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How does one achieve that wetlook high gloss shine on newly sanded pine floorbords? Is it possible to achieve using a hardwax oil and if so can it be used in conjunction with a stain to darken the boards?

I'm in the final stages of my parquet floor restoration and have replaced about a dozen completely split and ruined blocks, or rather layers since they're only about 5mm thick. Because the floor had been so badly cared for and sanded in the past there are differences in height such that some of...

I have lifted some laminate flooring in a small vestibule (2 x 2m) to reveal some grubby unglazed quarry tiles. With a bit of effort I reckon they will scrub up nicely but two of the tiles look like they've been hit with a hammer and, for want of a better expression, have a smashed crater in...

Have been slowly renovating our Edwardian house and am now working on the living room. Very high ceiling with a cornice. I had to reinstall a picture rail and have painted the ceiling, cornice and wall above the picture rail in white. Trouble is, the cornice is only just visible in daylight and...

I sent a multiple painted fire surround to be dipped. Unfortunately, the dipping destroyed the intricate carved overlays (which defeated the reason I decided to have the thing dipped in the first place!). They were made of plaster stuck on to the wooden surround. Can anyone point me in the...

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Whoah that was a quick reply. I know they are expensive but that flat finish is something else.

I shall be painting the area above a newly installed picture rail with a Farrow & Ball estate emulsion colour. I want to paint the picture rail the same colour. If I start with a wood primer and undercoat can I use the emulsion for the top coat. I could buy a woodwork eggshell but (a) it's...

I am tiling a hearth with lovely glazed hearth tiles and will be installing a cast iron solid fuel burning fireplace. I have been advised to use "normal fondue cement" to grout. Can someone tell me what this is or where I can buy it or how I can make it. Many thanks

Apologies if this has been dealt with elsewhere. I've searched and found nothing else on point. Suspended timber ground floor. Concrete constructional hearth present in front of newly opened up fireplace. Originally (and I can see this in another room) hearth tiles would have been present...

Sorted! Thanks WYL.

... think I'll go with the Bona! Just out of interest, I read somewhere (but can't remember where) that one can skim over the whole floor with the filler just to take out any final irregularities. Given the number of pockmarks, this is certainly something I like the sound of. Do you endorse...

Thanks WoodYouLike. Lecol 7500 seems to be available online here and there. If I can get it would that or the Bona Kemi be the better option or is it much of a muchness?

OK. So the floor restoraion is progressing and I have sourced some wenge strips for the edges and some reasonably matched oak to replace the odd board beyond repair. There are a number of areas where the gap between the oak blocks is as as wide as 3+mm. Also most of the boards are pock marked...

Thanks for taking the time to have a look wreckedit but the first and third sites are US and the middle one just tells me about soapstone. I'm looking for a supplier in the UK.

Title says it all! Anyone know where can I find architectural soapstone for a kitchen worktop. Thanks

Same as the carcasses: unfinished oak veneered MDF.

We're coming to the end of our kitchen installation. The units are handmade partly from solid tulipwood and partly from oak veneered MDF. The doors have been painted. Question is how to seal the inside of the cabinets and shelves. I have some Osmo Polyx hardwax oil left over from a wooden...

Maybe I'm not searching correctly but I'm doing my head in on this. We removed a laminate floor revealing a reasonably decent parquet floor with a wenge strip border. Some of the wenge is in a terrible state (and some had been removed and replaced with filler!). First question is...