Posts Tagged ‘paint’

How would I build a wooden advent calendar?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Hello everyone! I hit a bit of a problem… I’d like to build a wooden advent calender, similar to the one represented here: http://www.thecompanystore.com/parent/Holiday+Decor/3750/AK82X/ but I’m not quite sure where to start. Let me list my problems and the tools I hit and maybe someone can support me start this thing off (please note: I’m not disagreeable to copy the literal job, since I’ll be doing my makeup differently… I meet like the concept and would like to alter and change it for my son).

*The prototypal difficulty I’m having is how to exactly build the wooden grid. I can’t find anything like premade in craft stores (and no plans online), so I’d assume I hit to build it myself. Can you help?

*As far as dimensions go, I’m intellection 1/2″ thick installation lines and 4″ square wooden boxes. Does that good too large? Should I go with 1/4″ grids and 3″ boxes?

Here’s what I have: 10″ compound miter saw, a regular-sized Dremel tool, a Skil Router, broadside saw & jig saw.

Thanks a bunch!

Re-painting a banister; Can I use oil based primer w/ latex paint?

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

My economise and I bought our prototypal concern in Feb. 2009. We’ve tackled most of the big jobs, and now we don’t have such money to keep spending on the house. However, I HATE our ’80s Stygian vegetation banister. I desired to tear it out & change it, but that seemed too participating and expensive. So I decided to smoothen it down and paint it white.

Ok, first, I used a rattling coarse poise wool pad to vanish all the polyurethane. Then I went over it with a dustlike poise wool & finally a medium grid sanding block. All of the shiny opencast is gone. I have cleaned up all the dust. I have a can of white, oil-based primer from when I painted the face door. Can I use this on the banister? And can I use white, hi-gloss latex plaint over that so the banister matches all the trim?

If anyone has any other ideas or suggestions, I’d appreciate hearing them! Thanks!