Things that are pissing you off. - Page 2747

It's our British heritage. I mean, even Freddie Mercury knew fat bottom girls make the rockin' world go 'round.

I like to do that sometimes just to establish my social dominance. (I mean in cases where it's not already established.)

I also like this one:

Me: Sure is a pleasant day today.
Other: Yes, very nice.
Me: I didn't ask for your opinion, pleb.

My quest to refinish a dresser is never going to end.

Budget is being presented Tuesday so people have been/will be in all weekend. Thankfully I only had to work this 4 hour shift.

What kind of dresser and what kind of finish?

you mean people who are asshats?

(not you, L'Inc)

Sharp and happy.


That hour and a half long nap I took on sofa earlier, wasn't the best idea, as I can't sleep now.

Yes, asshats.


Thanks Finn....

WTF schedule are you on for a budget to be presented in January?

Government schedule obviously! But the FY is from April to March.

hmmm.... maybe I should try this with the neighbor who revs his diesel engine vehicle early in the morning and the neighborhood druggie who let her dog take a dump in front of my house.

if that rodent had a name, it must have been ratputin.

Life isn't worth living anymore.

Metric is metric, standard is US sizing.

U.S. Standard (more correctly U.S. Customary) maybe standard in the U.S., Metric however is standard.

It's a walnut Danish modern dresser. Very simple, but it's well made and has a refined form I like. I bought it used a few months ago and it had an ugly polyurethane finish and had been in a smoker's household so it had a darkish tint to it. I stripped it down entirely but the wood is fairly porous so the polyurethane was fairly deep into the wood and I had been apprehensive to sand too deep into the wood because the facings of the cabinets are veneer walnut over cedar linings. So naturally I began staining with a custom walnut/red mahogany mix and the stain wasn't being taken up in a couple areas with some of the polyurethane still remaining (I couldn't see these areas before staining), so it produced some regrettable spots. I'm now in the process of removing the stain and polyurethane more thoroughly with chemical stripper and then I'll try again. I'm going to finish it with tung oil after the staining. It's just been a major pain in the ass because there will be no less than 6 or 7 layers of application to go through after the excessive amount of time I've spent trying to prepare the wood.

1. Pre-stain conditioner
2. Walnut Oil Stain
3. Red Mahogany Gel Stain
4. Red Mahogany Gel Stain
5. Tung Oil
6. Tung Oil
7. Feed- N-Wax

Eventually, it will be done. Here's a picture of the side, which turned out well:




And a picture of the thing after the poor stain, before yesterday's efforts to correct: