Hi, We are restoring an 1880-1910 Victorian cottage. The walls are the original redwood beading board. The are pretty good condition, however, they seem very dried out. The house is located in Bolinas, CA, up the coast, north of San Fran. What do you recommend to restore that wood?

I need to know, what is the best solution to get old paint off woodwork? I have tried everything!

My doors and door surrounds, as well as the skirting boards, are a dark brown wood stain and I want to change the dark wood stain to a mahogany wood stain. Water and mineral spirits make little difference. The best advice so far seems to be a heavy stripper with

My father in-law, whom I work for, just took on a job for me and its 30 eight ft tall solid poplar raised panel doors to sand, condition if needed, stain and finish. Personally I want to do this, but the numbers are intimidating. I’m used to doing 1 or

We are about to put our house on the market and realized how faded the front door is. It has been protected from the weather/sun, but has probably been on the frame 50 years. The top is O.K. but the vanish on the bottom half is gone or faded and

Whenever I use an oil based wiping stain, I find it difficult to get the color to darken even with successive coats. Is there a good brand of wiping stain available in the Canadian market that would only require one or two coats (max) to achieve the advertised color? Normally

The doors inside my home that were stained with a dark stain many years ago. I would like to bring them back as much as possible to their natural color by removing the stain. Any suggestions?

I have an old vestibule door that has the pretty beveled or led glass that matches the glass in my front windows. The door is old and I am thinking of refurbishing it and moving it to be the entry door. It is dark wood and I would like to

I have a t&g pine ceiling. Our fireplace has made the wood very dry in places. The ceiling was clear coated before. I was told to use oil base polyurethane to put moisture back into the wood. I would rather use water based polyurethane because the fumes are not as

We ordered a wood veneer countertop to be stained (Minwax Dark Walnut)and poly. It came out awful. Because the counter was for an “L” shaped desktop, it has 3 pieces (corner & 2 length sides). All 3 pieces don’t match or blend. The company said they had a hard time