What did you accomplish today?
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I really dislike when “shit that works” disappears from the shelf and is replaced by “shit that doesn’t work but allows environmental virtue signaling”. “Being green” gets taken too far. DenaturedFUCKINGalcohol is banned here.
MICHI-CAN
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Lol. Denatured is one the safest and most effective solvents I know of in the trade. Stained decks for ever with oil based Thomsucks. Lasted years. Did mine last summer with low VOC "friendly" Thoms son sucks water based. Less than 3 months. Looks worse than before the project. Poison has it's uses.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
A perfect example.
Chunky Stool
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Can't you mix your own oil-based stain?
There are a few people here on RIU who know a bit about chemistry...
There are a few people here on RIU who know a bit about chemistry...
MICHI-CAN
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Messy, time consuming and expensive. Parts tend to be more expensive than the whole.Can't you mix your own oil-based stain?
There are a few people here on RIU who know a bit about chemistry...
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Not cheaply, and the solvents would have to be bootlegged. Good finishing products have a lot of r&d in them that I am disinclined to try to reverse-engineer.Can't you mix your own oil-based stain?
There are a few people here on RIU who know a bit about chemistry...
Chunky Stool
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It could be a fun long-term project. Mixing small batches and testing them on a wooden pallet in the yard.
A real geek would have a go at it.
Here is where we meet the intersection of apathy and lazinessCan't you mix your own oil-based stain?
There are a few people here on RIU who know a bit about chemistry...
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Not even the appeal to my geek-vanity shifts me.
I accomplished an @GreatwhiteNorth sighting 
You back from that wonderful vacation? Did the snow run away while you were gone?
You back from that wonderful vacation? Did the snow run away while you were gone?
MICHI-CAN
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Morning. I'm inclined to disagree. The utmost in caring about your project and then the effort and commitment to its reaching it's potential by your hands. And then there is the Not my thing side. Then apathy of course. Damn geeks. Cheers.
LOL How well do you know CN?
Just a little.
A couple more days in the sunshine and nonexistent WiFi before heading north, though I note I received honorable mention from an unusually angry whiner for a post deletion I didn’t take part in & a “no political posts” pm.
The skin runs shallow (like “mudflats shallow”) in that one, LOL
The skin runs shallow (like “mudflats shallow”) in that one, LOL
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MICHI-CAN
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Where did everyone go? I left the chat today? Still limited by my hobbling issue. Was relying on and enjoying fellow idiosyncratics. Guess I'm opening the windows today. First 50 degree day in forever. We can breathe again. Be happy one way or another. Thanks all.