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Recent content by slifox

  1. slifox

    Ironing Board

    Scissors will cut through the plastic mesh just fine. With one big plastic mesh piece, there's no need to affix the mesh to the board -- the ironing board cover will keep it in place. I also added a thin layer of synthetic felt between the board/mesh and the cover, for a bit of extra padding...
  2. slifox

    Ironing Board

    FYI I ended up redoing it using a single piece of plastic mesh, like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZJKAQ2 The result is much easier to make and lasts longer
  3. slifox

    How are these allen edmonds - worth keeping?

    I'm personally not crazy about the color, but I think these are still very usable. Not sure how they looked before, but they look decent now. They could use a bit more cleaning inside the brouging and around the seams (use a q-tip). I'd fix the damage on the left shoe at the tip of the toe...
  4. slifox

    Ironing Board

    Old thread, but posting this here in case it might be useful to anyone else. I had this same problem even with the "high end" consumer ironing boards. A thicker pad wasn't really helping: I'd still eventually get the "grill" pattern from the metal board, the thicker pad was making it harder...
  5. slifox

    Shoe Antiquing

    I decided to experiment with dyeing for antiquing, since I wasn't getting satisfactory results with polish antiquing alone. These boots have undergone a lot of modifications, including many different colors of polish, polish techniques (including drill buffing and flame polishing), re-insoling...

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