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Oct. 25th, 2005 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickTonight I put a second coat of oil on the dresser. It's supposed to take between six and ten very, very thin coats (wipe on, let sit ten minutes, wipe all extra off) of oil. Thus far, a very, very thin coat of oil dries in 24 hours in my wood-heated house. Actually, it all gets slurped into the wood within ten minutes, to where there isn't anything to wipe off... but the surface isn't 100% dry and non-tacky until the next day. I expect that's what they mean by 'dry'. (If I'm wrong, it'll just take more coats. These things happen. I'm not in a hurry.) Since I couldn't find any instructions on sanding except the less-than-informative about.com, I'm going to try hitting it with 0000 steel and a dust cloth every two coats. We'll see how that does. I'll keep you posted.
This is amazing shit. I was going to write that I could not understand why other people didn't generally use tung oil to put finish on their furniture, but I do understand why. It's just something of a shame that more people don't try this. It really is lovely.
Also, I've been wondering what happens to people after they win obscene amounts of money in the lottery. (We've always been at war with Eurasia...) When the news covers stuff like ye olde Powerball, the story always ends with Joe Redneck accepting an oversize check on the porch of his doublewide. My thing is that the story isn't over there. That's not the end. I want to see the happily ever after. I want to see Joe Redneck about ten, fifteen years down the road. Someone alert the networks -- this would make a fine reality show.
This is amazing shit. I was going to write that I could not understand why other people didn't generally use tung oil to put finish on their furniture, but I do understand why. It's just something of a shame that more people don't try this. It really is lovely.
Also, I've been wondering what happens to people after they win obscene amounts of money in the lottery. (We've always been at war with Eurasia...) When the news covers stuff like ye olde Powerball, the story always ends with Joe Redneck accepting an oversize check on the porch of his doublewide. My thing is that the story isn't over there. That's not the end. I want to see the happily ever after. I want to see Joe Redneck about ten, fifteen years down the road. Someone alert the networks -- this would make a fine reality show.
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Date: 2005-10-26 03:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-26 06:41 pm (UTC)But yes, the Spouse and I were just discussing this. I understand that the majority of these end up impoverished quickly.