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How to remove sticker price tags from wood without leaving residue
How can I get these price tag stickers off in a way that the wood will okay to take stain in those places?
Re. the highlighted portion, you shouldn't need to worry about that because the surface of ...
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Does the bar oil from using a chainsaw create problems for woodworking?
Odds are that your chainsaw cuts aren't going to be super smooth, so you'll end up sizing them with other tools. I cannot imagine that a bit of oil would cause any issue for a planer or jointer knife. ...
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Cheap Surfacing Bit and Quality Carbide Cutters
I'm not one that has ever subscribed to "you get what you pay for" or "cheap or good, pick one" as being truisms and the basis of reliable buying principles. Although of course ...
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How to remove sticker price tags from wood without leaving residue
A cabinet scraper might be another solution, removing the wood the glue adhered to.
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How to remove sticker price tags from wood without leaving residue
I'd use mineral spirits or another solvent (lacquer thinner, denatured alcohol, etc.) to remove the residue.
You should verify compatibility with your finishing product before use.
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Do I need to take the outershell of eucalyptus to build a table?
I recently completed a similar project with a slice of cypress 5-6cm thick x 60-80 cm wide and 18 months drying in less than optimal conditions (on my front verandah). The slab had very interesting ...
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Is this a good approach to fixing damaged mdf holes along the edge?
Fixing the MDF: I'm planning on mixing a glue/sawdust/wood-filler/mdf/sawdust mixture up, clamping the board in place, applying the glue, letting the glue dry, removing the clamps and board, and then ...
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How to remedy spilled coffee on unfinished walnut
Just to get it out of the way at the outset, buying another piece of ply is certainly the most direct solution and possibly even the fastest.
Most of use will at least want to try to salvage the piece ...
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Does the bar oil from using a chainsaw create problems for woodworking?
No, chainsaw oil is not a problem. Chainsaws, even reasonably decent tuned ones, do not throw out enough oil to seriously damage the wood. If it is, there is something wrong with your saw, either it ...
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Dealing with Pre-Stain and Wood Conditioner Residue
OK first off, hate to break it to you but you could have avoided so much extra time and effort here — you didn't even need to use "pre-stain" or "wood conditioner" :-(
These are to ...
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Splinters in wheelbarrow handles
I used cloth adhesive tape. It worked well and probably has a better grip and feel than duct tape. You could also get some sports tape, like that used on hockey stick handles or baseball bats.
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What do I need to know before I lacquer a custom painted guitar body?
In this case the safest bet (you should still check with the artist about the kind of paint used) would be to utilize a waterborne sealer.
The technology has come a long way and is as durable if ...
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How are these toolmarks happening, and how to prevent / get rid of them?
As some people already pointed out, the carbide tool is not as sharp as a HSS bowl gouge can be. The scratches on the outside can only prevent by a shearing cut with a very sharp tool because the ...
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In which direction should I sand the ends of a solid wood countertop?
Normally you sand in the direction of the grain1 for best results. But this surface is all end grain, so that doesn't apply since technically the grain direction is outwards (towards the viewer).
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Splinters in wheelbarrow handles
It sounds like you keep your wheelbarrow outside, as I do. I recently sanded my wheelbarrow handles and treated them with "spar urethane" to solve the same persistent splinter problem you'...
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Should I apply wax on all sides of a table when building one to protect it?
No you don't have to bother waxing the bottoms. You can if you want to but it isn't needed, it won't help prevent expansion from humidity (a wax finish is much too thin to provide a seal against ...
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How to remove sticker price tags from wood without leaving residue
Guide a razor blade along the lifting edge of the sticker as you peel it off. This will usually get most of the adhesive. If you have remains of a sticker left, you can skim off most of the residue ...
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What do I need to know before I lacquer a custom painted guitar body?
I agree with the comments above re: testing on scrap and asking what paint was used.
However, it's really difficult to get
that classic high gloss finish out of a water based varnish. The pros use ...
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How to be sure that there are no live woodworms in my oak boards?
Most likely the bugs are already gone. (Bugs only stick around for a few years* - the holes they leave last forever) If you clean the board up and leave it for a while and see no further evidence of ...
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Splinters in wheelbarrow handles
If the wood itself is reasonably sound, just rough, and the damage is deep enough that it will take considerable sanding to eliminate the gouges, I'd consider using a wood filler or epoxy to fill in ...
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Splinters in wheelbarrow handles
As I say in the Comment above, it is possible that just sanding deeper would resolve the problem with splinters1. It depends on the level of weathering whether this is viable; you don't want to sand ...
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Dealing with Pre-Stain and Wood Conditioner Residue
I'm sure Graphus will correct me if I'm wrong but I think your big problem is sanding after prestaining. with an oil based prestain, there is no need to sand, and a water based one, you just are '...
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Prep for refinishing shellacked dining room table
Just standard table cleaning
Yes. Although it does depend on what exactly you mean by standard table cleaning :-) plus there's a caveat with shellac1.
Some level of this should always be step one in ...
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Does the bar oil from using a chainsaw create problems for woodworking?
My little experience here: I have an ancient chain saw which gives off a lot of bar oil (better too much than too little...). With it, I cut a huge block of beech out of a quite green tree in a long ...
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Preparing a futon for outside use
As I mention in the Comments, doing nothing to this in terms of adding new finish is actually an option as strange as it sounds. We're programmed to think that wood must be coated somehow if it's in ...
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Is a Pre-Stained Surface Food Safe?
Is a Pre-Stained Surface Food Safe?
Yes. In fact it's as safe as if you hadn't used it at all.
The reason is that pre-stain, IF you use it (see below), won't touch the food. So pretty much regardless ...
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Is a Pre-Stained Surface Food Safe?
I’m using Minwax Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner. I’m trying to find information on whether, after drying, my surface will be safe to prepare food on.
I wouldn't use it. A pre-stain conditioner implies ...
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Finishes over mineral oil
Mineral oil will never dry1, so you need to strip it from the surface of the wood with a solvent before you can safely overcoat with a 'drying' finish — one that dries and cures, which includes ...
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Should we reapply wood conditioner if a piece has been sitting for a few weeks since the last application?
What is sold as wood conditioner1 isn't intended for oak but now that you have used it a long wait after application isn't an issue and you can apply stain as normal.
You can however expect the ...
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Efficient paint removal from rough sawn wood
I embarked on this mission yesterday and was quite successful by using a heat gun on low heat at first. Once the paint bubbles I used rigid hand scrapper like the ones used to fill holes in walls. ...
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