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French door restoration
Is restoring salvage pieces worth the effort? It depends.
What will the final finish be? | |||
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Clear or transparent varnish or stain over wood | Painted | ||
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Ok. Are there a lot of millwork grooves and ridges? | Go for it! | ||
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Yes | No | ||
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Don’t bother. | Go for it! | ||
Roofdeck refinish
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After:
The fun part here was coming up with a nimble enclosure to satisfy the OSHA requirement that any exterior work which generates dust be encapsulated from one’s hapless neighbors.
The wall around the entire deck made things easier, while the irregular shape of the deck and surrounding plant-life, which needed protection from the dust and chemicals but exposure to sunlight and rain, made things trickier.
I came up with some wooden clamps that could grab onto the surrounding wall, to which ropes could be affixed.
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