I have a maple wood kitchen table with a shiny smooth finish that allows for hot and cold items placed on it and not leave a burn mark.
The table is 27 years old, the same as me. A hand me down.
The finish on the table top lately seems to be peeling. I am assuming due to the aging of the wood and finish.
How would I re-coat it to look new again? Would I have to sand it down or what would be the process?How would I put a finish on this maple wood kitchen table?
I believe this can help you with your table.
Friday, November 12, 2010
How to improvise a table for a Thanksgiving dinner?
I live in an on-campus apartment on the 13th floor. I'm having about a dozen ppl over and I would love it if everyone could sit at the same table. I have enough room to set up a table that big, but no idea how to improvise one without having to buy one and truck it home on public transportation (which I'm pretty sure would be next to impossible) Thanks so much!How to improvise a table for a Thanksgiving dinner?
Boy, they actually have a 13th floor! I'm impressed. But I can see where lugging something up there would be an issue. However, check with building/school maintenance. Maybe they have some extra sawhorses or cinderblocks and unused 4' x 8' boards or a couple doors that aren't in use. Set the boards on the sawhorses/blocks and cover with a tablecloth.
Good luck.How to improvise a table for a Thanksgiving dinner?
just go buy a fold up card table and throw a table cloth over it so it won't look like crap. you'd still have to go through the trouble of getting it home but if it folds up it'll be easier than a real table. OR you could just order a cheap one off the internet and have it delivered.
A door laid across two card tables or any two tables of similar height? The sell plastic 6 foot tables that folds in half at Target for about $30. Easy to store after for future use.
Suggest you find card tables you can borrow, set them end-to-end and cover them with a cleaned and pressed sheet or two. OR, have no table at all. Clear the room, lay your table cloths or sheet on the floor with Thanksgiving centerpiece, candles and paper plate place settings. Food can be served buffet style off of a smaller table or the kitchen counter. Have everyone bring a dish to share and a pillow to sit on and have an in-door Thanksgiving picnic.
Boy, they actually have a 13th floor! I'm impressed. But I can see where lugging something up there would be an issue. However, check with building/school maintenance. Maybe they have some extra sawhorses or cinderblocks and unused 4' x 8' boards or a couple doors that aren't in use. Set the boards on the sawhorses/blocks and cover with a tablecloth.
Good luck.How to improvise a table for a Thanksgiving dinner?
just go buy a fold up card table and throw a table cloth over it so it won't look like crap. you'd still have to go through the trouble of getting it home but if it folds up it'll be easier than a real table. OR you could just order a cheap one off the internet and have it delivered.
A door laid across two card tables or any two tables of similar height? The sell plastic 6 foot tables that folds in half at Target for about $30. Easy to store after for future use.
Suggest you find card tables you can borrow, set them end-to-end and cover them with a cleaned and pressed sheet or two. OR, have no table at all. Clear the room, lay your table cloths or sheet on the floor with Thanksgiving centerpiece, candles and paper plate place settings. Food can be served buffet style off of a smaller table or the kitchen counter. Have everyone bring a dish to share and a pillow to sit on and have an in-door Thanksgiving picnic.
Why do people believe that the government runs the show here in the United States?
The real owners of this country are the big business corporations, big banks, and especially the Federal Reserve Bank ... not the government.
They control everything and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. They're just irrelevant and put there to give you the idea that you have a choice, but in reality you don't have a choice. Instead, you have corporations who are the owners. They own you and everything.
They own all the important land. They have bought and paid the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, and they have the judges in their back pockets. They also own all the big media corporations, allowing them to control all the news and information you get.
They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking who are well informed and educated. That doesn't help them and is against their interest.
They don't want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table who are able to figure out how badly they're getting screwed by a system that threw them overboard 40 years ago. Instead, they want obedient workers who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paper work and just dumb enough to passably accept all these increasingly crappy jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and the vanishing pension that disappears when you go to collect it ... and now they're coming for your social security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street.
They'll get it all because they own this place. It's a big club and you're not in it. You and I are not in the big club. It's the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long in their media, telling you want to believe, what to think , and what to buy.
The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice and care, which is what the owners count on. You have good honest hard working Americans, either white collar or blue collar, it doesn't matter what color shirt you have on ... good honest hard working people with modest means who continue to elect these rich politicians who don't give a crap about them.Why do people believe that the government runs the show here in the United States?
It is pretty obvious the government now controls 1/6 of our economy. That is way too much. It really isn't a debatable fact, they control 1/6 of our economyWhy do people believe that the government runs the show here in the United States?
The president is basically a figurehead. He is the one who takes the heat, takes the blame and diverts the country from the real leaders of society that you mentioned. Everybody wants somebody to blame and Obama knows it. He's just got to look presidential and keep people focused on the non-issues.
Same thing with George W. Bush. Does anyone really think he was making important decisions? No, he was a puppet, same as the rest of them.advice for avoiding violations
They control everything and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. They're just irrelevant and put there to give you the idea that you have a choice, but in reality you don't have a choice. Instead, you have corporations who are the owners. They own you and everything.
They own all the important land. They have bought and paid the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, and they have the judges in their back pockets. They also own all the big media corporations, allowing them to control all the news and information you get.
They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking who are well informed and educated. That doesn't help them and is against their interest.
They don't want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table who are able to figure out how badly they're getting screwed by a system that threw them overboard 40 years ago. Instead, they want obedient workers who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paper work and just dumb enough to passably accept all these increasingly crappy jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and the vanishing pension that disappears when you go to collect it ... and now they're coming for your social security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street.
They'll get it all because they own this place. It's a big club and you're not in it. You and I are not in the big club. It's the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long in their media, telling you want to believe, what to think , and what to buy.
The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice and care, which is what the owners count on. You have good honest hard working Americans, either white collar or blue collar, it doesn't matter what color shirt you have on ... good honest hard working people with modest means who continue to elect these rich politicians who don't give a crap about them.Why do people believe that the government runs the show here in the United States?
It is pretty obvious the government now controls 1/6 of our economy. That is way too much. It really isn't a debatable fact, they control 1/6 of our economyWhy do people believe that the government runs the show here in the United States?
The president is basically a figurehead. He is the one who takes the heat, takes the blame and diverts the country from the real leaders of society that you mentioned. Everybody wants somebody to blame and Obama knows it. He's just got to look presidential and keep people focused on the non-issues.
Same thing with George W. Bush. Does anyone really think he was making important decisions? No, he was a puppet, same as the rest of them.
How do you do you treat the cracks on wood table?
We bought the beautiful wood dining table from Indonesia, a country that is very humid. This large table is made from one pieace of old wood. Now we live in 4 season country with very low humidity and the table is cracking everywhere.
Any thoughts on what's the best way to cure these cracks?How do you do you treat the cracks on wood table?
Buy some wood putty to fill in the cracks. Go 1 shade darker than the wood, because when the putty dries, it will dry lighter.
Bye something called ';Finish Feeder';. It has lemon oil %26amp; beeswax in it, along with other natural ingredients that will enhance %26amp; moisturize your wood table.
If you can't find the Finish Feeder, buy Tung Oil or Watco Danish Oil (neutral) %26amp; use to treat your wood. Since your wood is dry, it will need mositure added on a regular basis.How do you do you treat the cracks on wood table?
That will happen. First try gluing the smaller cracks, and the ends of larger cracks to stop them from continuing. You will need White or wood glue (either will work)and clamps (they are fairly cheap at your home improvement store and you may need to do this a few times til the wood has finished drying out and causing the cracks).
Put glue over each crack and push into crack with your finger as far as it will go. On larger cracks(over 1/16'; just do ends)put clamps on and tighten down. Do not make it too tight just enough to bring wood together and squeeze a bit of the glue out. Quickly wipe excess glue off with a damp rag. (If any dries you may have to sand and refinish.)
Let dry.
Next you will need wood putty in the color of the tabletop. You can get this at your local hardware or H.I. store.push this with a putty knife into larger cracks til it fills them completely. Use putty knife to remove excess. Let dry. Sand tabletop lightly use tack cloth to remove dust and apply a sealing polyurethane across tabletop. Let dry again and you are finished.
Any thoughts on what's the best way to cure these cracks?How do you do you treat the cracks on wood table?
Buy some wood putty to fill in the cracks. Go 1 shade darker than the wood, because when the putty dries, it will dry lighter.
Bye something called ';Finish Feeder';. It has lemon oil %26amp; beeswax in it, along with other natural ingredients that will enhance %26amp; moisturize your wood table.
If you can't find the Finish Feeder, buy Tung Oil or Watco Danish Oil (neutral) %26amp; use to treat your wood. Since your wood is dry, it will need mositure added on a regular basis.How do you do you treat the cracks on wood table?
That will happen. First try gluing the smaller cracks, and the ends of larger cracks to stop them from continuing. You will need White or wood glue (either will work)and clamps (they are fairly cheap at your home improvement store and you may need to do this a few times til the wood has finished drying out and causing the cracks).
Put glue over each crack and push into crack with your finger as far as it will go. On larger cracks(over 1/16'; just do ends)put clamps on and tighten down. Do not make it too tight just enough to bring wood together and squeeze a bit of the glue out. Quickly wipe excess glue off with a damp rag. (If any dries you may have to sand and refinish.)
Let dry.
Next you will need wood putty in the color of the tabletop. You can get this at your local hardware or H.I. store.push this with a putty knife into larger cracks til it fills them completely. Use putty knife to remove excess. Let dry. Sand tabletop lightly use tack cloth to remove dust and apply a sealing polyurethane across tabletop. Let dry again and you are finished.
How do u keep a cat from climbing on a table?
My cat always climbs on the table and counter. I always have to pick her up and put her back on the floor. She jumps up and always knocks things over and shes on the table when we're eating, sniffing food and going by your plate. As soon as i put her on the floor she jumps back up.Shes 6 months old.How do i keep her off the table and counters.How do u keep a cat from climbing on a table?
I had 2 cats that did this all the time. I started putting strips of duct tape sticky side up on the counters and table. I would come home and find tape with hair all over it on the floor. After about 2 weeks of this they stopped getting up on things.How do u keep a cat from climbing on a table?
Easy,
Just feed them with cat food, and never allow anyone to feed them with other kind of. They will learn fast that their food is not on the table, but in their vase on the floor.
spray her with a water sprayer? don't leave food lying around. never let her eat or try human food! just keep shoving her off and say no! or clap your hands so when she hears it she'll remember. the secret to having a tame cat is to be nice to them!
'
I have heard that you can train them with a squirt gun. Just squirt them with water and they will get the message.
I have not found a way yet. I have had my cats for 2 years and it is nearly impossible to teach them to stay off the tables/counters. I read in a book that you can cover your surfaces in something sticky to keep them off, but then you would have sticky surfaces and that would suck even more! Good luck, but I don't think it's possible unless you have a very trainable cat. I have tried spraying mine with water and they just look at me like I'm an idiot.
Yup, sounds like a cat! :-))
Get a spray bottle.
Spray kitty when she engages in unwanted behaviors!
It always works! :-))
Get a spray water bottle, every time she jumps up on the table, give her a spray. Just one time, enough to make her get down. Don't give in sometimes, and not spray her. It doesn't hurt, it is just something they don't like, therefore, you're training her not to do it.
i use a squirt bottle ,works good
Get a can and add some change to it. When you see her jumping or getting ready to jump, shake the can and the horrible, loud noise will scare her. If you keep doing this, she will associate the scary noise with jumping on the table. You can also try a water bottle and squirt her, although it's not as effective. Another option is to take a plastic floor protector, the kind with the pokies on the bottom to help it stay in place...place this on the table upside down and when she jumps up there, she will hate to walk on those pokies and eventually quit jumping up there.
easy just swat it
get a spray bottle and fill it with water.everytime she climbs spray her in her face with the water.Works great..,good luck.
I use a squirt bottle with mine, now all I have to do is shake it and they get the message. Also as others have said never ever feed them human food!!
Kittens are so nosey and energetic and always want to be where the action is.
I used a spray bottle to keep my two kittens away when I wanted to eat my meal in peace. That worked very well.
I feed some of my cats on a counter in my kitchen so they jump up there for their food, not mine.
I have two cats and we trained them not to climb on the table by keeping a squirt bottle next to it and squirting them just a tiny bit every time they jumped on, you're cat will get it in a week or so
Our cats still do this when we are not in the room. They do not jump on tables when we are there though (achieved by a sharp no and a growl when they jumped up). The little horrors have been known to steal food when we are upstairs and cooling chickens and defrosting meat has to be placed well away from feline escapades - my moggie once took a whole chicken coated in barbacue sauce through my lounge over the carpet!!
Squirt bottles don't work on my kitty. She loves getting wet! Drinks water out of faucet in bath tub too.
A sudden loud startling noise always does the trick though.
Spray Your Cat With Water .
Tinfoil...sounds stupid but it worx...something about the tinfoil makes the feeling bad to them. As soon as she jumps up it will freak her out both by the sound and by the feel...Good luck!
Oh yea....the tape sounds good too, you want to make the surface a place she won't like.
u cant
Keep her outside. Judy
Here is an idea! If you put double-sided sticky tape, bubble wrap, or foil on the counter/tabletops when cat jumps up there she will not (probably) like the feeling below her so this will create an unpleasant experience and hopefully this will solve your problem.
GOOD LUCK :)
Since your cat likes water, the spray bottle probably won't work. Instead, try what another poster suggested; coins or marbles in a metal can make a lot of noise. Cats generally don't like sudden loud noises. Just give the can a shake whenever she jumps on the counters or table.
To keep her off both surfaces when you're not around, you could try one of these deterents;
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
Do NOT use aluminum foil. Some cats like to eat it.
Good luck!
I had 2 cats that did this all the time. I started putting strips of duct tape sticky side up on the counters and table. I would come home and find tape with hair all over it on the floor. After about 2 weeks of this they stopped getting up on things.How do u keep a cat from climbing on a table?
Easy,
Just feed them with cat food, and never allow anyone to feed them with other kind of. They will learn fast that their food is not on the table, but in their vase on the floor.
spray her with a water sprayer? don't leave food lying around. never let her eat or try human food! just keep shoving her off and say no! or clap your hands so when she hears it she'll remember. the secret to having a tame cat is to be nice to them!
'
I have heard that you can train them with a squirt gun. Just squirt them with water and they will get the message.
I have not found a way yet. I have had my cats for 2 years and it is nearly impossible to teach them to stay off the tables/counters. I read in a book that you can cover your surfaces in something sticky to keep them off, but then you would have sticky surfaces and that would suck even more! Good luck, but I don't think it's possible unless you have a very trainable cat. I have tried spraying mine with water and they just look at me like I'm an idiot.
Yup, sounds like a cat! :-))
Get a spray bottle.
Spray kitty when she engages in unwanted behaviors!
It always works! :-))
Get a spray water bottle, every time she jumps up on the table, give her a spray. Just one time, enough to make her get down. Don't give in sometimes, and not spray her. It doesn't hurt, it is just something they don't like, therefore, you're training her not to do it.
i use a squirt bottle ,works good
Get a can and add some change to it. When you see her jumping or getting ready to jump, shake the can and the horrible, loud noise will scare her. If you keep doing this, she will associate the scary noise with jumping on the table. You can also try a water bottle and squirt her, although it's not as effective. Another option is to take a plastic floor protector, the kind with the pokies on the bottom to help it stay in place...place this on the table upside down and when she jumps up there, she will hate to walk on those pokies and eventually quit jumping up there.
easy just swat it
get a spray bottle and fill it with water.everytime she climbs spray her in her face with the water.Works great..,good luck.
I use a squirt bottle with mine, now all I have to do is shake it and they get the message. Also as others have said never ever feed them human food!!
Kittens are so nosey and energetic and always want to be where the action is.
I used a spray bottle to keep my two kittens away when I wanted to eat my meal in peace. That worked very well.
I feed some of my cats on a counter in my kitchen so they jump up there for their food, not mine.
I have two cats and we trained them not to climb on the table by keeping a squirt bottle next to it and squirting them just a tiny bit every time they jumped on, you're cat will get it in a week or so
Our cats still do this when we are not in the room. They do not jump on tables when we are there though (achieved by a sharp no and a growl when they jumped up). The little horrors have been known to steal food when we are upstairs and cooling chickens and defrosting meat has to be placed well away from feline escapades - my moggie once took a whole chicken coated in barbacue sauce through my lounge over the carpet!!
Squirt bottles don't work on my kitty. She loves getting wet! Drinks water out of faucet in bath tub too.
A sudden loud startling noise always does the trick though.
Spray Your Cat With Water .
Tinfoil...sounds stupid but it worx...something about the tinfoil makes the feeling bad to them. As soon as she jumps up it will freak her out both by the sound and by the feel...Good luck!
Oh yea....the tape sounds good too, you want to make the surface a place she won't like.
u cant
Keep her outside. Judy
Here is an idea! If you put double-sided sticky tape, bubble wrap, or foil on the counter/tabletops when cat jumps up there she will not (probably) like the feeling below her so this will create an unpleasant experience and hopefully this will solve your problem.
GOOD LUCK :)
Since your cat likes water, the spray bottle probably won't work. Instead, try what another poster suggested; coins or marbles in a metal can make a lot of noise. Cats generally don't like sudden loud noises. Just give the can a shake whenever she jumps on the counters or table.
To keep her off both surfaces when you're not around, you could try one of these deterents;
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Pr鈥?/a>
Do NOT use aluminum foil. Some cats like to eat it.
Good luck!
How do I remove paint from a table?
I bought a table and am planning on refinishing it. Stripped the varnish off the table top. No problem there. The legs however were painted black and under the black they were painted green. Used a paint stripper to get the black layer off. It came off easily. The green paint underneath though is very resistant to stripper. I've applied several coats and left each coat on for long periods of time, like between a half hour and an hour at a time. There are spots that I've managed to get down to the wood but took extreme time and effort to get. Are there any other chemicals I could try? Suggestions?How do I remove paint from a table?
Electric sanderHow do I remove paint from a table?
paint thinner
use paint remover it mite help
Just work the stripper you have into the surface with a brass brush.
paint REMOVER please
Walmart has a less toxic spray that in 30 min. you can use a small wire brush for small cracks
after you use paint stripper and are sure all the paint is off
next mineral spirits to clean the wood (clean it very well)
you have just spent a lot of time sanding scrubbing and stripping its important to do a good job cleaning ,
always use lint free cloth, or galls is the same thing
use wipe on stain color of your choice and wipe on in the direction of the wood grain
after it drys add more coats or less to get the look you want
no charts are known for this its still an art
then use steel wool to smooth and re wipe with mineral spirits , repeat as needed
them use wipe on finish coat (easy to use)
use wipe on , follow steps on container and you are DONE
shewww im whiping my sweat just typing that job!
try goo gone
Use kerosene oil
Electric sanderHow do I remove paint from a table?
paint thinner
use paint remover it mite help
Just work the stripper you have into the surface with a brass brush.
paint REMOVER please
Walmart has a less toxic spray that in 30 min. you can use a small wire brush for small cracks
after you use paint stripper and are sure all the paint is off
next mineral spirits to clean the wood (clean it very well)
you have just spent a lot of time sanding scrubbing and stripping its important to do a good job cleaning ,
always use lint free cloth, or galls is the same thing
use wipe on stain color of your choice and wipe on in the direction of the wood grain
after it drys add more coats or less to get the look you want
no charts are known for this its still an art
then use steel wool to smooth and re wipe with mineral spirits , repeat as needed
them use wipe on finish coat (easy to use)
use wipe on , follow steps on container and you are DONE
shewww im whiping my sweat just typing that job!
try goo gone
Use kerosene oil
How can I make a tri-fold table that folds flat on itself without using card table hinges?
Card table hinges look like the way to go, but they are hard to find and are expensive. I don't want the hinges to get in the way of game play on the board and it must fold up, not down.How can I make a tri-fold table that folds flat on itself without using card table hinges?
http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/popular-m鈥?/a>
a bit hard to read the drawingsHow can I make a tri-fold table that folds flat on itself without using card table hinges?
piano hinges work great
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a bit hard to read the drawingsHow can I make a tri-fold table that folds flat on itself without using card table hinges?
piano hinges work great
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