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  1. Tips, Tricks, & Homemade Jigs
    I am refinishing a bureau and was thinking about using furniture and cabinet paint. Can anyone recommend brands, application techniques, and any other tips or tricks? Thanks!
  2. Wood Finishing
    I am embarking on boarding up the bottom half of a nice brick building front in a downtown area. I am in need of suggestions to get everything connected right and I would really appreciatie some design help! I am a wood worker at heart with a intermediate shop in my basement where I make stuff...
  3. Wood Finishing
    Can the Graco Truecoat 360 VPS spray automotive primer and paint? Are any thinning required?
  4. Wood Finishing
    Got this kid's stool, the My Little Stool, at an antique store some years ago. I've pulled it apart [screwed together mostly] and I'm starting to try to update the finish of it. The piece with the lettering is the back of the seat, which becomes a step when the arms are rotated down. There were...
  5. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hi, New member here. I'm building a wooden chest as a wedding gift. I really love the look of ornately painted furniture, like the chest of drawers below from Romania, and thought I'd give it a try myself. I like to think I'm reasonably good at woodworking (at least for a young person) but I'm...
  6. Wood Finishing
    Hey everyone, and Happy New Year! (almost) Novice woodworker here. For Christmas this year, I made my brother an engraved and painted sign out of pine wood. I was generally happy with how it came out, but had a few issues with paint bleeding through the grain of the wood. I'll describe my...
  7. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hello, I am newbie woodworker and I was trying to find out in my country (Slovakia), what are the best paints for different purposes. But I found out that it is not very easy task. Please help me with it: 1. What opaque paint to use on wooden toys? I have some toys for my kid that can be thrown...
  8. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hello! I am planning my first frameless cabinets for my kitchen - it took convincing to get my wife to allow me to do them, so I cant screw up :wink: I'm struggling to decide on the materials. I've built some prototypes in my shop for tool stands as a proof of concept. I used birch plywood...
  9. Tips, Tricks, & Homemade Jigs
    I’ve been focused on a long project (that should be done soon) and haven’t had much time for anything else. Today though, I suddenly thought of an easy solution for cleaning the paint can rims. No matter how hard I try I always seem to be chasing that last little bit of paint around and around...
  10. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hi everyone, I'm currently in the final phase of building my own home. My wife and I want to have our kitchen cabinets painted. The problem is that we are not getting the same advice from different painters as far as what finish would be best. First, the guy at Sherwin-Williams said he...
  11. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hi, I am making a vanity mirror with particle board. I have done 4-5 layers of oil-based primer. I have sanded it to 150. I then used BEHR latex-based paint on it. I did it twice. wet sanded it with 220 grit sponge. applied another layer (this time paint + Floetrol) Later I tried sanding...
  12. Wood Finishing
    Hi, I'm building a 'fancy' set of corn-hole boards using mahogany and iron pipes with floor flanges as the legs. Can I paint a graphic onto the boards after I've stained them, but before I put the wipe-on polyurethane on the boards? :confused1: I plan on using 'Montana Gold' acrylic spray...
  13. Power Tools & Machinery
    I don't have a garage or shed to have a workshop and keep a tablesaw under plastic under the eaves next to my house. The other TS I am building a dolly to be able to wheel up on my porch along with my RAS. I will ultimately build a carport to keep them under and the lot is too small to ever...
  14. Project Showcase
    Simple project to do with the kids. http://www.instructables.com/id/Pallet-Wood-Painting/
  15. Power Tools & Machinery
    As many of you know I am in the process of restoring a 1955 wood cutting band saw. Parts of it are cleaned up and ready for paint so I am wondeering what you folks use for paint. I know Rustoleum seems to be popular on another forum I belong to. Sherwin-Williams seems to be another. What do most...
  16. Design & Plans
    Hi Guys, I'm in the process of planning the construction of a to-scale toothpick basketball court (the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, home to the 76ers). Once I lay the toothpicks down I'm going to stencil the court (sidelines, three point lines, half court logos, etc.) Does anyone have...
  17. Wood Finishing
    Hi everyone, As a novice to the wood working craft, I continuously run into questions like this that I simply haven't seen or haven't experimented with, etc. I have the idea to build a small nightstand that mimics my current nightstand (as I only have one). The bedroom set is white, so i'm...
  18. Wood Finishing
    I have a friend whose sister painter her guitar and now she wants to remove the paint. Any advice on how to do this. I never refinished anything so delicate. My suggestion was paint remover and fine steel wool so as not to remove any of the wood. Any suggestions on type of remover to use or a...
  19. Wood Finishing
    Hello gentlemen, I've been making extremely long skateboards for myself since I was a teen because I'm tall and clumsy and enjoy the surfing, cruising aspect more than orthodox boards allow. I've always dreamed of making one with a finish on it that looks like a real surfboard, but I'm stuck...
  20. Wood Finishing
    Hey guys, refinishing a coffee table...first time doing a project like this. I don't have mentor so I come here for advice. I used chemical paint stripper to remove the majority of the paint, then I sanded the remainder off. But I'm having problems getting the paint out of the corners, see...
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