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Expert's Opinion: How to Choose Wood Varnish – Useful Tips
Oil-based varnishes and water-oil varnishes are considered the hardest. On a wooden surface, varnishes form a very durable and hard film. This surface is difficult to scratch.
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Expert Tips: How to Remove Stains and Marks from Wood
In such a situation, oxalic acid or bleach will help restore the furniture to a presentable appearance.
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Interior tips: Using stained wood in your interior design
Stained wood often looks way better than the regular one, but lots of people avoid using it – they think that it's too hard! In fact, it's extremely easy to use stained wood and integrate it into your modern interior, you just have to know how to work with it correctly.
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Housekeeping tips: Wooden window frames that don't close in winter
Wood is a beautiful natural material, and it can be quite long-lasting, so you can often see wooden winter frames. The problem is, natural wood can slightly shrink and expand because of the temperature shifts.
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Useful Tips: How and What to Paint Wood
Use alkyd, oil, alkyd-oil compositions. Alkyd and water-based paints are suitable for painting wood with your own hands indoors, since they are environmentally friendly, have a low odor and dry quickly.
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Useful Tips: How to Remove Scratches from Wood
These could be small scratches from mechanical impact or cracks on tables on which dishes are often placed. Unfortunately, such changes spoil the appearance of the product. And even if you treat interior details with care and precision, any furniture will still wear out over time. This is difficult to avoid.
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Helpful Tips: How to Clean Greasy Stains from Wood
Grease can be removed from a wooden floor by applying washing powder thickly to water and leaving it on the area to be cleaned overnight. On the other hand, solvents - kerosene, alcohol or the like. Nevertheless, turpentine removes grease from parquet most effectively.
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Wooden slats as bedroom decoration: Interior tips
Natural wood is one of the most beautiful materials you can use to decorate your house. If you want your bedroom to feel cozy and natural, then consider using wooden slats as a part of your interior design.
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Wooden slats ideas: Interior tips
Wood isn't only great for furniture - it can also be a great material for interior decorations like wooden slats. They can make your interior look great, because they can add unique accents to different parts of your house.
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Tips from a Professional Analyst: How to Varnish Wood
The main function of any varnish is to create a protective film on the surface of the wood. At the same time, the big advantage of the varnish is its transparency. It is important for a tree that its natural structure and pattern of rings are visible.
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Air-drying isn't always great: Housekeeping tips
Most people just air dry their wooden cutting boards, thinking that it's enough to keep them safe and beautiful. Meanwhile, it's usually not - and this type of drying can only cause damage to natural wood.
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Fixing chipped wooden furniture: Housekeeping tips
Wooden furniture can last for many years, but sometimes it can break or chip - so you have to fix it. Luckily, sometimes you can fix your chipped wooden furniture on your own without hiring a professional.
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Wood types that don't go well together: Interior tips
If you want your interior to be full of natural materials, then you probably want to use lots of wood - but you should be careful with that. The thing is, some types of wood don't look good when paired together, so they can ruin your interior.
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Wooden plates as home decor: Interior tips
Wood is one of the most elegant natural materials, and it looks great in most interiors. Wooden plates can become amazing decorations for your interior - you just need to use them wisely.
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Wooden furniture drying out: Housekeeping tips
Wooden furniture can be almost timeless - but only if you take good care of it. If you don't then it can dry out and become brittle, like dry skin - so it can break easily.
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Restoring wooden furniture: Housekeeping tips
Wooden furniture can be extremely stylish and long-lasting, but the material isn't completely indestructible, though. Wood can get scratches and cracks, and sometimes you can even break it when you aren't careful enough.
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Wooden garden paths: Make your garden pretty
Paths make your garden look nice and well-maintained, and it's generally easier to walk there and enjoy the view. While lots of paths are made of mulch, stones, or bricks, you can also use wood as a natural and eco-friendly solution.
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Decorate your house with wood: Interior tips
Natural wood is one of the most luxurious, expensive, and long-lasting materials you can use in your interior. Some rare varieties of wood look amazing when used even in the most modern and contemporary designs.
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Helpful Tips: How to Clean Stains from Hardwood Floors
Fresh stains must first be removed with a thick cloth or paper towel. Next - wipe the place of contamination with a chemical solution. After a few minutes, wipe the problem area with a dry cloth, and then wash it using any detergent.
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Why different kinds of wooden furniture don't always look good together: Make your interior design consistent
The way different kinds of wooden furniture may not always look good together is primarily due to differences in their color, grain pattern, and finish. These variations can create a mismatched or cluttered appearance in a room.
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