In Praise of Odie's Oil - Lemmy.world
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After asking this forum what to use on some pretty red oak wood, someone
mentioned hardening wax oils as a good option. I gave Odie’s a try, mainly
because these banisters can’t be detached and Odie’s doesn’t smell as strong.
End result has been great. Application was easy. Buffed in the first cost, went
to buff it out and it was totally dry, so I buffed a second coat in. Then 45 min
later I buffed off the excess. Took about 3 hours total. Water beads on the
resulting finish, and really compliments the grain of the wood! Already planning
to use Odie’s on future projects.
Finish for Banister? - Lemmy.world
I’ve had these banisters in my house for ages that had this really poorly done
ugle brown/maroon paint. My wife got fed up with them and decided to strip and
sand them. Wonder of wonders, what’s under there is some kind of dense hardwood
with some great grain to it. Now I’m trying to decide how to finish it. My
initial plan had been what I always do: basic stain plus a wipe on poly of some
sort. Pretty good, pretty easy. However, this is significantly higher quality
wood than the cheap pine I usually work with. It was suggested to me I look into
a Tung or Danish oil, and I’ve now fallen down a deep rabbit hole of wood
finishing. Any preferred finishes that emphasize graib for pretty wood in high
traffic areas?
How to make android more Private?
https://lemmy.world/post/164535
How to make android more Private? - Lemmy.world
What are everyone’s recommendations on making android more private? Given
Google’s recent behavior around tracking and the like, I’m not really
comfortable with then having all of my data. I’ve even contemplated going to
iOS, since apple doesn’t have a vested interest in me having less privacy… But I
just don’t like their OS lol. I’ve tried GrapheneOS, and it’s not awful. For
usability, I did have to add Google apps back in, but at least they are
sandboxes. For the moment though, my daily driver is a Samsung S21. What can I
do to make I more private? So far, I have: 1. Switched to Samsung browser with
adblock. 2. Started using duckduck go. 3. Installed duckduck go’s app tracking
protection. That was an eye opener. 4. Restricted location history in Google
maps. What else? I know Graphene is typically the gold standard, but I’m trying
to see what I can do short of that.
How does the new Texas law effect Lemmy?
https://lemmy.world/post/161419
How does the new Texas law effect Lemmy? - Lemmy.world
Url for reference. How’s this going to effect Lemmy? I was a kid online once, I
would have loved something like Lemmy. With this Texas law, theoretically the
people running an instance could be in trouble when some kid signs up for their
server which won’t have the desired parental controls…
Went to go get some errands done, and come back to find I have more Lemmy upvotes than I had karma in the last 10 years lol.
The cycle of the day... - Lemmy.world
1. Get bored. 2. Open Reddit. 3. Remember I’m not using reddit today. 4. Open
Lemmy. 5. Go do something else. 6. Go to number 1.
