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Thread: Oil finish? Stairs WIP
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6th February 2016, 07:04 PM #31
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What a lovely attic room. We had two like that in our house in Hobart. The lining boards were Baltic Pine and had originally either been sealed with shellac or left bare timber. One of the two rooms was still lovely aged timber but someone had painted half the other room white. Such a shame. Some of our lining boards were warped and twisted like that too, though other areas were perfect. Our attic rooms had the chimneys coming through the middle of them - also covered in lining boards. Very quaint - especially as one of them opened onto a third floor balcony with a castellated stone parapet.
Its good to see you are doing such a good job with this house. That stair decoration is very pretty, perhaps Gothic revival as was common in the Picturesque Style common in the 1890's. Is that the date of the house?
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6th February 2016, 07:06 PM #32
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Yes I believe the house dates around then. There is a balcony here too
Warch out for the wires just outside rhe balcony though
Here is a front view
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7th February 2016, 11:52 AM #33
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Not the stairs but the painting upstairs.
Likely installed green and then shrunk these boards have been filled with what I presume is linseed putty.
With harsh cross lighting it is easier to see the 'v' joints are a lot deeper than the 'v' grooves in the centre if the board. Also the filking is very uneven
A close up shows an example of a bad spot. Some areas in the ceiling it was bulging down and had to be pulled out and refilled
With use of 'no more gaps' i will try and even it out so it looks more acceptable. Somewhat like i have done on the vertical boards above.
Hope to get all the prep finished and two coats today.
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8th February 2016, 08:10 AM #34
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Not as good as i would have liked but two coats
The room is looking finished
Glad to see it virtually done
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8th February 2016, 04:50 PM #35
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Up stairs is looking 'all white' now. So bak to the main attraction.
Instructions were just to oil or what have you 'as is' but .... I couldn't help myself. It just had to be fixed at least a little bit as you see the lower section before and after
And the top rail at the landing. Forst coat being applied. There isjust one panel still in the raw
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Yes I went the shellac
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9th February 2016, 09:03 AM #36
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Well im not claimong its a liece of furniture or that im anygood at this shellac game but tried to tidy up that first rail section a bit and a few coars later it looks something like this
Perhaps i need a few lessons
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9th February 2016, 07:20 PM #37
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Looking good mate.
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9th February 2016, 07:23 PM #38
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Cleaning up post at top of stairs
This one needs more work
I think i could use one of fencefurniture's fancy float things. They'd be good on paint wouldn't they?
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9th February 2016, 08:02 PM #39
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Ok cleanes up a bit more now
And a close up
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9th February 2016, 08:43 PM #40
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Ah, say what??
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9th February 2016, 08:46 PM #41
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Ooopps Originally Posted by FenceFurniture
Good on paint
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9th February 2016, 09:19 PM #42
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Maybe a bit harsh on the softwood though.
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9th February 2016, 09:19 PM #43
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Oh.
What would you suggest
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9th February 2016, 09:23 PM #44
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9th February 2016, 09:24 PM #45
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Whats a good way to clean a file when it gets clogged. I did end up using a file but its all gummed up with paint now
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