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Finishing a DIY desk (Pics inside)

Started by kez, 25th August 2010 09:15 AM

avoid, causing, desk, diy, door, finish, finishing, forum, glossy, hearing, inexpensive, inside, kez, lightweight, matte, mild, natural, oil, option, pics, product, recommend, research, scared, scratch, surface, tung, unfinished, wood, wooden

Replies: 3
Views: 3,035

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th August 2010 10:29 AM; by munruben

Forum:
FINISHING

tung oil

Started by SAISAY, 17th August 2010 04:05 PM

black/brown, dark, forgot, guy, oil, polyurethane, question, sealed, spinning, stain, stained, surface, tia, tin, tray, tung, ute, walnut, wheel, wolffie

Replies: 5
Views: 1,851

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd August 2010 01:02 PM; by SAISAY

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FINISHING

How to improve poly satin finish to large table top

Started by ozymandius, 25th July 2010 08:50 AM

1.4m, 3.65m, 5-legged, advice, advised, appreciated, automotive, cut, cutting, experts, fine, finish, grits, improve, large, oak, oil, poly, procedures, project, quality, rep, restoration, satin, silky, similar, surface, table, top, wattyl

Replies: 11
Views: 3,379

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd August 2010 02:23 PM; by ozymandius

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FINISHING

Clear coat dissolving stain

Started by RussellB, 15th August 2010 12:23 AM

action, apply, bit, brush, clear, coat, deeper, dissolving, finish, fix, hair, hand, increases, light, likelihood, patches, patchy, pressed, remove, requiring, result, smoothly, smudge, stain, sticky, surface, thicker, touched, touches, wide

Replies: 4
Views: 3,112

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th August 2010 02:28 PM; by RussellB

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FINISHING

Spraying water based finishes

Started by Pete F, 12th August 2010 07:02 PM

acrylic, affecting, based, bit, crap, curing, describe, experience, finishes, flowout, gloss, iso-cyonates, level, miscellaneous, needle/cap, oil, paints, pete, reasonable, requires, results, setups, similar, situation, solvents, spraying, stinking, surface, thinning, water

Replies: 6
Views: 7,876

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th August 2010 04:24 PM; by Pete F

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FINISHING

Lie Nielsen Low Angle Adjustable Mouth Block Plane

Started by Durdge39, 24th July 2010 07:57 PM

adjustable, adjuster, adjusting, adjustment, angle, backlash, blade, block, cap, depth, flat, grain, hand, knob, lie, low, mating, mouth, nice, nielsen, paper, plane, polished, smooth, sole, surface, tension, tighten, toe, tool

Replies: 2
Views: 5,134

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th August 2010 04:45 PM; by justinmcf

Forum:
PRODUCT REVIEWS

My first project

Started by bristolwoodwork, 7th August 2010 01:44 AM

advice, attached, consideration, dave, discoloured, due, fine, flash, glass, gratefully, love, note, ontop, people, photos, potential, project, read, recieved, ruin, rush, shine, speculation, stage, stupid, surface, units, visable, wire, wool

Replies: 4
Views: 2,113

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th August 2010 06:31 PM; by bristolwoodwork

Forum:
RESTORATION

Liming Look with 2Pack

Started by Home_Renovator, 4th August 2010 03:43 PM

2pack, achieving, advice, benchtop, bit, colour, dilute, effect, finish, finished, grain, kitchen, lighter, limed, limed/whitewash, liming, love, natural, paint, previous, recreate, staining/liming, surface, tend, timber, timbers, usual, white, worried, yellow

Replies: 1
Views: 1,587

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th August 2010 09:45 PM; by ljvs1951

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FINISHING

repainting gloss surfaces

Started by mic-d, 3rd August 2006 10:07 AM

acrylic, applied, apply, base, bin, coat, doors, enamel, esp, finishes, gloss, helps, hope, mine, paint, peeling, primer, remover, repainting, sanding, sealer, shellac, silicone, soap, sugar, surface, surfaces, takes, wipe, zinsser

Replies: 12
Views: 26,843

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st July 2010 05:06 PM; by smeds

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

Is MDF for skirting boards recommended?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 27th July 2010 12:00 AM

applications, baths, boards, catalogue, exposure, exterior, fared, firmly, fixings, held, jarrah, job, laundries, masonry, mdf, moisture, oak, read, recommended, renovateforum.com, reply, showers, skirting, stood, surface, tasmanian, temperatures, test, thread, time

Replies: 0
Views: 1,781

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th July 2010 12:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Is MDF for skiting boards recommended?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 22nd July 2010 09:30 PM

applications, baths, boards, exposure, exterior, fared, firmly, fixings, held, jarrah, job, laundries, masonry, mdf, moisture, oak, read, recommended, renovateforum.com, reply, showers, skirting, skiting, stood, suitable, surface, tasmanian, test, thread, time

Replies: 0
Views: 1,573

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd July 2010 09:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

reversing too much wax

Started by waxoff, 7th June 2010 04:27 PM

amount, bit, dark, excess, fingernail, hardware, islands, light, mate, methalyted, mineral, mottled, previously, rag, random, re-wax, recommended, removed, reversing, spirits, sticky, store, strip, surface, table, tiny, trip, turps, wax, wool

Replies: 2
Views: 1,942

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th June 2010 05:05 PM; by waxoff

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FINISHING

how to read surface levels plan?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 1st June 2010 09:00 PM

89.77, 90.89, advice, building, corner, entire, envelop, ex88.35, ex88.62, fall, falls, fb89.06, fb90.17;, front, fs88.26, fs89.11, fs90.09, fs91.27, land, left, levels, marked, meant, plan, read, renovateforum.com, slope, subdivided, surface, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,253

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st June 2010 09:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Finish for green timber

Started by cultana, 30th May 2010 02:23 AM

apply, bit, campaspe, can/would, clean, crack, difference, dry, eucalyptus, extent, finish, forward, green, lost, moisture, natural, oil/wax, optimistic, penetrate, pieces, polish, replaced, sit, slowly, suggestion, suitable, surface, thin, timber, wax

Replies: 2
Views: 2,081

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th May 2010 11:47 AM; by cultana

Forum:
FINISHING

Help with MDF finish/protection

Started by tuen, 24th May 2010 01:03 PM

advice, aesthetics, appreciated, board, built, bunnings, care, finish, finish or protection, finish/protection, finishing, justin, lurker, mdf, obtained, oil, protection, recently, router, rub, section, similar, simple, sort, surface, table, time, tung, water, word

Replies: 5
Views: 2,344

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th May 2010 12:45 PM; by malb

Forum:
FINISHING

Restoring 17th century oak panels

Started by hughmer, 12th April 2010 04:45 AM

17th, aged, alcohol, brass, brush, century, cleaned, england, fine, grain, klendoo, liberal, lost, match, meths, neutralised, oak, paint, panels, patina, real, remaining, restoring, scrub, spirit, stripping, surface, tone, treated, washing

Replies: 9
Views: 3,414

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd May 2010 01:38 AM; by tea lady

Forum:
RESTORATION

Vitex decking - help for finishing please

Started by jon71, 16th May 2010 08:39 PM

auckland, aussie, based, built, coat, deck, decking, don;t, drift, fake, finishing, greying/silvering, hold, keen, looked, mind, natural, polyurethane, prevent, product, products, recoating, retain, rnage, stains, surface, timber, vitex, wet

Replies: 2
Views: 2,052

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th May 2010 10:31 PM; by opelblues

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FINISHING

Lake Erie Toolworks Vice Screw

Started by Ray153, 10th April 2010 12:33 PM

block, caps, chipping, cleanly, cut, diametre, erie, fit, garter, grain, handle, hole, lake, length, nicely, nick, nut, product, screw, shipping, surface, surfaces, thread, threaded, threads, toolworks, touch, vice, vise, wood

Replies: 7
Views: 5,483

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th May 2010 07:28 PM; by IanW

Forum:
PRODUCT REVIEWS

Verandah renovation

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 14th May 2010 06:10 PM

1880s, advance, base, basically, begin, build, construct, entire, gravel/sand, iron, live, lot, oldhouse, process, questions, read, rebuilt, recompress, renovateforum.com, renovating, renovation, resurface, scratch, stripped, surface, thread, timber, timbers, verandah, weatherboard

Replies: 0
Views: 1,997

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th May 2010 06:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Hardening Cedar

Started by jeffhigh, 11th May 2010 11:10 AM

australian, cedar, dilited, diluted, durability, harden, hardening, red, shellac, suggestiions, surface

Replies: 5
Views: 5,646

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th May 2010 10:31 PM; by fletty

Forum:
FINISHING

Repel spots in water based lacquer?

Started by Kaisergrendel, 31st March 2010 11:53 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

3rd, based, board, coat, coats, dye, filled, filler, free, grain, lacquer, lightly, paper, previously, repel, sample, sanded, scattered, scuffed, speakers, spirit-based, spots, sprayed, stained, stearate, surface, thickness, timbermate, turps-based, water

Replies: 45
Views: 9,799

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th April 2010 01:53 AM; by Kaisergrendel

Forum:
FINISHING

How to keep veneer glue off adjacent surfaces

Started by Kaisergrendel, 18th April 2010 10:13 PM

adjacent, avoid, blue, combination, contamination, expensive, glue, heat+masking, initially, iron-on, mask, masking, surface, surfaces, tape, tapethe, veneer, worried, worse

Replies: 0
Views: 1,307

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th April 2010 10:13 PM; by Kaisergrendel

Forum:
FINISHING

Finishing Schedule for Borate treated (TIMBOR) Red Oak Timber

Started by cahudson42, 17th April 2010 09:07 AM

10%, beetle, board, boards, borate, borates, bugs, coats, exit, finish, finishing, glycol, grain, holes, lightly, oak, oil, question, raised, red, remove, schedule, solution, suggestions, surface, timber, timbor, treated, water, wiping

Replies: 0
Views: 1,654

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th April 2010 09:07 AM; by cahudson42

Forum:
FINISHING

What to do with the underside of a table top

Started by brizylad, 1st April 2010 09:32 AM

120, 600, applied, attach, bottom, brew, coats, computer, couple, dawned, desk, extent, finish, finishing, gday, legs, oak, pics, rough, sanded, sealed, silky, stuart, surface, table, time, top, underside, weekend, wongos

Replies: 11
Views: 1,573

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th April 2010 10:50 PM; by Wongo

Forum:
FINISHING

cfp

Started by groverwa, 4th March 2010 07:49 AM

60%, australian, bench, bolt, brushed, bunnings, cabots, cfp, coffee, finish, gloss, glossy, hide, holes, items, lacguer, lady, mike, pack, plastic, recycled, satin, scratch, style, surface, table, tables, tops, west, woodturned

Replies: 4
Views: 1,862

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th March 2010 08:22 PM; by groverwa

Forum:
FINISHING

How to paint a new front door by brush

Started by Dengue, 6th March 2010 05:49 PM

brush, coating, deal, door, dries, edges, finally, flat, front, gratefully, hours, hung, ideas, masking, paint, painted, painting, prevent, recommend, runs, suggestions, surface, surfaces, tape, till, timber, top, trestle, trouble, wait

Replies: 12
Views: 5,624

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th March 2010 10:07 PM; by soundman

Forum:
FINISHING

Assistance Finishing a Cheese Board

Started by telemeister, 17th February 2010 06:16 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

applying, appreciated, assistance, beeswax, board, cheese, definitive, dry, finish, finishing, found, grain, ignorance, learn, linseed, linseed oil, looked, nice, oil, options, preface, questions, sanded, smooth, sufficient, surface, thinking, time, tree, woodwork

Replies: 18
Views: 4,758

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th February 2010 07:04 PM; by telemeister

Forum:
FINISHING

The Hypnotist

Started by gawdelpus, 4th February 2010 10:59 PM

antique, breaking, center, claude, clean, eyes, family, floor, generations, gently, gleaming, hundred, hundreds, hypnotist, hypnotists, invite, pairs, people, pieces, polished, quietly, senior, slipped, special, surface, swaying, swing, watch, weeks

Replies: 0
Views: 1,126

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th February 2010 10:59 PM; by gawdelpus

Forum:
JOKES

Hard surface spray finish required

Started by Dengue, 3rd February 2010 11:25 AM

$84, added, application, based, baskets, enamel, finish, glossy, hard, intend, paint, painting, primed, primer, pushing, required, salesman, satin, shelf, shops, spray, suggestions, surface, tabumans, teflon, tin, type, undercoat/sealer, understand, water

Replies: 4
Views: 1,732

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd February 2010 08:25 PM; by China

Forum:
FINISHING

Spray painting advice needed

Started by Dengue, 9th January 2010 01:50 PM

advice, cabots, clean, cleanup, collects, diggers, drying, dust, enamel, fine, gun, hours, mineral, needed, oil, painting, ply, product, shop, speed, spray, suitable, surface, tacky, takes, thinner, time, tin, turps, varnish

Replies: 3
Views: 1,952

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th January 2010 09:02 PM; by Master Splinter

Forum:
FINISHING

How to repair Miniwax Wipe-on poly protected surface?

Started by Blackout, 1st January 2010 03:11 PM

applied, applying, bypassing, cheers, damaged, drying, hope, instructions, interior, layers, miniwax, ok.-, poly, process, protected, read, repair, roofing, sales, sanding, section, silly, sit, straight, surface, talkdoh, tin, veranda, wipe, wipeon

Replies: 0
Views: 1,595

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st January 2010 03:11 PM; by Blackout

Forum:
FINISHING

can you screw cement fibre sheets directly onto timber framing?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 17th December 2009 01:20 PM

acceptable, battens, build, building, cement, code, council, decorative, directly, fibre, flat, frame, framing, metal, plans, read, renovateforum.com, screw, screwed, shed, sheets, sort, squiggly, straight, submitted, surface, thread, timber, waves, yard

Replies: 0
Views: 1,852

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th December 2009 01:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Attaching skirting boards to brick walls

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 14th December 2009 11:30 AM

attach, attaching, avoid, boards, brick, carpet, carpeted, fit, gap, hold, hoping, house, internal, leave, nail, plaster/brick, questions, read, reason, remove, renovateforum.com, reply, sitting, skirting, spin, surface, thread, tiled, tiles, walls

Replies: 0
Views: 3,285

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th December 2009 11:30 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Glass over table

Started by Charleville, 13th December 2009 06:57 AM

christmas, coaster, cold, cork, cushioning, decided, dining, discs, dozen, drink, family, glass, half, laid, perished, presence, question, rumpus, self-adhesive, sized, sort, spacers, spare, suite, surface, table, thin, thinking, top, wooden

Replies: 3
Views: 2,179

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th December 2009 10:13 AM; by Bob38S

Forum:
FINISHING

routed MDF sheets

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th December 2009 10:50 AM

1880s, application, assess, called, cottage, display, fancy, flesh, google, home, kitchen, lean-to, lining, local, mdf, mind, potential, product, read, recall, renovateforum.com, routed, sheet, sheets, speak, suppliers, surface, thread, track, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 1,873

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th December 2009 10:50 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Sap bleeding through Danish Oil

Started by rsser, 12th November 2009 04:40 PM

bleeding, bleeds, bowls, bowls;, brains, danish, days, deodar, finish, finishes, food, growth, ideas, items, late, oil, recoating, remove, rustins, sap, solvent, sort, spirits, surface, treated, trust, utility, wash, white, wiping

Replies: 14
Views: 3,176

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st December 2009 06:22 AM; by rsser

Forum:
FINISHING

glazing tiles

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 30th November 2009 06:30 AM

finish, glazed, glazing, gloss, poly?any, porcelain, read, renovateforum.com, sealers, stick, suggestions, supplier, surface, thread, tile, tiles, told, top, vanity, wondered

Replies: 0
Views: 3,861

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th November 2009 06:30 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Painting outside in hot windy weather:-(

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 26th November 2009 02:50 AM

based, container, cure, decanting, detail, hot, paint, painting, paints, read, renovateforum.com, retarder, retarders, short, skinning, slow, sort, surface, thinners, thread, time, top, trick, water, weather-, windy

Replies: 0
Views: 3,903

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th November 2009 02:50 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Decking bearers, Hardwood V Treated Pine V steel purlins

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 20th November 2009 03:50 PM

balcony, bearers, bottom, coating, corigated, deck, decking, east, eastern, fine, form, grey, hardwood, house, mistake, mould, north, pine, read, renovateforum.com, ridge, scrubbing, shaded, steel, supposed, surface, thread, top, treated, trees

Replies: 0
Views: 9,204

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th November 2009 03:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Irish burial at sea

Started by wheelinround, 12th November 2009 01:36 PM

aye, bit, burial, chest, deep, dis, disllnevado, enuff, fer, gettinghimself, hand, immediately, irish, mick, onceagain, paddy, poor, row, sea, seamus, shovel, slips, suddenly, surface, tink, tis, uncle, water, yer

Replies: 3
Views: 1,431

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2009 10:34 PM; by joe greiner

Forum:
JOKES

raised panel staining

Started by NLCarrII, 3rd November 2009 08:45 AM

cherry, conditioner, cross, dimensions, expose, father, feet, final, grain, helping, marks, nathan, panel, panels, plan, prepare, project, question, raised, rough, sanding, sending, shaped, signs, slightly, stain, staining, surface, wet, woodwork

Replies: 1
Views: 1,409

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd November 2009 09:05 PM; by joe greiner

Forum:
FINISHING

Surface preparation for epoxy flooring

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 1st November 2009 10:40 PM

epoxy, flooring, preparation, read, renovateforum.com, surface, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,487

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st November 2009 10:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

French Polishing

Started by 4Him24_7, 1st November 2009 09:42 PM

add, advice, bring, close, coats, corner, couple, french, hard, hey, level, metho, nice, oak, photos, polish, polished, polishing, qld, remember, removed, shellac, silky, started, surface, table, top, u-beaut, white, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,699

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st November 2009 09:42 PM; by 4Him24_7

Forum:
FINISHING

Painting PVC edging tape

Started by Dengue, 1st November 2009 07:02 AM

advise, applied, based, bookshelf, edging, glues, hot, iron, jill, paint, painted, painting, plywood, pvc, surface, tape, type, water, white

Replies: 1
Views: 2,508

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st November 2009 06:57 PM; by Master Splinter

Forum:
FINISHING

Painting inside slots

Started by Dengue, 26th October 2009 04:42 PM

10mm, 18mm, 200mm, dengue, ideas, inside, interior, mdf, measure, paint, painting, piece, series, slots, suggestions, surface, thick, ventilation

Replies: 3
Views: 1,332

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2009 08:03 PM; by soundman

Forum:
FINISHING

Iron Roof Repair

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 31st October 2009 03:50 PM

action, adelaide, appreciated, cheers, handy, hey, holes, iron, job, join, leaks, overlaps, rat, read, recommendations, renovateforum.com, repair, repairers, repairs, replacement, resort, roof, rust, sheeting, suggestions, surface, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,523

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2009 03:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

My waxing day on jarrah benchtop

Started by The Mrs, 28th October 2009 09:35 PM

beautifully, benchtop, cloth, counter, cracks, day, easy, finger, gun, happy, heat, hot, imperfections, jarrah, kitchenette, low, melted, office, pretty, quick, rubbed, setting, solid, stick, surface, top, varnish, warmed, wax, waxing

Replies: 6
Views: 2,516

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th October 2009 11:12 PM; by The Mrs

Forum:
FINISHING

Cooktop Hole Too Big

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 29th October 2009 12:30 PM

bench, benchtop, bit, cooktop, easier, existing, fill-in, fit, flush, frame, hole, install, market, matter, option, picture, presume, read, renovateforum.com, replace, router, sit, sits, sort, stainless, surface, thin, thread, top, uneven

Replies: 0
Views: 2,772

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th October 2009 12:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

surface conduit for the interim

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 21st October 2009 01:50 AM

advisable, advised, bathroom, bathroomat, brick, conduit, dig, double, due, electrician, heater/fan/light, hide, install, interim, internal, ixl, mounted, plan, plaster, read, renovate, renovateforum.com, sealing, surface, tastic, thread, time, trench, wall, wiring

Replies: 0
Views: 1,743

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st October 2009 01:50 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

White Cloudy stuff all over my table...HELP!!

Started by chels81, 18th October 2009 07:30 PM

appreciated, bought, chelsearoll, cloudy, doh, fantastic, follow, hand, home, instructions, novice, soap, store, strip, stuff, surface, table, tablehelp, washed, water, white

Replies: 2
Views: 2,014

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th October 2009 08:48 PM; by ubeaut

Forum:
FINISHING

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