Oil Base Varnish – A Great Wood Finish That is Still Hard to Beat

Even with all the modern wood finishes available, oil base varnish is still popular and a favorite of professionals and “do-it-yourselfers”. I like it for many reasons. The main reason is it will stick to almost any finish. Plus, it has excellent resistance against abrasion, solvents, water and the damaging

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Tung Oil – An Old Time Favorite

For many decades Tung oil has been the preferred finish for everything from fine woodwork and furniture to marine applications on boat decks. Until the discovery of alkyd resins, Tung oil was a key component of paints and caulk and many manufactures of quality varnishes still use it today. Many

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Using an HVLP Spray Gun

An hvlp spray gun can be difficult to use at first. Spraying any clear finish or paint with an hvlp or cup gun can be a little tricky, but with practice using this type of paint spaying equipment will become easy. A HVLP system is great for spraying a variety

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HVLP Paint Sprayer – A Truly Beautiful Fine Finish

An hvlp paint sprayer will provide the results you want, whether spraying cabinets or putting the final touches on a piece of furniture. This type of paint sprayer can provide smooth “factory finish” results. Airless and conventional paint spraying systems produce very high pressures and blast the paint to the

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Types of Power Sanders

Power sanders are great tools to help with the removal of old peeling paint. The amount of effort spent sanding depends on the sander used. Your efforts can be wasted using the wrong tool. Each type of sander has very specific uses. There is no such thing as a do

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Wood Filler and Wood Repair Compounds

The benefits of using different types of wood filler will make the difference in whatever type of wood you are repairing, the condition of the wood, and the expense of repairing versus replacing. If for example, you are repairing a piece of outdoor furniture you will want to use good

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NPA’s removal tips for paint and wall coatings

Our UK paint website is well known for tips and advice about applying paint, but we felt that a tip or two about REMOVING paint would also add to the balance of things, so how do you remove paint? Stripping paint and other unwanted wall coatings is usually the job

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Restoring Without Stripping

If you have old traditional varnish that has aged and turned very dark, I have an easy method for restoring. Combine equal parts turpentine and raw linseed oil. Dip in a 1-0 steel wool pad. Rub lightly than wipe with a cotton cloth.This will clean lighten and restore your woodwork

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The Right Finish

If you have a problem with the poly on your front door or sashes and sills turning white and peeling because of the sun hitting it; A very simple solution is to sand light with #220 sand paper. Tack it down and put one or two coats of marine varnish

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