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  • The vocabulary of bad wood.

    When you hear "Wow", "Hockey Stick", "Wane" -- you might think of the Great Gretzky, but you might just be overhearing a conversation complaining about lumber.Just what do all those strange terms mean when we evaluate lumber? Wow, Hockey Stick, Bow, Twist and Warp all mean bad bends and often the...
  • Why do decor paints not hide what is underneath?

      "Decor" paints are the deep rich colours that are often used for decorative trims or accent walls. But home painters are constantly complaining to me that they can't get the right colour at home, or that it requires three and four coats to cover the old wall. To understand what is wrong and h...