Recent content by ajkgordon

Good idea. Thanks.

I'm looking to make a low TV shelf/cabinet but am unsure as to the best way of joining the wood to make it rigid. Essentially, it will be an open ended box. So, a base and a top of the same dimension and then two sides. Front and back will be open. So it will be wide, shallow and short...

Well, it all seemed to work just fine. Treated the wood with a coat of Danish oil first and cleaned it off with meths before it had dried. Gave the wood a chance to absorb some before the silicon went on. Sealed the joins, waited 24 hours and then did the final two coats after that. The only...

How do you tell if it's oil-based? I've got Unibond translucent Kitchen Sealant.

The wax surface was hiding all manner of sins. The worktop needed stripping because the many applications of oils over the years had turned into a hard wax in places and water was getting underneath and staining it, much like a varnish. I thought about putty but it's not flexible enough. A...

Good morning. I am renovating an old mahogany kitchen worktop and would like any advice on sealing the joins around sinks, etc. I have removed the old oils, which have turned to a waxy surface, with wax remover and wire wool and then sanded it down. It sits over a porcelain sink. My...