You know how sometimes you go along with your wife's desire to buy something
for the house because it doesn't matter that much to you, and it's easier to
just get it over with? A year ago, against my better judgement, I said
"Yeah...ok" when my S.O. fell in love with a bedroom set from (forgive me)
Value City Furniture. Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
sander. But, I digress. They were out of the nightstands when we purchased
the other things, and life being what it is, we sort of put off buying them.
Now, we find that the only matching one they offer is way too big. I've
found a few that match nicely (in style) at an unfinished furniture store.
But, the finish on the existing stuff is sort of wacky, and I think it's
gonna take a lot of experimenting to get it right.
The people at the store don't sound very confident with their stain
recommendations. I hate buying cans of stuff when there's an 80% chance
it'll go unused. Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell small sample
tubes or some such thing?
What a pain....I should be fishing. Grrrrrrrr......
Pick a locally owned paint store and take some wood scraps in there. They
will be happy to make some samples for you. If you don't have any scraps of
the wood in question, take a drawer in. there are hidden spots on the
drawer that stain samples can be applied to.
I worked in our family paint store for 14 years and have spent countless
hours matching stain for customers.
Roger
"Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> You know how sometimes you go along with your wife's desire to buy
something
> for the house because it doesn't matter that much to you, and it's easier
to
> just get it over with? A year ago, against my better judgement, I said
> "Yeah...ok" when my S.O. fell in love with a bedroom set from (forgive me)
> Value City Furniture. Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
> car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
> sander. But, I digress. They were out of the nightstands when we purchased
> the other things, and life being what it is, we sort of put off buying
them.
> Now, we find that the only matching one they offer is way too big. I've
> found a few that match nicely (in style) at an unfinished furniture store.
> But, the finish on the existing stuff is sort of wacky, and I think it's
> gonna take a lot of experimenting to get it right.
>
> The people at the store don't sound very confident with their stain
> recommendations. I hate buying cans of stuff when there's an 80% chance
> it'll go unused. Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell small sample
> tubes or some such thing?
>
> What a pain....I should be fishing. Grrrrrrrr......
>
>
"Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You know how sometimes you go along with your wife's desire to buy
something
> for the house because it doesn't matter that much to you, and it's easier
to
> just get it over with? A year ago, against my better judgement, I said
> "Yeah...ok" when my S.O. fell in love with a bedroom set from (forgive me)
> Value City Furniture. Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
> car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
> sander. But, I digress. They were out of the nightstands when we purchased
> the other things, and life being what it is, we sort of put off buying
them.
> Now, we find that the only matching one they offer is way too big. I've
> found a few that match nicely (in style) at an unfinished furniture store.
> But, the finish on the existing stuff is sort of wacky, and I think it's
> gonna take a lot of experimenting to get it right.
>
> The people at the store don't sound very confident with their stain
> recommendations. I hate buying cans of stuff when there's an 80% chance
> it'll go unused. Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell small sample
> tubes or some such thing?
>
> What a pain....I should be fishing. Grrrrrrrr......
I've seen a display of small packets of stain for just this purpose at one
of the large local stores (Menards). I don't seem to recall which
manufacturer it was (maybe Minwax?), but I can tell you that they're out
there.
todd
"Ba r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:34:35 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
> >car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
> >sander.
>
> Thanks for the visual! <G>
>
> Barry
Yeah, well you should see what passes for drawer slides in VCF furniture.
Unbelievable.
Anyone who buys this stuff, or the like from Ikea or one of the oak
furnature emporiums "...should have a car battery clipped to his nuts, while
his face is introduced to a belt sander..."
Isn't there already enough visual pollution in the world?
Jay
"Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You know how sometimes you go along with your wife's desire to buy
> something
> for the house because it doesn't matter that much to you, and it's easier
> to
> just get it over with? A year ago, against my better judgement, I said
> "Yeah...ok" when my S.O. fell in love with a bedroom set from (forgive me)
> Value City Furniture. Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
> car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
> sander. But, I digress. They were out of the nightstands when we purchased
> the other things, and life being what it is, we sort of put off buying
> them.
> Now, we find that the only matching one they offer is way too big. I've
> found a few that match nicely (in style) at an unfinished furniture store.
> But, the finish on the existing stuff is sort of wacky, and I think it's
> gonna take a lot of experimenting to get it right.
>
> The people at the store don't sound very confident with their stain
> recommendations. I hate buying cans of stuff when there's an 80% chance
> it'll go unused. Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell small sample
> tubes or some such thing?
>
> What a pain....I should be fishing. Grrrrrrrr......
>
>
"Eugene" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Doug Kanter wrote:
>
> > You know how sometimes you go along with your wife's desire to buy
> > something for the house because it doesn't matter that much to you, and
> > it's easier to just get it over with? A year ago, against my better
> > judgement, I said "Yeah...ok" when my S.O. fell in love with a bedroom
set
> > from (forgive me) Value City Furniture. Whoever designed this stuff (in
> > China) should have a car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is
> > introduced to a belt sander. But, I digress. They were out of the
> > nightstands when we purchased the other things, and life being what it
is,
> > we sort of put off buying them. Now, we find that the only matching one
> > they offer is way too big. I've found a few that match nicely (in style)
> > at an unfinished furniture store. But, the finish on the existing stuff
is
> > sort of wacky, and I think it's gonna take a lot of experimenting to get
> > it right.
> >
> > The people at the store don't sound very confident with their stain
> > recommendations. I hate buying cans of stuff when there's an 80% chance
> > it'll go unused. Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell small sample
> > tubes or some such thing?
> >
> > What a pain....I should be fishing. Grrrrrrrr......
> Don't even bother, if its from Value City it will fall apart before you
even
> get the time to stain it. I learned that lesson the hard way, I'm sitting
> here with springs from the value city couch poking me in the back.
>
I know. The GF suggested we visit the store again for living room stuff. I
politely demurred. Translation: We didn't speak for the rest of the day.
"Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
<snip>
> Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell
> small sample tubes or some such thing?
>
My local hardware store has sample packs of Varathane stain products, about
the size of fast food ketchup packs. He gets $.50 each for them...
Patriarch
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:34:35 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
<[email protected]> wrote:
My neighborhood home depot had little cans for samples of fence
stains.. they were free and very handy in being able to test them and
choose which would look best..
Bottom line: If mama ain't happy, nobody's happy...
cowboy up and do whatever it takes, dude...
>You know how sometimes you go along with your wife's desire to buy something
>for the house because it doesn't matter that much to you, and it's easier to
>just get it over with? A year ago, against my better judgement, I said
>"Yeah...ok" when my S.O. fell in love with a bedroom set from (forgive me)
>Value City Furniture. Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
>car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
>sander. But, I digress. They were out of the nightstands when we purchased
>the other things, and life being what it is, we sort of put off buying them.
>Now, we find that the only matching one they offer is way too big. I've
>found a few that match nicely (in style) at an unfinished furniture store.
>But, the finish on the existing stuff is sort of wacky, and I think it's
>gonna take a lot of experimenting to get it right.
>
>The people at the store don't sound very confident with their stain
>recommendations. I hate buying cans of stuff when there's an 80% chance
>it'll go unused. Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell small sample
>tubes or some such thing?
>
>What a pain....I should be fishing. Grrrrrrrr......
>
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:34:35 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
>car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
>sander.
Thanks for the visual! <G>
Barry
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:45:23 GMT, Doug Kanter <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> >Whoever designed this stuff (in China) should have a
>> >car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is introduced to a belt
>> >sander.
>>
>> Thanks for the visual! <G>
I can't believe anyone would do that to a small child. ;)
> Yeah, well you should see what passes for drawer slides in VCF furniture.
> Unbelievable.
Makes ya wonder.
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Doug Kanter wrote:
> You know how sometimes you go along with your wife's desire to buy
> something for the house because it doesn't matter that much to you, and
> it's easier to just get it over with? A year ago, against my better
> judgement, I said "Yeah...ok" when my S.O. fell in love with a bedroom set
> from (forgive me) Value City Furniture. Whoever designed this stuff (in
> China) should have a car battery clipped to his nuts, while his face is
> introduced to a belt sander. But, I digress. They were out of the
> nightstands when we purchased the other things, and life being what it is,
> we sort of put off buying them. Now, we find that the only matching one
> they offer is way too big. I've found a few that match nicely (in style)
> at an unfinished furniture store. But, the finish on the existing stuff is
> sort of wacky, and I think it's gonna take a lot of experimenting to get
> it right.
>
> The people at the store don't sound very confident with their stain
> recommendations. I hate buying cans of stuff when there's an 80% chance
> it'll go unused. Is there a stain manufacturer that'll sell small sample
> tubes or some such thing?
>
> What a pain....I should be fishing. Grrrrrrrr......
Don't even bother, if its from Value City it will fall apart before you even
get the time to stain it. I learned that lesson the hard way, I'm sitting
here with springs from the value city couch poking me in the back.