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If you have hardwood flooring, you know how annoying drag marks can be. They can be caused by a variety of things, including furniture and pets, and they can be tough to remove. There are a number of various methods on how to remove drag marks from hardwood floors, depending on how severe they are….
Painting your home gives it a new and aesthetically pleasing look, but we end up battling with the smell coming from it. Emulsion paint smell is generated by various paint components including solvents in paint evaporating, which happens during the paint drying process, through pigments that create color, binders to help the paint dry fast,…
Hardwood floors are luxurious, elegant, and beautiful for your home. It is incomparable to carpets and tiles for flooring surfaces. However, this beauty needs maintenance so that the hardwood can keep reflecting its value. Household items including area rugs can cause marks that will ruin the look of your hardwood floor. Using too much cleaner…
Sanding is one of the important tasks required for maintaining wood. Even though it is not an easy task, you can’t skip it. It is a project that is labor-intensive and requires a bit of elbow grease. In the case of knowing how to sand table legs, you need to dedicate enough time and be…
Wooden furniture and floors give warmth and natural charm to any room, but they can become discolored and faded with time. You might be tempted to restore ancient hardwood floors that don’t look as good as they once did. This, though, maybe a lot of labor and it can also be expensive. If you’re not…
For any DIY enthusiast, wood filler is a must-have. It’s perfect for filling minor cracks and holes in wood, as well as smoothing uneven surfaces. The only issue is that sawdust is one of the key constituents in most wood fillers. If you don’t have any sawdust on hand, or if you only need a…
Wood filler is a substance used as a patching and filling material for wood. This can be done either before or after staining or painting the wood. It can be used on furniture, floors, cabinets, and many other items made from wood. As a DIY enthusiast and novice woodworker, you’ve probably searched for ways to…
Apparently, there’s no home on this planet, that doesn’t feature at least one or two types of wood furniture. But despite this furniture being durable and attractive all through the years, they are also highly susceptible to scratches and dents. The good news though, is that you don’t have to live forever with these scratches,…
Wood is used in making furniture, floors, and walls, hence making it vulnerable to dents, scratches, marks, scuffs and gouges. This unpleasant experience can’t be avoided especially when the wood is found in high traffic areas in a home. However, for shallow scratches and marks, there is an everyday home item that you can use….
Mineral oil for wood is one of the most versatile things mineral oil can be used for in your home. There are different kinds of mineral oil used for therapeutic purposes, and others are used for making wood look shiny. Mineral oil is one of the widely used options for wood finish especially when a…
The term wood filler is always used interchangeably with the word “wood putty”, although professional woodworkers made it known that there are key differences between both. Wood filler is a product widely used among woodworkers to ensure that their wood surface is smooth and free from holes. These holes may be a small gap in…
