Do It Yourself (DIY) - June 2007

I am putting new doors on solid oak frame kitchen cabinets.The new doors are unfinished solid oak.The frames and sides are about 10 years old, and have been stained once.The current color is a miniwax provincial.I am sanding the frame and preparing it for the new doors.The miniwax cherry stain I have tried so far doesn't give me the color and depth I am looking for.What is the best brand of stain to give a rich furniture grade color and smoothness on the cabinets and where can I buy it?Cost really doesn't matter.I just want a great rich looking finish in a medium cherry tone when finished.

2007-06-19 04:58:02 · 7 answers · asked by Sherry 2

2007-06-19 04:56:13 · 3 answers · asked by ehab a 1

2007-06-19 04:46:12 · 10 answers · asked by Bobbie T 2

2007-06-19 04:33:24 · 8 answers · asked by donald d 1

2007-06-19 04:08:39 · 2 answers · asked by Jennie B 2

2007-06-19 03:34:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm making a bong. I don't want to use plastic, so i'm using a glass beer bottle... but how can I pierce it?

2007-06-19 03:14:56 · 6 answers · asked by zorang 1

i know that i am still going through drywall because when i pull the hook out, i still get the drywall residue on the hook, do i apply more force or what? I know that i am not on a stud

2007-06-19 03:12:45 · 7 answers · asked by waltb87 3

it is a round rail what is the best way to find centre line to fit brackets

2007-06-19 03:00:45 · 6 answers · asked by ARTHUR M 2

I am looking for free sites I can do this on-we live in Michigan, but I will gladly list it on any sites in the U.S.-never know when someone out there is looking for a place in Michigan! Thank you ahead of time, and please no dumb answers just to get points!!

2007-06-19 02:24:39 · 5 answers · asked by Mystyk 3

We bought a house and the front door is a disaster. Very sturdy good door, but someone painted it, with I think, the wrong kind of paint and it is all chipping off in chunks. It is not wooden.. not sure what other kinds there are, but I think it is some sort of metal. What should I do to get the paint that is on there now OFF? A metal brush would scratch it, wouldn't it? And what kind of paint should be used to do it right?? Rustoleum I heard is the only paint for metal?? ANY advise would be great!

2007-06-19 01:44:58 · 8 answers · asked by sonotech02 2

I bought shellac to preserve leaves and flowers before setting them in resin (so any natural oils in the plants won't react with the resin) but the can says I'm supposed to mix the shellac with alcohol. What kind of alcohol am I supposed to use and what sort of container should I be mixing this in?

Thank you in advance for your help.

2007-06-19 01:26:52 · 6 answers · asked by Allo 4

Can a company come into a customers home and drill walls before 8 oclock. I belive they can not, can anyone confirm or tell me where to look

2007-06-18 23:52:18 · 11 answers · asked by craiginthemidlands 1

I want to prepare my newly plastered walls, which have been left 4 weeks to dry, with a dilute emulsion before applying the topcoat. How much should I dilute the emulsion by?

2007-06-18 22:23:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-18 19:53:26 · 7 answers · asked by scorpion 1

okay, i just finish painting a toy box I built for my kids. I used satin paint but I didn't like the the way it came out. I want something more glossy. so what type of paint can I apply on top of the satin paint ; glossy, latex, any suggestion

2007-06-18 19:35:06 · 5 answers · asked by Ahga 1

The area is behind our home and we were going to landscape it but decided that just topping it off with sand for the kids would be so much more fun. We just do not know where to start. There are quite a few ants back there... thanks for any tips!!

2007-06-18 16:36:40 · 3 answers · asked by Charlene 2

2007-06-18 16:06:18 · 7 answers · asked by Rob J 2

2007-06-18 15:54:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-18 15:06:32 · 8 answers · asked by Kristie G 1

This may sound like a joke question, but it really isn't. I've always wondered why it's usually pink instead of, say blue or green (yes, I know some is kind of fleshtone, but it's almost always pink). Even my uncle who's installed insulation for 35 years hasn't got a clue. It seems like a kind of nancy color choice for a construction material. Anyone know?

2007-06-18 14:48:45 · 18 answers · asked by Kris B 5

riding a motercycle around lake michigan any ideas for scenic stops or entertainment. will have 12 to 14 days to do so

2007-06-18 14:35:15 · 6 answers · asked by triminman 5

My husband and I have been working for about two weeks trying to save an old hard wood oak floor in a house we just bought. First the previous owners GLUED a carpet on the wood floors so we had to scrap all the glue up and we sanded, sanded and sanded some more. We finally got the base coat of polyurethane down and I think two more coats of Minwax Polyurethane for floors down. We got to the step where we are supposed to sand the floor a little before we apply the third coat. As we were sanding the polyurethane started peeling off the floor!!!! My husband had a big ball of it in his hand that he had pulled up off the floor. Why did this happen and how can we stop it and save all of our hard work? We decided heck with the sanding and heck with the 3rd coat and just reaplied poly in the section that peeled off and left it for the night. Was this the right thing to do? It has been very humid up here in Pa the past few days so we thought maybe it wasn't drying correctly. Thanks for any help

2007-06-18 12:52:46 · 12 answers · asked by zoe1594 3

I'll be painting after the removal.

2007-06-18 12:26:23 · 5 answers · asked by emeasue2000 1

2007-06-18 11:34:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do i need to tell my property management I'm going to fog my place for fleas? I already had them send in an exterminator, but I still have fleas. Is the Raid fogger safe to use even though I have gas stovetops?

2007-06-18 11:14:49 · 9 answers · asked by Steve R 1

This is for use indoors and I want to avoid having to sand between coats and other tiresome stuff. It also needs to incorporate a colour.

2007-06-18 10:16:43 · 5 answers · asked by david e 1

I have a set of end tables and a coffee table which have been painted and I would like to strip the paint and stain the wood. If I use some type of gel paint stripper, will this also remove the shiny finish of the tables which was painted over? My hope is to remove all finish and to stain the tables... Is this possible just by using a stripping gel?

2007-06-18 09:05:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to help save the world some how an i started putting shi, I mean things into a "compost pile". Are there things i should be putting in there to help it along

2007-06-18 09:01:57 · 6 answers · asked by armiki66 3

About how much does this cost?

2007-06-18 08:43:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous