First time using stain, what did I do wrong?
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As you can see in the photo there are very dark dots that seemed to absorb much more stain. This is a very old piece of pine I found to test color combinations because I am going to be staining our butcher block which is also pine. This is my first time staining. I used a minwax oil based stain combination and also used a prestain beforehand
Bridge city plane
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I’m considering making an admittedly dumb purchase. I’ve been looking at a beige city block plane for a while and I think I want one. Problem is I can’t find a review that seems trustworthy.
I don’t expect this to be twice as good as a veritos or lie nielson, but I don’t want to spend twice the money to have something that is worse.
Anyone have any experience with this plane?
How would you repair this?
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I am helping a friend repair this weather beaten outdoor chair, one of the arms has split from moisture, how would you suggest giving it some extra life? Should I fill it with wood putty, glue, epoxy? Not desperate in making this brand new, just make it usable again.
Advice for removing dark water stain off an oak table
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Can you recommend the best way of returning the dark park of the wood to its original oak colour? Some sources online recommend hydrogen peroxide but am not sure if this level of damage requires more specialist treatment.
The table was left outside for about 6 weeks and the damage is predominantly from rainfall. There was no protective finish on the table too prior to the damage from what I can tell.
Any advice really appreciated!
Help on wax-finished acacia
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Hi all - big non-professional here (please don’t yell at me)
I bought a beautiful 8 ft unfinished acacia butcher block and a friend helped me seal it with wax. I chose the wax route rather than others because I wanted to keep the wood as cool-toned as I could.
Per his recommendation, I’ve been waxing the table about once biweekly or so which I’m guessing is too often due to the wax build up. Any thoughts here on how to remedy the problem? I don’t want to strip and re-finish if I can avoid that as I’m not the best at DIY and fear I’d ruin it further.
Thank you for any help and I hope I don’t offend anyone with how this beautiful piece of wood ended up.