Thos nice people at Yerrell came to lay the carpet today. I haven’t seen it yet but Bobbie says it looks great.
Because of this, we have been varnishing the wooden skirting, door and frame. I had opted to use Osmo polyx hardwax-oil for this task as it is made from natural oils and waxes. It came highly recommended from several sources. As with all the other products I’ve used thus far, it has no nasty smell and goes on just great with a brush. We’re very pleased with the result.
Once upon a time, we made doors out of beautiful wood. Then we covered them in varnish that, over the years got darker and darker so that we could no longer see the grain. In the sixties, wood was no longer fashionable, everything was bright and colourful and plastic we really ‘hip’. So we painted over the dull, dark varnish with bright colours we called ‘tangerine’, ‘melon’, and ‘avacado’.
Nowadays, we can buy all manor of moulded doors and the idea of a wooden one is a luxury.
So, I was very happy to see good old fashioned wooden doors in our new home. Sure enough, under the paint was a layer of dark varnish. I’m glad to say that this has been removed very easily with the assistance of Eco-solutions paint stripper. It smells nice and doesn’t burn off your skin. Paint it on and get on with something else for a hour. Then, with the assistance of a stainless steel or copper scourer, it all rubs off very easily. Wash off the gunk and let it dry.
We also fitted skirting and managed to find a water based wood dye the same colour. All we need to do now is varnish it all readu fo the carpet fitting next Tuesday.