolen, storey, terrace, thread, white

Replies: 0
Views: 898

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd February 2010 04:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

smell in the art deco walnut veneer

Started by wondering, 6th February 2010 07:08 PM

addresses, art, bedroom, bit, coming, deco, finish, finishing, impossible, local, novice, oil, original, pong, recommendations, sank, scented, sharp, smell, sometimes.our, sour, strip, stripped, suite, total, treatment, veneer, walnut, website, wood

Replies: 5
Views: 2,705

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th February 2010 07:18 PM; by wondering

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RESTORATION

Restore painted jarrah windows

Started by lyna, 8th February 2010 03:24 PM

accepted, acid, advice, bath, cheers, cracks, dipped, effort, glue, gratefully, gun, heard, heat, jarrah, joints, original, paint, painted, plan, restore, size, strip, success, suggested, suggestions, tedious, weaken, windows, wood, worth

Replies: 3
Views: 2,391

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th February 2010 03:30 PM; by lyna

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FINISHING

Posting Problem

Started by Tony Morton, 1st January 2010 09:21 PM

Replies: 8
Views: 1,690

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th January 2010 09:25 AM; by DJ’s Timber

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FORUMS INFO, HELP, DISCUSSION & FEEDBACK

What should I do?

Started by Sebastiaan56, 30th November 2009 09:30 AM

1850s, assume, black, button, carnuba, cedar, decrease, dresser, finish, handles, hardware, installing, lac, lick, mother, original, painting, panels, planning, radically, rebuild, recommendations, replacement, reputedly, shrinkage, solid, style, talked, tlc

Replies: 10
Views: 2,293

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th December 2009 11:47 PM; by austermite

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RESTORATION

Very dissapointed with purchase

Started by Woodwould, 20th November 2009 10:47 AM

8 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

base, bases, call, caused, compound, cuts, days, december, dissapointed, flatten, inaccurate, irate, mid, moulded, off-set, original, phone, plane, postage, prepared, price, product, purchase, received, refund, return, router, screws, stanley, wood

Replies: 110
Views: 16,677

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2009 05:06 PM; by watson

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HAVE YOUR SAY

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