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When sanding hardwood floors, should I buy a rotary or oscillating tool?
I plan to refinish the hardwood floors in three bedrooms using an orbital floor sander because they seem easier and safer for beginners than the drum sander. I need something to sand the edges, and ...
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What are the pros and cons of various hardwood floor finishes?
Trying to decide how to stain/finish some new oak hardwood floors. What are the pros and cons of various options like stain+poly, tung oil, etc. I'm wondering about lifetime cost, durability, ability ...
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How can I determine if there is asbestos in something?
I pulled up some old flooring. Underneath there is material that looks like paper, maybe fabric, that is glued to the hardwood below. I would like to refinish the hardwood. Is there an easy way to ...
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How do I remove permanent marker from a solid hardwood table?
A black permanent marker was used on my kitchen table. My daughter is 3, my bad for leaving the marker out!
An image of the damage:
The top circled area shows one mark. The bottom circle is ...
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How can I strip & Refinish this window frame?
Take a look at the following close-up of one of my window frames. I'd like to strip all the white paint off of it, possibly stain the wood, and finish it with a varnish. I have the following ...
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How can I restore this interior wooden siding?
I have a small entry way with wooden siding by my front door. It's not in great condition from the previous owners and I was hoping there would be a way to restore or just make it look better. Could ...
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Can I apply water based polyurethane over oil based polyurethane and vice versa?
I can see brush strokes on a dining table from a previous application of polyurethane.
I want to sand these and re-apply polyurethane. I do not know whether the previous application was a ...
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Stain-grade wood repair for door mullion?
One of our dogs apparently had a teething problem while we were out working in the garden, and decided to work it out on the wooden door's mullion. The mullion has been rather decreased in the ...
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How do I clean teak oil off of a paint brush?
I painted my outdoor wood table with teal oil last summer. I'd like to do it again using the same brush, but now the brush is stiff and gummed up. Last time I used it I washed it off with warm water, ...
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How do I remove stickers and residue from a wooden door?
When I was a kid I put a ton of stickers all over my wooden door. In addition, I also taped on posters and pictures.
I tried removing the stickers and with some of them having been there for more ...
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Is it possible to refinish floors one room at a time?
I live in a small townhouse and would like to refinish the floors in the upstairs of my home.
It is very difficult to do all of the rooms at once, but a friend suggested that unless I do this, the ...
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How do I patch sections of polyurethane coating on a hardwood floor?
Sections of the floor in our dining room have worn sections, where the polyurethane coating has worn through to the bare wood. Having the room emptied and properly refinished isn't really an option at ...
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How do I finish my partially finished floor?
Ok here's the deal. I stained and poly'd the floor with 1 coat. I tried a floor buffer to sand after the first poly layer. Mistake.. the buffer was too strong. In a couple areas the buffer started ...
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How can I sand 1/2 inch hardwood floors?
I need to refinish the hardwood floors in my new house. I was going to rent one of those giant drum sanders to do the job, but everywhere I read says that unless the floor is 3/4 inch thick, you ...
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How to easily clean up or refinish cheap top coat on hardwood?
I recently purchased a home, and it appears that the hardwood floors had a very thin and/or cheap top coat of finish applied to make them shiny with minimal effort.
If I slide ANYTHING (even say a ...
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How do I fix up an unfinished, oil-stained pine table?
I have an unfinished, salvaged natural hardwood, pine table, similar to the Restoration Hardware salvaged wood trestle table. I spilled some olive oil on it and then did something worse -- tried to ...
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How do I fill nail holes in baseboards?
While installing a new floor in my living room I had to remove the baseboards (finished wood, not painted), now that the job is done and the baseboards have been replaced what is the best way to fill ...
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What is the recommended technique for refinishing hardwood floors
I have old hardwood floors in my home that I'd like to refinish myself. I'm ok with all sorts of manual labor, but I'd like to know the preferred method for refinishing them without damaging my walls ...
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Can I sand bamboo floors?
I have prefinished bamboo floors in the kitchen and they are not in a good shape. I was wondering if i can sand them. Somebody told me that i can't send prefinished floors (oak or bamboo), somebody ...
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Options for Hardwood Floor Scratch and Gouge Repair
I have a 10 month old puppy who recently discovered her (apparent) love for the taste of wood putty. There was a rather large knot hole that had been plugged and finished in our living room floor that ...
