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What do you mean does not work? does it go round? does it burn?

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Luckily all the bits I have to do are flat panels and the edges don't really show to much so I just burnish the front face, and by dropping the panel into a frame to hold it still this also protects the edges from excessive pressure when compounding. How does the masking tape trick work? how...

First coat is grey mdf primer rubbed down with something like 240 or 320 grit then a second primer thined down a bit to help it flow this should only need a very light rub over with 320 then a coat of black lacquer denibed with 400 second black lacquer, scratches were still showing through when...

And for the first time all 36 pieces finished with no respray needed. Oh joy!!! all I need to do now is put it all together without dropping any. :roll:

Part 2 After the burnishing I like to use a bit of wax. Again check. And if it's OK then do it all over again. Basically after a lot of work to flatten and remove any imperfections in the spraying you end up with what you started off with and a glass like flatness.

Just thought this might help someone out there understand why I hate high gloss finishes especially black!!!! After at least three coats of burnishable AC lacquer and about a week for it to harden. First you need something to hold the work piece and in this case protect the corners. Then...

Dave the area marked is where to put a electrical box on the wall there will be a recess to match in the back of the oven so in that position there is a bit more clearance depth wise.

I might be wrong but I think it is suction, the mortar as you say is very wet and the brick very dry, the brick grabs the water and leaves the mortar firm which as you see is why they have to work very quickly.

More than once I have thought about rather than ordering what is really 1/3 or 1/2 a pack of timber ordering a whole pack and getting a better rate for myself, and then sharing out what I don't need to peoples that have pre-ordered it. A small pack of hardwood would I understand be about 30>40...

Better start saving those screwfix catalogs now then, one day they be be gone.

Richard I'm glad you agree then that although chemically and biologically the same we can still spot the differences in our cousins from across the pond!

I must admit I did assume the OP was trying to match an old piece of furniture, so my assumption was that that was more likely to be English or European rather than the American which is now often found to be stocked by many timber suppliers today and to start with the right material will only...

When you say you are using white Oak do you mean American White Oak if so you probably would be better using English or European Oak to start with, and I'm not sure fuming is the way to get honey gold, maybe a water stain made from cold tea would be worth a try.

Yes, Yes, and maybe. a small amount of quartered wood should be just a matter of selecting the right board from a selection, if you need a whole pack/lorry load of quartered timber then expect to pay for the yard to sort through piles and piles of wood for you. very few sawmills actually cut...

American Black Walnut would get my vote, more so if it's been made from pre-veneered board, If it's Cherry it has been stained.

I do have to use a rubber band around the domino exit can't remember where it came from the vac or the Dom or my box of odds and ends it's just a band about 30mm long and the same dia as the Dom tube takes up the slack to fit the vac tube .

What do you mean adapted? it works a treat just plug it in and go.

Did consider this but then thought "1" it's plywood, "2" The glue lines will be inline with the joints to the legs "3" it's too easy!!! anyway I like the idea of an endless ring holding everything in order.

I'll use Cascamite for the trial as thats all I have to hand, if that doesn't work then I may have to rethink things.