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  1. L

    Hard wood decking types/colours

    Hi there kind people of DIYnot. I need some advice please. We wanted to change our dated stone patio to some nice wood decking. I have bought some weathered hard wood decking locally. It was really cheap (I think £3/m +VAT is cheap) so I did not mind that it needs to get washed and treated. I...
  2. foxinthehouse

    Blooming on new exterior varnish

    Hi everyone, I am varnishing the outside of my wooden lodge with Bondex classic teak. All OK until this morning when I went out to look at the bit I did yesterday. A very heavy dew came down last evening and all that I painted in the afternoon has bloomed. The sun is out now but the blooming...
  3. J

    Varnishing Wooden Floors

    Hi, I sanded our wooden floors to a nice smooth finish and have now put on a first coat of varnish. Disappointingly the floor now feels quite rough. Is this just normal, or did I put too much on, or could there have been a bit of dust about still? Presumably I need to sand this down, should I...
  4. M

    Varnishing MDF

    I have built an arcade replica out of MDF. I've given it two coats of MDF primer and two coats of satin black emulsion. It looks nice. I'd like to protect it with a coat of varnish but I wanted to make sure that you can varnish over emulsion with a water-based varnish or not? Something like the...
  5. Jag Mann

    Plywood Floor Finish

    Hi, I am debating to use the current newley laid plywood floor as the finished surface in a small ofifice. Idea is to sand and stain the ply using polyurethane varnish with 3-4 coats. It will be a medium to heavy use area so concerned about the viablity of this solution. Total area is 18sq...
  6. J

    finishing oak floor boards

    We have just sanded our original 1930s oak floorboards in our living room. They are now a very light wood colour. They will need to be returned to a light oak shade then finished. Can anyone recommend the easiest and/or least expensive way of doing this? I've read reviews and there seem to...
  7. V

    Will my newly varnished sleeper coffee table stain the carpet?

    Hi diyers, Varnished a sleeper (untreated don't worry) coffee table last night that I have been building and am all of a sudden cautious about placing it in the living room. I don't want it to stain the carpet, no less so because it is a light carpet and only a rental!! Should it be alright...
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