Veneer Office Doors (16)

1. Can you sand scratches in veneer doors (some are deeper than others) and then stain and poly for final coat. 2. I have already cleaned with a dampened rag and stained and with same color and they look good except for the darker color where the scratches are. 3.

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Choose Porch Color

I need help choosing the right color for my porches. My house is all white & the roof shingles are different shades of dark grey. I’m not sure to go light or dark with my color choice.

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Engraved Wood

I have engraved a name into some Pine. I want to stain the inside of the letters one stain and the surface another. How do I keep the stain in the letters from oozing out into the adjoining wood?

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Painted Floor

I have old wood floors. I caulked with latex caulking and painted with latex paint. It has now been 2 months and the caulked area is sticky. In the area where the caulk was applied it picks up dirt/dust and is sticky rest of floor is okay. Should I Varathane

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Staining

My new pine baseboards won’t get dark enough. I am using all the pre-stain recommendations. My stain is Dark Walnut, Cabot Woodstain. Please help

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Floor Staining

I have an oak floor partly covered with a quite dark stain. In areas I have sanded off the stain and urethaned with clear water-based urethane. Now, I want to put a gel stain over the water-based urethane areas without major sanding to match the darker areas. Then I intend

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Correct blotchy exterior door paint.

I stripped & primed my mahogany entry door and painted it red using Valspar exterior latex. It is blotchy with very uneven coverage & brush strokes. It has raised panels with routed trim applied, so brushing seems necessary. Previous finish was red latex and it was applied with no problem.

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Asbestos Siding Painting

I have a 1950ish home and my problem is some tiles (which are at both ends of the house at the peaks) on the home are stained a brown color and I am wanting to paint them if I can. The rest of the house is white. I need answers

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