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STEEL WOOL accomplishes about the same rub-down effect as abrasives such as pumice stone, but with a lot less effort and time-consuming mess. When refinishing doors, especially exterior doors, you should have a lot steel wool on hand.
You will need several grades for refinishing or just shining up your exterior of your doors:
Rough, [...]
Continue Reading →Pure Gum Spirits or Turpentine is needed for cleaning and thinning varnish, paint, and enamel when refinishing or staining your exterior doors.
Do not be stingy with turpentine; it is an excellent wood-conditioner, especially for solid wood doors. Always have a rag soaked in turpentine lying around to clean up after sanding the wood doors, [...]
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DoorSmart Smarts- Man, woman both stabbed; man arrested February 22, 2012Bowling Green police arrested James Ricky Greer, 51, at midnight today after a woman told officers that Greer stabbed her during a domestic assault, according to Bowling Green Police Department record […]
- Neighborhood News Roundup: Sitting Ducks Edition February 22, 2012A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Emergencies Before Trash: "Early this afternoon, I witnessed a pickpocketing at the Safeway at Connecticut and McKinley. […]
- Newbern City Board upholds firing of police officer for smoking February 22, 2012The Newbern City Board voted to uphold the termination of a Newbern police officer at a called meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Newbern Police Sgt. James Bishop was terminated on Jan. 9, 2012 for... […]
- Emanuel Wants Census Recount February 21, 2012Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants a population recount, saying the Census Bureau missed as many as 2,350 people. As an enumerator, I'll bet it was more than that. […]
- Thieves Target Seasonal Homes February 20, 2012Ludlow police are warning residents to lock their doors and put in alarm systems after a string of burglaries. […]
- Research and Markets: 2012 Report on the $10 Billion Wood Window & Door Manufacturing Industry February 20, 2012Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Wood Window & Door Manufacturing" report to their o […]
- High hopes for Loop U. February 20, 2012Loop University — the nickname for a section of downtown Chicago where 65,000 college students take classes and 20,000 of them live — may be getting a $32 million addition tailor-made for graduate students.Developers want to convert a pair of century-old, but underutilized office buildings — and a former stable in the alley in between — into 199 fully-furnis […]
- Dramatic lock down at school in Surrey February 18, 2012More than 1,300 Fleetwood Park Secondary students were confined to their classrooms with exterior doors locked Wednesday during a Code Red alert that ended when a 19-year-old man was arrested in a nearby park. […]
- East Richland School District board approves summer maintenance, five-year plan February 17, 2012East Richland School District Board of Education unanimously approved summer maintenance and the five-year maintenance plans during its monthly meeting Thursday. Summer work is estimated to cost $294,683.76 at all three schools, the bus barn and the district office. Assistant Superintendent Larry Bussard reviewed some of the planned projects. Ron Herrin […]
- Lemont Elementary School officials reassure parents of kids’ safety February 11, 2012Lemont Elementary School educators have added extra monitors at recess, posted permanent signs about […]
- Man, woman both stabbed; man arrested February 22, 2012
