When it comes to selecting lumber for your mallet, the most important thing you need to consider is density. For example, is that timber going to be hard enough to drive dowels into place? You see, dense tough hardwoods are going to do a better job at handling the jarring impact of each knock. So, […]
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Sandboxes can be so much fun for kids to play in. But, ‘fun sandboxes’ must first and foremost be ‘safe sandboxes’. Which means that you need to be careful about which wood finishes or treatments you use on that wooden sandbox. Now, pressure treated wood has earned a reputation for being the sort of timber
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Want to soundproof your woodwork shop? But, are you also worried about the high cost of soundproofing materials? Then you might be surprised to learn that MDF can be used to help soundproof workshop walls. But, exactly how good is MDF at absorbing sound? Well, in this post, you’ll find out the easiest (and cheapest)
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OSB is probably one of the strongest manufactured woods you can get your hands on. It’s shear strength beats out even plywood. And, when it comes to water-resistance, it does a much better job at it than MDF. Nevertheless, OSB is not a natural material, and the glues used to make it are fairly toxic.
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Unfinished fretboards are fairly susceptible to drying out. And in truly humid climates, a fretboard left unsealed can begin to crack. So, the job of fretboard oils is to prevent those cracks from ever appearing in the first place. Now, a twice yearly dab of oil is all that’s needed to keep fretboards in tip
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There are a lot of great wood types for making the body of a guitar. But few are as lightweight as Paulownia wood. But the weight of a wood type can have a significant impact on the tonal properties of a guitar. So what kind of sound quality can you expect to get out of
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A lot of popular culinary oils make for terrible cutting board wood finishes. In fact, food-based oils are often the worst offenders for ruining otherwise perfectly good chopping blocks. That’s because culinary oils have a limited shelf life. And, once they’ve soaked down into that wooden board, it’s next to impossible to rinse those rancid
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There are plenty of food safe finishes out there. And, you could argue that any drying wood finish — that cures into a hard resin — can be deemed food safe. But there’s a key difference between a food safe wood finish and a food grade one. And this difference means that many food safe
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As a woodworking enthusiast, you already know by now that polyurethane is a fantastic water-resistant wood sealer. Most other wood finishes are more water-repellent coatings than water tight sealants. And when it comes to MDF, water proofing this material is very important. But, MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) is a tricky material to properly seal. The
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Polyurethane is a fantastic waterproofing wood finish. It can be applied over most other wood finishes and stains. And, unlike some popular oil finishes, it doesn’t need frequent reapplications. What’s more, it is one of just a few truly waterproofing wood sealants. Now, with a wood such as Maple, this is really good news. Why?
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