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elliza88
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elliza88
Growing in Experience
2 replies
April 2023

Oh yes please that would be amazing to get the professionals contact details! Thank you so very much. I am a few hours out of Sydney but I’m sure some ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
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April 2023

Thank you that is interesting I was wondering though if I should have applied a white tint prior to sealing- this might have helped get rid of the or ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
April 2023

 @dorabulldog, This is fantastic!! Love the floors. Do you know what kind of wood bleach the sander used? This is what I’m thinking of doing to get ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
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    Hello everyone just looking for some desperate advice. I have just spent 6K on a floor sander to sand and varnish my floors to be a light Scandi ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
2 replies
June 2021

Hello again If I end up liking the shade after I sand it.. what type of sealer should I use on the table to prevent the red colour coming back? The li ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
June 2021

Yes I agree. It will be interesting to see the colour once I begin sanding. Who knows I could like the colour once sanded back a little and not have t ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
6 replies
June 2021

Thanks Red I will give it a go. I did attempt to bleach a small section however nothing happened. Will try sanding over the weekend. Could it be possi ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
8 replies
June 2021

Thank you that’s very helpful. How do I know when how much sanding is enough?

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redracer01
Kind of a Big Deal
9 replies
June 2021

Hello @elliza88 I don't think staining will be necessary as you mentioned you did not want the current finish to push through the lime white finish. ...

Retired Team Member StevieB
Retired Team Member
June 2021

Welcome @elliza88, and thanks for sharing your project with us. I absolutely love your furniture and styling and look forward to following along with ...

prettyliving
Amassing an Audience
1 reply
June 2021

This is mine, I wanted it quite light though so I did a couple of coats to get it this way.

redracer01
Kind of a Big Deal
12 replies
June 2021

Hello @elliza88 Welcome to the Bunnings workshop community. We recently had a member lime wash their brand new work table and it came up beautifull ...

redracer01
Kind of a Big Deal
June 2021

Hello @elliza88 I'm in agreement with @sjloves if you are after a lighter finish and not full on Liming white then use Liming white stain and varnish ...

sjloves
Cultivating a Following
June 2021

I would definitely use a liming wash also but be careful as there is a liming white wash and a stain and varnish. You want the stain and varnish limin ...

prettyliving
Amassing an Audience
3 replies
June 2021

 Hi @elliza88 I did my dining table like this a couple of years ago.. the process I used was sanding it first and then I used lining white on it follo ...

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elliza88
Growing in Experience
2 replies
April 2023

Oh yes please that would be amazing to get the professionals contact details! Thank you so very much. I am a few hours out of Sydney but I’m sure some ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
1 reply
April 2023

Thank you that is interesting I was wondering though if I should have applied a white tint prior to sealing- this might have helped get rid of the or ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
19 replies

    Hello everyone just looking for some desperate advice. I have just spent 6K on a floor sander to sand and varnish my floors to be a light Scandi ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
June 2021

Yes I agree. It will be interesting to see the colour once I begin sanding. Who knows I could like the colour once sanded back a little and not have t ...

elliza88
Growing in Experience
8 replies
June 2021

Thank you that’s very helpful. How do I know when how much sanding is enough?

elliza88
Growing in Experience
June 2021

 Thank you so much Jason. I’m excited to start! I will attach a photo of what I would like the end result to be similar to. Any ideas would be so very ...

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