When you find a piece of wood furniture that needs a little love, it’s really tempting to just fork over the cash and take it home as your next pet project. But wait, says woodworking expert Teri Masaschi, author of Foolproof Wood Finishing: For Those Who Love to Build & Hate to Finish. There are …
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Recent Projects
Here are some recent projects that we have been working on: Until Next Time – Dan @ Wood Menders
Recommended Stains for your Refinishing Project
We always get asked what type of products do you use and which ones should we stay away from. Here are some recommendations on the stains that we use at Wood Menders: The stains that we use almost exclusively when we are refinishing furniture comes from General Finishes (http://www.generalfinishes.com). We purchase them typically at our …
Peel-And-Stick Wood Panels
Came Across this article from Fast Company: NOW AVAILABLE FROM WEST ELM, STIKWOOD PANELS ARE ULTRATHIN PLANKS THAT USE LESS ENERGY AND MATERIAL THAN ORDINARY RECLAIMED WOOD. “I love the smell of wood. The feel of wood. I love everything about wood,” Jerry McCall says. “But I’ve always been a bit upset about …
Recent Furniture Repair Projects
Here are some of the recent repair & refinishing projects we have been working on at Wood Menders: Have you checked out our 2 hour Furniture Repair & Refinishing Class? Check out the schedule here: www.woodmenders.com/classes Until next time – Dan Kaufman
Repair Tips for Your Wood Furniture
Everybody knows that the best parties end up with a ring on the coffee table or a cigarette burn on the dining room table, but you can shrug off these little party mishaps with a smile when you know the secrets to quick household fixes. The following tips will help you easily repair small accidents …
Keep Your Cats from Destroying Your Furniture
From the folks over at Life Hacker – a great article on keeping your cats from destroying your furniture (we do a lot of pet damage throughout the year) Scratching is a natural behavior for our feline friends, and furniture is a tempting target for their fabric-shredding claws. Save your furniture …