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It depends on how you think what a good floor is, Tassy oak or Victorian ash looks bloody beautiful with a warm blonde tone. But it is on the softer side and will dent easily.
Go to a flooring...

You can do it, Put two heavy gage 100mm "C" purlins from top to bottom, and the width of the RAC housing box. Use brackets etc to fix off top and bottom as well as tek screw the sheeting from the...

I think you all might be confusing "Old growth" oregan with the same species but faster grown stuff we see now?

That what I do, or you could use No2 neat as a final coat.
or use only No 1
Id test first as it is a petrolium based product, It will darken the timber. But I like that. I dont think there is an...

Yep thats right, but you dont paint it on with a brush and it dont dry too fast. You can use a paint roller or even a mop, where a pair of thongs and just keep it going on. You dont have to worry...

What about slab floors, where there are 65x19 flooring used as batterns?
What nifty floor clamp is there for that? Would yours work Dusty? or do you need full joist,s?

Thats the stuff, It cost about $45-50 for four litres. Comes in mat or gloss. You can mix the two to atain your own gloss level. Several coats of mat(No1) are aplied first then the thicker gloss or...

Do check out Decks Oljay.
To answer one of your first questions, No, I would not come back months later to oil the deck.
I use Auxilic(spell) acid to quikly bleech the surface, This takes out the...

Could someone put up the AS number for span tables please.

Merbu is one of the worst for leeching tanin. That is certainly your problem. Not much you can do now.
eventually it wil slow down but it will always stain the pool surounds or water.
Its a pull...

Just looking at that scribed axe handle on the botom, It would probably split in short time. The grain is not right.

Bootle states
"Hickory and spoted gum are best for striking tools subject to severe impact stress. The various acacias and the Tulip oaks usually behave well".
Personally, I prefer Hickory as it...

Contractor,
Ive recently moved from Sydney to the tweed area. I'm a locksmith by trade and specialize in Commercial/industrial doors service and installation.
This includes:
Fire doors and fire...

LOL, Ive now gone off turps:o
The only other one I like is spotted, The wife wants a more consistant look(minimalistic) But then where looking at softer stuff.
Some samples on the way, cheers...

Trevor, Ive narrowed it down to Turpintine, Whats available in select grade and how much?

Ive made a few spear guns in the past, So here goes;
First af all your blank needs to be perfectly quarter sawn from its extreme (140mm) ,And that means a 140x80 board would be perfectly cut on the...

I live in the northern rivers area:2tsup:(Tweed,just moved there) and are about to have a project home built. Im a flooring carpenter and Im looking around for a supplier for timber flooring. My...

My advice is to find a mentor.
By the sounds of your idea, you will end up being a contractor making kitchens in someone elses factory. They will pay only wage type rates, May as well be on there...

Are those cedar boards treated right? Out in the open like that

I think it is Rimu or one of the now rare pines. As a floor sander, and if it were my floor, Id be pushing up hill trying to get an exact species to replicate it. You may find somthing second hand...

Yeah, I thought that it was only "badwood" as a sawdust. The stuff I have is as tight and fine as the real rosewood. At the moment im using it as a hobby bench piece for tying flys for flyfishing,...

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Ive a few leftover pieces of it, Thought it would look good as a kitchen cutting board. one is about 250 x 45 x 800 There is some amboyner(spell) in it and is very rosey in colour. Is it safe for...

Thanks all, seems the teller was mixed up a tad.:rolleyes:

Its the lack of sulfur in that grain that makes me think its a hard shorea, Or just plain old hard pacific maple. I put door frames in every other day that are the same.
Also look at the pastey...

I was told years ago that Jackaranda is a type of rosewood and plum tree is a type of ebony. Can anyone who knows confirm this. and what are the properties of each(particularly jackaranda)
Thanks

Cruzi, Is that the same as Paduke(spell), Ive a bass guitar made of it, Very orange.

Its seems a little too late but for those who want a great finish, easy as rolling on with a paint roller, Only one initial light sand, Scratches are fixed by a simple roll on with another coat....

You want to paint a timber floor with a colour paint? Did I read that right?
Can you tell me what sort of timber the floor is.
That pic looks like its been limed.
It should cost you about $25-$30...

Thanks for all the info fellas, Here is the story behind the timber.
Fifteen years ago;
My wife(Then girlfriend) Had a girlfriend whose Dad I became friends and had a common interest in wood. His...

Great pics mate(wish I could post pics) Its a shorea, A hardwood from asia. Shorea is a bit like our Gums in that there are a hell of a lot of types of it. And varying qualities just like ironbark...

Yes mate, as if its been quater cut, seeing the rays would help. Also is it hard/heavy as in gum tree hard(or tas oak/vic ash hard) or is it medium as in qld/pacific maple (swampwood from the...

I would like to see the edge of the board sanded. Ive worked with Ausie Red cedar when I did the restoration of the old education building in bridge street sydney (heritage contract) , And yes that...

Ill call it as spotted gum

Thanks mate,
I finally found an old Anagote price list. $14 a SF in the mid 90,s
So you were spot on.
that,ll do me.

Ouch Frank:oo:
Ive been babying this stuff for years, Ive moved it from canbera to several suburbs in Sydney, then to Qld. Its cost me a fortune in removal fees. If I cut it up 15 years ago, Id have...

Id try drying it out with a hot iron over a towel. sometimes they come good. If that fails, luckily its an oil finnish, Rub more oil into the surface with 0000 , Then wax after its dry

Hello all.
I have some qld Maple that would be near 100 years old. it was from the stock that was used in the old parlament house ACT(wall paneling ect)
size as follows;
1 x 5m x 300 x 75(dead...

Im interested if any have used this product and what outcome they had.
Particularly in exposed/rain environment or salt marine environment.
Its made by Bondall

Cheers