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Woodworking questions (non-arcade related)
AtomSmasher:
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--- Quote from: Ayrk on May 23, 2006, 10:30:38 am ---One option is to get the iron on siding that is designed for this. It is a very thin strip of wood with some heat activated glue on the end. You just heat up the iron (cover the bottom in aluminum foil to protect it) and then run it along the trim. It will stick to the board and you just need to trim it with a razor blade, real easy stuff.
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Do this, this stuff works great! You can get it at Home Depot too. I've used this for multiple projects on oak plywood.
Looking good, looking really good.
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Hmm, well I already bought a bunch of oak molding for it so I'll probably just use what I have and use glue with a couple finishing nails to attach it. I'll take a look at the trim your talking about the next time I'm at home depot and if its not expensive and looks good, then I may pick some up too. That stuff is probably easier to work with, and I could use the thick molding I have for along the top and on the sides, but use the stuff your talking about elsewhere. It could add a bit more character to it, not having the same molding everywhere.
Thanks again for the help everyone.
Nannuu:
If you already got it, use it. It will most likely be more durable anyway being thicker.
AtomSmasher:
Haven't gotten much work done on it so far this weekend, but I did stop by homedepot and pickup a few things. I found that trim you were talking about, $10 for 80ft so I went ahead and picked up a roll. There were a few spots where I thought the thick molding I had would be a problem, so this will definately be handy. Also, I picked out a stain. I just got a little can so I can test it out and decide if its what I want, but I think I like it. And don't worry, I won't stain anything but scrap wood until I get a big can and I'll mix the little can with the big can so the stain will be exactly the same.
Heres a picture of the scrap wood I stained, since its hard to tell how the stain looks from a picture I included a piece of non-stained wood for comparision. Any thoughts or comments before I decide to go with this stain?
Timoe:
it looks good and consistent. But sorta mild.
That might be the color you are going for but I might stain it one to three more times before sealing it to give it a real rich tone.
DrewKaree:
Buy a small can of poly to see what it'll look like after that. Just because it looks nice now, you might think differently after poly.
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