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wood refinishing

updated wed 24 aug 11

 

MEUNIER LEE on tue 23 aug 11


Thanks, James, et al who mentioned linseed oil as a possible=3D0Asource for=
s=3D
olving my "oil added to varnish" concern.=3DA0 Exactly=3D0Aright.=3DA0 I do=
have =3D
memory of using tungsten oil but it=3D0Adidn't do what I hoped would happen=
b=3D
ut linseed oild did.=3D0AThanks to all for the=3D0Amany other suggestions w=
hich=3D
are now filed in case I want=3D0Ato continue with other such "projects."=
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I have no genuine=3D0Afiles about the wood work since nobody I knew (except=
m=3D
y=3D0Ahusband who was hearing glimmers of the magic of=3D0Acomputers adding=
suc=3D
h as "mainframe" to our lexicon... #1=3D0ASupport Person helped create such=
a=3D
magical device once and=3D0A=3DA0it was=3DA0 bigger than our house.....way=
bigge=3D
r.)=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AI'm going to use the chest to display at a home sale my=
=3D0A=3DA0ha=3D
ndbuilts which=3D0AI"m doing more of now than I'm throwing, though I'm=3D0A=
hopi=3D
ng that the two hours of physical therapy (a lot of=3D0Aweights... 5 pounde=
rs=3D
are as heavy as I can get at this=3D0Atime) using weights and stretching m=
os=3D
tly plus attempts=3D0Aat walking a single step further each day.=3DA0 Crime=
ny! =3D
=3D0AWonder how that linseed oil would work on a beat up=3D0Ayouth-of-old-a=
ge b=3D
ody.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AJoyce=3D0AIn the Mojave desert of California U.S.A.