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Location: Oklahoma | here is the ceiling and another pic of cabinet
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Location: Oklahoma | sorry the pics are sidwways this is first time and don't know how to rotate the are the right way on my computer. |
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Location: South East Texas | That looks awesome!!! Love the piece that is used for the bathroom vanity! As for refinishing it....that would be entirely up to you. If you do....an easier option might be to just take doors and drawers off...refinish them...and paint the base where it sits. Then put it back together. |
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| Any suggestions on the easiest (and cheapest) way to remove wallpaper? |
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Location: Central Texas | Tys-ol-lady - 2013-10-02 10:20 AM Any suggestions on the easiest (and cheapest) way to remove wallpaper?
I filled a spray bottle about a 1/4 with fabric softener and the rest with HOT water. Peel whatever wall paper will come off first and then soak the rest with this mixture. Walk away for about 15 minutes and then come back and scrap off with a putty knife. This worked well for me, most of it just rolled off, I had a few stubborn areas that I had to soak a second time. Unfortunatley I don't think there is an easy method. This still required work but it has been the easiest method I have found.....and it smells good... |
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| GraciousLegacy - 2013-10-02 11:28 AM Tys-ol-lady - 2013-10-02 10:20 AM Any suggestions on the easiest (and cheapest) way to remove wallpaper? I filled a spray bottle about a 1/4 with fabric softener and the rest with HOT water. Peel whatever wall paper will come off first and then soak the rest with this mixture. Walk away for about 15 minutes and then come back and scrap off with a putty knife. This worked well for me, most of it just rolled off, I had a few stubborn areas that I had to soak a second time. Unfortunatley I don't think there is an easy method. This still required work but it has been the easiest method I have found.....and it smells good...
Cool, thanks! You sound like a pro, wanna come help?? haha  |
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Location: South East Texas | I've never tried to remove wall paper....ive only papered a room one time in my whole life...my bath at my parents house when I was in high school...swore I would never put wall paper on anything ever again. Lol |
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Location: Bluffdale UT | What kind of Poly do you use over white paint - that won't turn it yellow?.... ugh! |
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Location: South East Texas | I use Minwax Polycrylic. It doesn't yellow like polyurethane does. |
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Location: Kansas | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-06-07 3:49 PM SC Wrangler - 2013-06-07 11:23 AM Question. I am getting ready to convert an old buffet to a western theme. I want to adhere cowhide to the raised panel doors. Any clue what kind of adhesive would work? Once it is on I will use upholstery tack strips around the edges of the hide. 3M spray adhesive. But....you will have to tape off and cover anywhere that you don't want the spray it doesn't come off easily.
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Location: South East Texas | If you are using the spray adhesive you shouldn't have to do anything to the finish. Only reason you would need to is if it has veneer on it that is loose. |
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| lonestarace - 2013-10-26 11:53 AM thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-06-07 3:49 PM SC Wrangler - 2013-06-07 11:23 AM Question. I am getting ready to convert an old buffet to a western theme. I want to adhere cowhide to the raised panel doors. Any clue what kind of adhesive would work? Once it is on I will use upholstery tack strips around the edges of the hide. 3M spray adhesive. But....you will have to tape off and cover anywhere that you don't want the spray it doesn't come off easily.
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Location: Where we still run to look when the siren goes by. | I am refinishing a coffee table and doing the faux leather look on top, I have a lot of butcher paper – will that work or do I need the paperbag style paper? The butcher paper is pretty light but I think it would work to stain it?
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Location: Central Texas | Rodeo Rose - 2013-10-31 10:47 AM I am refinishing a coffee table and doing the faux leather look on top, I have a lot of butcher paper – will that work or do I need the paperbag style paper? The butcher paper is pretty light but I think it would work to stain it?
I used the brown butcher type paper on my wall and it worked fine. As long as it doesn't have that waxy texture to it you should be ok.
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Location: Where we still run to look when the siren goes by. | GraciousLegacy - 2013-10-31 11:42 AM Rodeo Rose - 2013-10-31 10:47 AM I am refinishing a coffee table and doing the faux leather look on top, I have a lot of butcher paper – will that work or do I need the paperbag style paper? The butcher paper is pretty light but I think it would work to stain it?
I used the brown butcher type paper on my wall and it worked fine. As long as it doesn't have that waxy texture to it you should be ok.
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Location: South East Texas | I've no experience with using butcher paper, I've just always used brown paper bags...feed sacks or the roll of brown paper that they sell for shipping paper. But like was mentioned, as long as it doesn't have the waxy side it should work fine. |
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Location: ILLINOIS | Sure wish you could record you doing the faux leather look step by step! I am a "watch and learn" person! :)
Beautiful pieces though! |
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Location: South East Texas | I'm sure there are some tutorials on you tube and Pinterest. |
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Location: ILLINOIS | I'll have to look! :)
If I did the faux leather look on a table, how many coats of clearcoat would you suggest?
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Location: South East Texas | When I do it on the top surface of anything I put one good coat of modpodge over it after I've glued it on and it's dried....then I put 3 or 4 coats of polycrylic over that. Usually wait overnight to let that coat of modpodge dry good before the poly goes on |
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