Recent content by Jacquiemalta

I know, I'm concerned about the top just falling off myself! I think I'll carry on looking. Thanks so much for your help.

I'm not too fussed if I have to put new doors on it as I have left over MDF from the smaller project anyway. I'm going to email them about the structure. What would you recommend the minimum width of the side panel should be in order to be stable enough to jigsaw? Thanks for all your help by...

It was my fault, I wasn't clear in my initial post. So you don't think lowering the wardrobe would work? It would be a pain in the butt admittedly.

Thanks John 51 but they're not big enough for what I need. Jelly, I'm so sorry I haven't made myself clear. I don't want to keep the drawers or the shelves, I want one big cupboard onto which I will put 2 doors. I could still use your suggestion of using MDF to support the top and bottom...

Funnily enough I was looking at the ana white site yesterday but didn't see the section with plans. I think phil.p is probably right; I'll keep looking on the local classified site for something more suitable that I can just add doors to if necessary even though I need storage asap. Have a lot...

OK, here goes. To put you in the picture first, I live in Malta where a lot of items are unavailable although I can buy light things eg special screws etc online. Also, I am a single female with not much assistance available and do not have a bench, router etc. I do have a drill, jigsaw, palm...

I like the wipe on poly technique too. Can't imagine that I'll ever use straight poly coats again - too many bits and dust for my liking.

OK, so I sanded part of the dyed section with 40 grit where the ridges are and over on to the undyed half in the same area. The area which had been dyed, I then sanded with 120 followed by 240. I left the undyed section sanded at 40. I have then just dyed both sections without a conditioning...

I've been looking in to water based products and also came across gel stains which seem to blotch less. So, I've just dyed half of the underside of the shelf and I want to cry a little bit :-) I block sanded with 120 then 240 as much as my wrist could take. The colour came out nice but there...

I'm really nervous about this now - I get a knot in my stomach when I think about it :-) I know that sounds stupid but I've been planning this table and TV unit for ages and living alone, I've had to save up to get the wood in the first place. It's got to the point where I'm thinking of leaving...

I've got Blackfriars wood dye - living in Malta I'm limited as to what supplies I can get so it's just your standard products - Colron etc.

Thanks a lot to everyone. I will raise the grain of the rest of the table then bite the bullet and get on with dying it, after sanding of course. Fingers crossed!

I live in Malta - you get what you get! The make is SAIT and I use the velcro backed rolls cut to fit my wood block.

If I sand it to a higher grade than 120, it will go shiny all over (like a burnished look). Will that surface take dye ok? - it looks kind of like it has a wax or varnish finish on it - very very smooth and shiny as if the grain has closed up completely. It's really hard to explain but that's...

No, I haven't stained it at all yet. I've got someone coming to belt sand it for me then I'll hand finish it although I'm wary about using grit higher than 120 in case it just goes shiny again. I also built a TV unit from the same wood. I dyed the underneath of the top today and it went a bit...