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Coming back in to report on the Marveer polish. Unfortunately my local supermarkets only stocked the liquid in red tones so I bought a can of spray.

Oh boy are my chair frames thirsty! I did one...

Digging out this old thread due to mention of a "quick" option for touching up surfaces with Marveer furniture polish.

My 7pc Chiswell dining setting is in need of some TLC but I do not have time...

You could try the Feast Watson carnauba wax which comes in a dark colour as well as natural - the dark wax on Jarrah will give it a lovely richness of finish like old brown leather shoes that have...

The restorations I've done have "restored by Steph" and the date written on the back or underneath.

The only things I've done for other people (so far) are framed pictures which have a clear...

Well it's YOUR shed and YOUR rules. My rules would be that the saw doesn't get switched on unless they are sitting where I can see them well out of reach of the table saw. And if they can't do that...

You can buy it at pretty much every chemist these days. I first discovered it when going to travel in Pakistan nearly 10y ago and always had some with me when my daughter was in nappies.

Aqium gel...

You are supposed to wear a mask for this are you not!? :wink:

Steph

What are you going to do about the bits that have borer?

Steph

Hmm actually I might not need to put a panel in there at all. There is already a rebate cut in the bottom of the side panels.

The cabinet will be on castors which I was thinking I'd mount to the...

After constructing the five main panels for the cabinet I discovered it was going to be hugely difficult to get everything square when glueing them up into a frame (pic1)... not to mention massively...

Posting the info I received from my friend for how they did a bakelite effect on car door interiors and dash (1940-something Oldsmobile).



Steph

I have successfully made DIY coloured stains by thinning gloss enamel with turps about 1:10 (guessing). Mostly I've used the small "fiddly bits" tins of enamel in standard colours but you could use a...

Welcome!

Two potential problems spring to mind from a look at your pic:

- Are you using stain/estapol mix painted on with a brush? Practically impossible to get a nice even coverage with this...

Oh cool - every time we go timber shopping my daughter is always wanting to get this bit or the other "so you can build me a cubby house".

Today while I was browsing interior stains she was...

I just bought a tool kit from Bunnings for a 4yo's birthday present. It was $20 and contained belt, gloves, plastic play hat, 2 screwdrivers, square, 1m rule (foldable), hammer and a ***** sharp saw....

Thanks Astrid - I was only going to drill out the dowel holes if I could get new dowels slightly larger. I figured this would give the glue a better bite during reassembly?

I'm a bit confused...

Ok here is the first of two frames for photos of my daughter.

It's are made from an old oak desktop (actually the bench shown is an old door on top of the desk frame) milled to 18x30 and glued up...

Will be watching this thread with interest. I have an old oak dining suite in the garage (buried under other stuff) that belonged to LOML's grandmother I am going to restore (one day). All of the...

I know someone who has done faux bakelite on dash and other car interior he's restoring. I could ask him for details if you like?

Steph

I've been sitting here for 5min trying to work out what LOML means. Now that I have I *like* it and might borrow it :)!

I'll take some pics over the weekend of some frames I am working on for home...

I have been planning a proper big bed for my nearly 4yo daughter all year but still haven't started it :B.

I have acquired a generous quantity of 35yo rough sawn hardwood (mixed ash-ish eucalypt)...

Danish Oil - put on the first coat really really wet and leave for 10-15 then wipe it off. The next day do a 2nd coat and sand it while wet with 360-400 grit wet and dry paper - wipe off and then...

I have used Sikkens HLS (teak colour) on the Tassie Oak threshold/step at our front door which faces north. It gets alot of traffic plus direct sun all winter (shaded in summer but still reflected...

These photos are heaps better :)!

I think the big pool of black filler looks awful too. Did you have to make a coffee table? If you'd made the legs half the width but twice as long and the table...

Looks fabulous! :2tsup:

Where did you get the concealed fittings for the side rails? I will need some for my daughter's bed.

Is there a reason why you didn't make the slats on the bed head go...

I am confused - help me out here...

How can someone called "Bob" be an *honorary* bloke? :? :?

Steph

Yes though reluctantly at times.

Would be happy to have the company occasionally if he could just bite his tongue with the goddamned instructions on how to do *my* project (no matter what it is...

If that's the case then I sure hope funkychicken used super-dooper breathing protection and dust extraction when he put it thru the thicknesser... :?

Partly because it's so quick to turn a really crap photo into a less crap photo - quick enough for me to be bothered doing it for my own benefit so I might as well post it.



That's a very good...

Have photoshopped your original image to
- rotate it so that up is up :doh:
- lighten the shadows
- remove the blueish colour cast :?

Also did a cropped version just showing the table top since...

Dusty are those rose petals or yummy Christmas snacks on your coffee table and what timber is the plate they are on made of? I like the table too - mega-solid but looks classy!

Now back to the...

I have it written down somewhere but from memory
- metho
- length of Tas Oak moulding for back edge (veneer damaged) plus stain to match teak
- filler to patch small areas of veneer damage and...

I restored a Chiswell 60s buffet by rubbing back with metho and steel wool then recoating with Danish Oil. It was in pretty atrocious condition though (hence the bargain price of $40 :D).

I am...

Hello all,

I am planning to launch into custom framing using solid timber and all archival materials - probably not properly for another 18m when my daughter will be at full-time school.

I've...

Well if you don't like this section then b*gger off and leave us to mind our own business! :~



Hehe well that worked well didn't it!? :D

I'm not even going to bother responding to your first...

Hey Donna that looks lovely! :2tsup:

I still haven't started my daughter's bed which I was hoping would be finished this year. But I guess she is not even 4 yet so I still have 19 years up my...

Lovely lovely job on the workbench :2tsup:

Like the tambor door - might implement one or two of these for our kitchen reno (a long way in the future). How do you get the glue in?

I went to the...

My "proper" woodwork projects have lapsed since we got an early burst of spring and I spent some time doing garden jobs and painting inside.

Oh I also entered a 100km mountain bike race in...

I will be at the show this arvo with my father-in-law while grandma stays here with Miss 3.5 who has declared "NO!" she doesn't want to go to the woodwork show.

My mantra for today will be:

I...

Yeah and not only does the price double but the quality and reliability halves. Or if you manage to get something reasonably priced and reliable the @#$@#$ thing looks like a complete dog's...

Not surprising. My Grandad used to make jewellery with casting resin and shell/rock collected on trips etc. After sanding with wet+dry to very fine grade the final smoothing was done with Silvo.
...

Love it! :2tsup:

My current project (TV cabinet) is recycled Blackbutt and my next one is a single bed for my 3yo daughter. Was going to buy recycled Ash/Tas Oak but have acquired a shedload of...

Yay :2tsup: looks fantastic!!

And what a pair of very cute apprentices you have there :).

Steph

Dunno but I just found an old pair of hubby's cycling glasses with yellow lenses.

So far apart from helping me carry wood from the car wearing her gardening gloves I have given her half a dozen...

Yay Kerry so glad to hear that you and shED have been reunited :D!

My daughter is 3 and yes I think she has been here before too. She loves to help me do whatever she can.

Last week I took her...

My main project when I can work on it is the same one for the last two months :B. Just updated my WIP thread in the pics forum - I did a dry run clamping up the carcase last nite but ran out of time...

After several more sessions cutting rebates and re-designing a couple of joints on the fly I finally got the carcase ready to go last night. Did a dry run with a gazillion sash clamps (see pic) but...

Thanks for the replies so far. Quite non-plussed to see more of it in the skip today including a couple of really nice thickness/width boards - and it's getting rained on too... will need more than...

Next door neighbours are doing a middle-sized reno involving knocking down several internal walls. Last week I scavenged many lineal metres of hardwood framing from the skip (after asking) and have...

Ummm that's what my now 3yo daughter has thought the TV was for since she was tall enough to see her reflection in it :D.

I have the offer of an old dressing table to restore for her with a...