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  How do you paint "faux grain"?

  I was amazed how easy it is to paint in "faux grain" using this funny little rubber tool.You just apply the wood stain and then drag the tool along, rocking forward and backward to open and close grain lines. It is amazingly realistic and surprisingly easy.It is called a "ZAR Graining Tool".The ...
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  Black stain coming through oil finish on cedar chair

  An e-mail from Jan in Verona Ontario:Last year I made a white cedar adirondack chair. I finished it with Varathane Natural Oil finish for interior and exterior wood. Parts of it are fine other parts are black after sitting outside one summer. I'm in the process of making another one. What can ...
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  Slippery finished concrete

  Bill from Edmonton, Alberta has coloured and varnished concrete outdoors, which has turned out to be just too slippery.To keep the same look but eliminate the safety hazard I would suggest another coat of the same finish but while it is wet, sprinkle in painter's sand. You can find little contai...
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  Staining wood filler

  There is often a need to fill holes in wood before staining. One of our viewers asked, how do you get the filler to take the stain evenly with the wood alongside it?The old trick of glue and sawdust is a sure stain problem, the glue will not take stain at all. Plastic wood is also a very poo...
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  Refinishing a wood door

  Bill in Sydney, Nova Scotia would like to know how to maintain the aesthetics of his carved wood door but he needs to re-stain it.The large flat areas, those that have taken on most of the weather problem, can be sanded down. The rest should be carefully stripped so as to not bother the carvings...
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  Re-surfacing Melamine Furniture

  Before looking at resurfacing laminate furniture, I gave a small suggestion that a face lifting could be as simple as changing the door and drawer handles. If you haven't visited that isle at the renovation centre lately, you should stop by for a look-see.You can paint the plastic surface. Firs...
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  Wood Touch-Ups - eleminating scratches

  A scratch in a piece of furniture is usually impossible to eliminate completely without refinishing the piece. However, you can often hide it pretty well with any of a variety of stain pens or coloured wax crayons. They can simply be rubbed in, or melted, even colours mixed during melting and f...
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  Clear Wood Finishes

  Karen Runstedler from Minwax demonstrated several of their finishing and refinishing products.Of note: if a finish is an older lacquer or shellac finish, you may be able to restore it without stripping off the old finish and without bothering the colour of the wood below. The secret is to use ...
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  Patching stippled ceilings

  Whether you drill a hole or remove a wall, it is always difficult to repair a stippled or textured ceiling so that the patch doesn't show.First, check the size of the grains in the texture, and buy a textured mix that has the same sized grains.Apply your patch with a stabbing motion of your pain...
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  Repairing a metal door

  Charles in Toronto, Ontario has a damaged metal door which had been broken into. He wants to know how to straighten out the metal and repaint the door.That's actually an easy question. Simply go to an auto supply store and check out what they have in the body shop section. Flatten the problem ...