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It now says asking price is $175

While we are waiting for the experts to respond, I'll submit that the outside of the window is where the rain hits and putty is meant to be watertight whereas wood muntins are not. Ding Ding Ding! Correct answer - if you put a sash in the other way around it would rot out in no time. tbhe putty she...

GinaC wrote:I ordered this in hopes of making my molding darker. I hopw it's the right thing! https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1

I will also update with photos once I get started.

That's good stuff - a very small amount goes a very long way

Very nice Mick, great work and great styling! What do the sliding sashes slide on? Thanks! They roll on some period brass sheaves set in the bottom of the doors that run on brass tracks made from bar stock set into the cabinet. The top has a system I devised where bronze bushes are held vertically ...

My pantry project (documented on this site) was all finished with multiple coats of garnet shellac. yu do not need to sand between coats of shellac - at most a de-nib is needed after first coat - as each coat melts into the one below, sanding is a waste of time

the cobra is all the rage - gets amazing reviews. I have the speedheater and it is useful for somethings, but the cobra looks more like it would be heat gun-easque in use

Poly is not the best option for floors IMO, look into Waterlox, or Rubio Monocoat (or other oil finishes)

The way I have done this in the past is to install nailers - drill a hole in the plaster / brick with a good sized masonry bit. hammer a slightly tapered softwood dowel (or shaved bit of scrap) firmly into the hole. Then nail the picture rail to it. Hand driven nails will work best as they are gener...

The short version for me is that I pretty much dropped out of high school, and became a management trainee at a local supermarket. That lasted about a year or so before my ideas were stolen by the store manager and presented as his own. I left not long after and joined Texas Instruments as a draftsm...