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Cane rocker repair. Nice job on the stain. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Thanks for the advise and lead on material. All in all I’m happy with it. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Good advise. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Found this old chair with a broken seat in my father in laws basement. Was going to replace the seat but when I pulled it off I noticed the caning. Thought I would replace and that is where I stand. I watched a few videos and would be happy to hear any advise. Sent from my iPhone using Garage...

Formed the jig, bought a dove tail saw and took my time. All in all I am very pleased for a non wood guy. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Watched a few YouTube videos. Going to attempt to cut the legs at 18” and see what happens. I created a cutting jig and support brackets after I cut each leg. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Found this piece in the garbage in my neighborhood on trash day. Super cool piece that we are thinking of sanding and restraining. Also since the bottom of the legs are crusty we had the idea of cutting it down to coffee table height. Any and all advise on sanding, staining, and cutting legs is...

This is the dealership that the original owner bought her. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

These are from the original owners daughter. In theory I am the second owner. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. Yes, a Win-Win for sure. I am the second owner of this local brick. I’ve replaced almost all the essential perishables but she still leaks oil. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

When we peeled the stickers off some of the white came off with them. We decided to leave it for a few reasons. One, we were not confident we could touch up the flowers without causing more damage. Second, it’s a tailgate on a truck that gets used. It’s going to get beat up. We cleared the...

We purchased the hibiscus stickers online. Then we painted the back of the tailgate white and placed the stickers over the dry paint. We wanted to paint over the stickers then peel them away. In theory we thought it would look better but the end result was a mixed bag. Sent from my iPhone...

Next came primer then our paint scheme. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

The sanding disc proved ineffective and we had to resort to stripper. A little elbow grease and we were good to go. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Lemonade out of lemons. I have been out of work for more than 13 weeks and just returned to work on a part time basis. My 13 yo and I came up with the idea to repainting my tailgate since it didn’t match. It was an eBay purchase since the original one was rotted out. I consulted a few autobody...