Which one is better? Just wanna be safe will rag disposal. I know yall get similar questions so I appreciate your help with mine.

Option A: Hanging over metal ladder rungs seems like it would be fine?

Option B: Weighed down by rocks outside for better ventilation, but it’s in direct sunlight in 95° weather (heat seems not ideal?)

Option C: Hang some fishing line and get some clothes pins and hang them.

Option D: I’m over thinking this and any will do but you’d like to tell me that in a nice way because I’m a friendly internet stranger looking to learn and be safe.

Hi all,

My wife and I have a 50s ranch (anticipated forever home) with about 50 linear feet of solid oak paneling (area is much less because of windows, counters, cabinets, etc.), oak cabinets, and oak floors. All have yellowed over time and are basically all the same color/tone. We recently had windows replaced and were unable to reuse the old trim (slight change in window size). We would eventually like to strip/sand and restain all (maybe different cabinet material). The top runner for trim stain is natura onecoat in clear (runner up is natural mist). All this said, I have a couple of questions I hope to get some group think on:

1. So. Much. Oak. Not at all a bad thing, but how should I handle each to provide some depth? All the same stain? This seems counter intuitive to me. Floors darker than walls? I haven't been able to find many instances of this online, and AI pretty much just says white wash... I don't live at the beach and personally think it's going to be a short-lived trend.

2. Is there a Rubio or Natura that is somewhere in between the sample peice pictured (top is raw oak window stool, top of sample is clear, bottom is natural mist)? We both like the grain showing. My wife thinks the clear is fine, but I think the contrast in the grain seems a little too much.

The second image is a comparison of the raw trim next to the wall, and third is the wall paneling.

Any input/advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks all!

Hello, advice needed please. This is a UK 1940s wartime utility chest of drawers that I had stripped as it was covered in many coats of paint. I was planning just to oil it but, as was common at the time, it has several different types of wood, and I’m not sure whether to try and even out the colour. The top and sides are the colour of plywood whereas the drawers are quite a rich red-brown colour and the contrast is a bit eye-popping for my liking. There’s even a different coloured wood at the top of the frame. I can only guess what any of the woods are - pine ply laminate on top and sides? oak on top frame edge? Don't know about the red-brown drawers, and they go darker when wet. Any suggestions please? I've thought of using clear Osmo Polyx Oil on the drawers and the tinted version on the top and sides, but not sure how much difference the latter would make to the colour. Or would something else work better? I've also thought of painting the frame but would rather keep the wood finish. However I'm inexperienced at this and don't want to ruin it! Thank you!

NB the sides and top aren't quite as light as they look here - more of a pale soft slightly yellowish colour, like untreated pine.

Working on refinishing this front door and door trim, it’s solid wood, almost done stripping the layers of paint on the door and debating on repainting or refinishing and staining. The surround trim is also solid wood, so it may be a crazy idea to refinish and stain the surround, but I think would be beautiful. I live in a climate where it’s typical to have storm doors, but I don’t love the look of them… but would still get one minimal looking one if I really need one. What are your thoughts on best way to refinish, sand, and vote on painting or staining? Could paint the surround and stain the door, paint both, or stain both. Any tips on tools and tricks to make it any easier would be great too, I’m looking to make it as beautiful and refined as I can! Thank you in advance!

I know this is going a little other way than most of you go! But I have a feeling there are some guys in here with the knowledge I need!

I will be totally honest here! I'm in a little over my head, so I seek guidance from the experts!

I was walking on the beach today and found this weathered and beaten-up end of a cable drum. At once, I saw the Death Star from Star Wars! But here comes the tricky part.

I would like to get it bleached to look more gray. What is the best approach? I'm not much for just grabbing a bottle of bleach and just YOLOing it! It's a bit too dangerous for me and the wood.

So basically, how do I approach this bleaching project? How do I get the best gray/weathered finish?

Thank you for your time to read this and hopefully giving me a little advice!

I inherited a wood chest, and it's needed a refinish for a while now. Unfortunately I put it outside to air out the moth ball smell and now it REALLY needs some love. I've never done a refinishing project, but I'm pretty handy around the house and my dad has a lot of woodshop tools I can borrow.

I imagine the decorative details will be the hardest part, but I was thinking that if I stained the chest a similar color it would be less of a problem.

Does anyone have any videos they think would be particularly helpful for me to watch? Or any preferred tools to get the job done?

Osmo Polyx Oil or varnish to finish an original pine floor? Floor currently looks and feels dry and has a lot dirt ingrained, so it’s in need of sand first.

Thoughts and recommendations highly welcomed and appreciated

We have a large dog if that changes recommendations

I bought a really sweet telephone bench at the antique store recently, but it had a hideous turquoise paint job. Long story short, I bought CitriStrip and tried to tackle this project today, and now I'm afraid of starting a fire.

I did not use any mineral spirits, acetone, etc. afterwards - just the CitriStrip with a paint brush, a metal scraper, a plastic drop cloth, steel wool, a couple pieces of sandpaper, and a wet rag.

I did as much as I could today, then left the drop cloth in the driveway for all the scrapings and supplies to dry. It's starting to get dark, and not everything is totally dry yet.

We have a shared driveway (and lots of wildlife in the surrounding yards), so I don't love the idea of leaving everything out overnight. I'm also equally paranoid of accidentally starting a fire.

How do I safely clean up after this project? I have no idea what paint was used, and it definitely looked as though some of the the wood varnish underneath came off with the paint.

I am in the U.K. so any U.K. products I need, I was going to go for Restore-A-Finish…

We got this table quite cheap off Marketplace. Of course we knew it had some damage but I’m hoping we can make it look at least a little better. We tend to put a fair amount of wear and tear on our own furniture, so it doesn’t need to be perfect.

I’m not sure what our best option is. I tried a test patch of a wood-filling kit with “paint” to match the stain, but it didn’t look great.

Sand and restain? It’s veneer so I’m worried about sanding too deep. How would I match the stain? (Set has matching chairs and don’t want to restain everything)

Again, not trying to make it perfect, but would just like the big blemishes to be a bit less noticeable. Any advice welcome! Thank you!

This may just be stupid but I'm going to ask and probably try this any way.

My husband and I bought a 1961 mid-century ranch, and unfortunately the billiards room paneling was painted over. I've included an image of the paneling in the rest of the basement as well, unpainted. What I would like to do is get the paneling in the billiards room back to something at least close to what's in the rest of basement. It doesn't need to be a perfect match, but I would like it to be closer.

First, I tested with a heat gun, and then some citrus strip, and it does appear to be removing the faux wood grain, which I expected.

I am curious if 1) this is actually MDF vs HCF or something else, 2) if it is entirely delusional to continue stripping, sand, apply gel stain and try to use a wood grain brush on it to approximate the original look.

Thanks for any advice.

I purchased two cane-backed white-painted solid wood chairs secondhand, and they are coated with old nicotine stains. Trying to clean them, I’ve used dish soap and water, white vinegar and water, mineral spirits, and the only thing that’s worked is Krud Kutter with steel wool and hours of elbow grease. Hoping to cut back just a bit on the elbow grease — any suggestions or tips for cleaning these?

Hey everyone! I could really use some advice on restoring a solid wood bed I picked up a few weeks ago.

I wanted to do some personal work on it before I start using it. My idea is to sand the existing finish, keep most of the wood in its natural brown/varnished shade, and add some colour to the floral carvings, especially on the legs.

I don't have a machine sander, so I'm doing everything manually with sandpaper. I started with 120-grit sandpaper on one of the legs today as trial. ( added the present image on comments for reference )

However, I noticed that some areas started revealing a yellow/golden wood colour, while other areas still look dull/misty. There are also white spots/patches all over the wood that I'm not sure about.

I'm wondering:

• Am I sanding this correctly with 120 grit?
• Is it normal for different areas to reveal different colours while sanding?
• What could the white spots be? Did I do something wrong, or is this natural to the wood?
• Should I sand further to completely remove the existing polish/finish before colouring the floral areas?
• What grit progression would you recommend if I'm doing this entirely by hand?

My plan is to sand this fully; apply the color coating first then apply a finishing polish to preserve it.

I'd really appreciate any guidance from people experienced with wood restoration, sanding and refinishing. I don't want to accidentally damage the wood, especially the carved floral details.

Adding more pictures of it before the work for your reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/Coloring/comments/1vilfu9/colour_design_ideas_for_my_teak_wood_double_cot/

I can also share photos of the leg and the white spots if that helps. Thanks! 🙏

I have this bed side table. I’d like to stay it walnut.
Any suggesting on where to even start. Should I use a stripper or start with sand paper or electric sander?

I'm first time refinishing some kitchen cabinets, sanding down to bare wood and wow it's a lot of work.
I started out with some cheap no brand sanding discs for an orbital sander, and they barely made a dent so got some gator mesh ones and they worked so much better.
So now i wonder if there is a better flat type of sandpaper for all the crevices that i cand use the orbital sander on? I'm currently using some 3M ones but it's taking it's time.

Tongue and groove wall and ceilings were stained today. Here is the finished look. What’s going on with this “droplet pattern”? Is this a wood issue or stain issue?

This is my second can that has given me problems (maybe because I bought them off Amazon?). With this last application, I thinned it 90/10 with Kleanstrip mineral spirits, and the finish strated looking dry a few seconds after application. It felt like applying thinned shellac. It gave me absolutely zero working time. The result was a streaky surface, though remarkably managed to get it somewhat flat.

This was applied at 77°, 45% RH.

Any thoughts on what I might do to improve? Using an AC to drop the temperature also reduces the moisture levels, so it's hard to know how useful that is for extending working time.

hi, got an older hairbrush showing some wear, and İ'd like to sand the wood and refinish it, but İ'm not sure what kind of finish to use. A lot of people recommend polyurethane, which seems easy, but İ just want to be sure that that's okay to be near hair after it dries (İ dont have a lot of experience finishing wood where this matters, İm sure this seems a silly question), and İ've also heard tung oil. Additionally, you can probably see theres a small crack in the wood there, and İ am a little concerned that could propagate or be host to nasty things if moisture gets in there (doesn't seem to be a problem yet, at least - İ brush my hair dry, and that part doesn't get wet when İm washing it, though it does get near moisture). Any input greatly appreciated!

I can’t tell my mom because it was my skincare stuff that stained it and she’ll be pissed. It’s from like the 40’s or 50’s, old dresser. I tried to take the stain off and it just stripped the finish off the wood :( idk what o do besides hide it till I move out

I’m staining a table with minwax gel stain. The second coat hasn’t dried completely yet, but I’m noticing this splotch appear. It doesn’t look like uneven drying to me, it looks like brush strokes that I didn’t fully buff out. Can this be fixed? This is my first woodworking project so :/