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Left two buckets of water in the house to cure the polyurethane (moisture cure), worked great.
Very little dust - hardly any.
Pics don't do justice to the colour, it pops. And the sharp lines of...

Didn't use any solvent in the second coat and it went on too thick and didn't level out/flow properly, plus there was a lot of dust and crap in it.
Sanded with 120 grit using a Bosch GEX 150 turbo...

1st coat is easy, 2nd was really difficult to see, used a 3W LED head torch. Missed 4 or 5 small areas. Went back over them the next day.
Wait to fully cure then sand smooth for 3rd coat....

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2L Feast & Watson Prooftint Pine Conditioner rolled on with 6mm nap roller - took a week to dry (turpentine based).


1500ml Feast & Watson Prooftint Walnut
500ml Feast...

Oh well, was worth a try :D

I'd take it to a local Mens Shed, Saw Mill or established Timber Merchant and ask them - and about tung oil.

Hi All and Thanks In Advance for your time,

Just wondering when to apply F & W stain.

The Sealer is still a tiny bit sticky, only slightly pulling on a sock on my foot in a few spots when I...

Hi Jim,

Short answer - yes and yes.

Long answer - I bought a small block (900sqm) of land in a village in north east Tasmania, it slopes about 25 degrees and has a level site area of approx...

Thanks Skew,
I'll run the bearers the long way of the house, spaced 1200mm apart, that will give me 6 x 8metre bearers.

Pier spacing along the 8 metre wall.

Looking at billyt's scale house...

Thanks Skew,
Ok, I'll put the bearers 1300mm apart and the stumps placed 1500mm along the bearers. Why are the joists at 900mm? I thought they were 450mm apart.

I'm building the model with the...

Just wondering if I could get some advice on how far apart the piers should be.

Bought a cheap table saw and some pine. Put together a baseboard 480mm x 630mm to build a 6m x 8m house to a scale...

Yeah, saw that today!

Thank You billyt

"why don't you rip some 6mm strips from a 12mm thick plank" - Chief Tiff

waiting to cantact local mens shed to see if they have a table saw and thicknesser I could use (why didn't I think of...

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone uses 5 x 10 or 6 x 12 (mm) pine strips or may know a way of obtaining some (probably need about 15 metres).

Thank you,
Jay<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone uses 5 x 10 or 6 x 12 (mm) pine strips or may know a way of obtaining some ( probably need about 15 metres).

Thank you,
Jay