Recent content by Jim McHugh

Thank you for the suggestion. Before I took over the house it was a rental so it's reasonable to assume the tenants weren't concerned with the appearance or with going to the measures you suggest. It looked to me like someone had started to varnish and either left or simply didn't bother to...

Ahh Now that I see the 9 pound it makes sense, you're in the UK! It seems Sikkens have different names on their products here and I'll have to try to find the equivalent of the stuff you're talking about here in Canada. As an aside, I'm Irish originally and moved to Canada 30 years ago. I did...

Thank you Johnny. Sounds like a lot of work but certainly worth it. And yes, after the doors have been oiled they look stunning but very disheartening after a few days when the patches return. When you say "shellac solution" what do you mean?, is there a ratio and mix with what? I really...

Yes, they have been stripped. When we got the house the doors were poorly varnished it looked like someone started to work on them and then abandoned the task. My wife stripped off the varnish to the bare surface, applied a light sanding and then oiled the surface using orange oil..

Yes, I do, the standard Canadian forced air gas (FAG) system. But it's just these doors are the problem, none of the others are doing this.

Some time ago I purchased a 1910 Victorian home which was a fixer-upper. It has lots of oak, doors, baseboards etc. but in particular the entrance to the dining room has two sliding Oak pocket doors, original to the house. My problem is despite frequently oiling and applying wax it returns to...