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Show threadgimlithepirateOct 30, 2023
Corporate America is operating on the Car Dealership model: there are enough rubes to fleece it’s not worth the effort to get quality customers/employees.
Show threadgimlithepirateJul 26, 2023

I wish these strikes would normalize talking about your salary in the US.

It’s such a huge source of power employers have over workers heads. People always say “research what equivalent roles get when negotiating” but the data that’s out there is crap. Companies work hard to obfuscate what they pay people.

Show threadgimlithepirateJul 16, 2023
Yeah -_- if any of the alternatives had been as low VOC as Odie’s I probably would have used them instead… But in this case, since it was indoor with kids I didn’t really want something fumey.
Show threadgimlithepirateJul 16, 2023
Gotcha, good to know! Id worry about the epoxy adhering, but good to know it works.
Show threadgimlithepirateJul 14, 2023
How do you combo it with epoxy? I’m curious.
gimlithepirateJul 14, 2023

In Praise of Odie's Oil

https://lemmy.world/post/1481743

In Praise of Odie's Oil - Lemmy.world

More images: [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f5a14c9b-96e3-4ae8-b26b-7aae4c020ab0.jpeg] [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c2731764-6170-4af7-821d-48fb6fb3e92b.jpeg] 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.

Show threadgimlithepirateJul 14, 2023

Tilley FTW.

I live in the desert, they are common even if unfashionable lol.

gimlithepirateJul 3, 2023
That’s part 2 of this project. We will see, the hand rails are not in great shape. May replace, or paint them. The banisters have more visual impact anyway, and are a significantly nicer wood.
Show threadgimlithepirateJul 3, 2023
We’ve been dealing with the smell of citristrip this weekend lol, we can deal with the poly smells. Our house uses evap cooling which provides a ton of options for ducting air away from where the people are.
Show threadgimlithepirateJul 3, 2023

Wish that was an option, but whatever dingaling installed this stuff put all kinds of caulk on the bottom edge and then nailed it in…

Somebody committed a series crime against wood with this lol. Just trying to come up with something reasonable.

Why would you go with a stain+poly vs a finishing oil of some sort?