Just got out my 3 little jars of Minwax Wood Putty, all 3 are a bit dried up, not used for about 12 months. Does anyone know what solvent would work to reconstitute the stuff?? Thanks for any help.
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please don't post two treads on the same thing, especially within a few minutes.
Ductape can fix EVERYTHING!!!
So sorry. Thanks for the helpful hint. I deleted the extra so it will not inconvenience you further.
Take a couple drops of 3in1oil and the putty, work together until proper consistency - add more oil as needed.
I have not tried this yet, but will.
I am thinking that a solvent in the original mix has evaporated, as oil would not. Do you think paint thinner or simiar would work too. I'm thinking that the oil mix would not harden as much as a solvent that would evaporate. Not a huge issue, as I am puttying nail holes in window trim.
I'd be careful with that. IF the 3in1 leaches under the finish or god forbid you use it before finish..I think you will have a noticable staining.
I'd thin with something that evaps more cleanly. Xylene, or Acetone maybe. But not familiar with what the original thinning agent was, I am just speculating.
I could be totally wrong. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
I thought originally it was a soft putty. The ones in the can that dry hard - used to have a solvent available-toulenol (sp).A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Yeah. Ya can't get straight Toluene or Tolulol I don't think. It is the main solvent in BRI_WAX..it cleans and burns in, in a finishing mode.
I think the fillers work with Acetone.
But them little clear jars of color putty that stay soft, is some kind of oil..boiled linseed most likely.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Yes, linseed it is for the soft fillers.
edit: If they try hard enough there'll be brain cells in this population yet.
maybe do right will cool out and spit will quit coming out of his mouth with his venomous unthoughtout postings..............
but I digress.
A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Edited 2/13/2008 7:58 pm ET by calvin
Amazing that some people can't go to a local pub and say these things w/o carrying home thier teeth in a pocket, feel it is OK to hide in cyber space..but I digress.
Stay warm.
I gotta hook up with you about that masony heat jobbie you have..I think we are ready for a mason b4 next yr.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Any time. And do study the Masonry Heater Assoc. site. Wonderful work, good human beings. They are pretty forthcoming with advice and information. See if there isn't one of their members over by you.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
And back to that do right thing-digressing one more time.
There's a certain amount of class that some people posess. And on the flip side- there's some people with absolutely none. Might be young and dumb, but we wouldn't know for the lack of profile.
Funny I hadn't noticed any real goofiness out of him b/4 this tirade.
And then again, I might not know diddly-being a dumb carpenter and all.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
A few months back he went in the TAV and started knocking the mud and manure off his boots and leaving a stink around where ever he sat. Finally I think the management bounced him.
Then returned and tiedd one on and disrupted all the nice folks just in for a quiet dinner out here away from the bar.
Management really needs a better bouncer, somehow they grabbed Splintie by the hair and tossed her, while he and an annoying fly were bothering the regular customers at random.
Tsk,tsk..the help these days.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Was thinking last nite that it might be alcohol induced-you know the type-loudmouth mean drunk. Those guys get bloodied and wonder why.
Course this from a small old guy that believes rules belong in the ring and a firm believer in the sucker punch.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
I'm glad I was always a happy drunk..LOL
Well, whiskey made for mean, but caught that early on and crossed it off the menu for me.
Funny story about the only bar I ever got flagged from..it was just b4 cristmas and Ihad a barmate drinking buddy that was a Marine..we'd get afew beers in us and start singing Carols..
The proprietor came up to us and said "Duane, Sarge..look these folks are trying to eat dinner over there..could ya can it?"
Sarge was in fatigues and about 6'6" 250..Mongo's size..he went over to the table of Hus,Wife and 2 kids, and leans over with both hands on the table and in a D.I. Voice says to the Hubby..
"HEY! YOU DON'T MIND IF WE SING! DO YOU! " it was not a question...LOL
We both got the boot..for life..Oh, well..we had a bar on every corner..this place was like an Applebees or such..too classy for our likes.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Therein lies the difference.
I've always been the guy at the table.
But never dumb enough to think a suckerpunch would drop your buddy.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Yeah, he wouldn't have flinched.
At the time, Local 30B Roofers outta Philly were all over the news what with "Wise guys" pushing scabs off of jobs, and showing up packing heat and telling the guys on a site "YOU don't LOOK like Union Boys" "No why don't you get the hell outta here"
I was woking for them then, and had the Local30 Local 30B hat on..tween that and Sarge being truely psycho..we had some real fun nights.
edit: Hey, you didn't pick a puppy yet for Joyce.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Edited 2/14/2008 8:46 am ET by Sphere
Thanks for the offer. We still have our old cocker and then there's the granddog-our daughters who visits with stays quite often. Add the two cats and well-just enough.
I did get the noon part right tho didn't I? What a hoot, one birth we were a part of was 13 out of a bordercollie mix. She delivered in Denver-we hauled them all back to BG. Kept one and he went down the road to family-ize and we kept one from that pack too. Pretty neat to have the 3 generations together galloping up and down mt. mitchell on a visit. Those were some real good dogs.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Damm we hijacked a hijack..LOL
Now there is your suckker punch.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
It's an art form.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Ack, I wish I could further our adventures but my shop beckons.
Gotta drag yet another load of fire wood in, and get it up to temp..then don the earmites and fire up the planer for about 3 hours or until the dust collector is about to overload, then empty and repeat.
Good day for inside work tho'.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
You're right.
I'm off to plasticize a couple rooms for some destruction. With this "cold" every waking moment sucks. It must be a flu of sorts. Time spent thus far-1.3 wks. Hope reports of 3 wks were greatly exagerated.
seeya.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Hi, I guess I missed the unthoughtful postings, but note 2 deleted ones. But eneough digression.
I am wondering about the reference to masonary heater, as I have one which I have used for 13 years or so. Built it myself from a Tempcast kit. Very cool heater. Is this the sort of thing you are contemplating?
Yessiree Bob.
I am contemplating the best of both worlds ( niether of which probably exist) a steel fire box with gasketed door, with a humongulous mass of stone work to channel the flue exhaust, through a maze..and radiate what would be lost heat.
I just need to find the best mason to lay the stone ( which I have on site) and really be in tune with the process.
Short story= I have a log home, ancient by most standards, leaky, drafty, ill laid out, unfinished, and under major reconstruction..whew..yeah..thats all.
I have multiple links, sites, diagrams, methods..I just need to get the IDEA into a masons head..I want Dedubya from here at BT, to have the job..but I had to get the foundation poured, which I did..now it is time to load the bullet and get the trigger pull brathing just right..I CAN NOT FU This ..we're talking permanent..one of the few things in this project that I consider top priority..every thing else can be fixed or redone..but these stones were the original FP, and are hand chiselled limestone.
I want a work of art, and if I can't get an artist, I will do it myself, but I need to make the $$$ and can't learn on my own dime...catch 22 and all that.
Whatcha got?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Okay, what I have is a Tempcast, as I said. It is made of castable refactory clay, and comes ready to mortar and stack the pieces. This makes the core, which has all the channels for the smoke to wander around, etc. It weighs about 2800 pounds if memory serves. It has cast iron doors with gaskets.
It is connected to a chimney, of course, which must have a damper. My damper is at the top and is controlled by a wire cable.
It is also connected to a combustion air duct, also with a damper.
It is faced with a min. 4" of rock, brick, etc.
The basic idea is what you are after, I think. You open up both dampers fully, then fill the firebox with wood, and light the fire. It takes off like a rocket. A bit of black smoke at first, but after about 5 min. there is no noticeable smoke. After about 3-4 hrs. the fire is out and you close the dampers. The rock radiates warmth for about 12-24 hrs.
They have a fair website. I think mine cost about $4000, about 1991. All you do is build the foundation, stack the core, build a chimney, cover it all with rock.
Cool, we are on the same page.
Lemme get some breathing room here, and devote a minute to email you thru this forum..I just got my hands as full as can be at this moment..and I ain't kidding.
thanks..
you won a puppy for that! Any color ya want, as long as it is black.
[email protected] if ya get a notion.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
What kind of puppy? Our dog died last summer, 11 yrs old. She was black too!
What kind? You name it..
Baaa..gimme a spell..it's in the Tavern.
Carly's puppy time.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Everything at some point will evaporate. Oil based paint still dries. I have always used 3in1 oil and have never had a problem. I forget to mention. Don’t use too much oil if you are using a latex paint, the oil may bleed through. If this does happen you will have to touch up with a pigment primer before painting. [Kilz, Bin, etc.] This would be the same with thinner. I have never used thinner, it may work???
Just as a FYI oil based paint doen't dry as much as polymerize, it is the boiled linseed oil that oxidizes and forms a more solid state. 3in1, is NOT the same "oil". go head and dump a can in some paint in lieu of BLO and watch how long it takes to "dry"
It wont.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Acetone works well with Famowood. I'd give it a try.
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