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Replaced the drive belt on my dryer. Easy.
As my favorite.

I’d have to go Shawshank…by a nose!!!

Cooking with Miso Paste

Posted by muttenstein on 10/5/26 at 4:46 pm
Do any of you do much cooking with Miso paste? Bought some for a Pho I recently made. Trying to find ways to use the remaining.

Made some Miso Bolognese tonight that was outstanding. Still have a ton of paste left.

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re: staining advice

Posted by muttenstein on 10/5/26 at 11:37 am to
Finished product. Thanks for everyone's input. I ended up not using wood conditioner due to Cedar being a softer wood. Used 2 coats of stain and 2 coats of satin poly. As a novice, I'm pretty happy with it. Ready to get the boy married off now!

All trolling aside, that is pretty disturbing. Holy Hell!

re: staining advice

Posted by muttenstein on 9/29/26 at 9:12 am to
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The stain will not be absorbed as readily if you use a conditioner.

You likely won't have that issue with cedar since the grain pattern is pretty even.


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always condition the wood prior to stain. It's too easy and cheap to not do it right.


Case in point. :confused:

I Play Rocky

Posted by muttenstein on 9/29/26 at 8:59 am
This looks really good. In! Sorry if already posted. Searching this site fonking sucks donkey d!cks.

re: staining advice

Posted by muttenstein on 9/29/26 at 8:12 am to
Thanks all.

Sanded with 180 and now am now ready to stain. Still not sure about wood conditioner. What’s the worst that could happen if I applied it?

Appreciate the advice!
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Just did this last week. Bought a bunch if paint hardener from home depot and put it all in the trash


Damn! Didn’t know this was a thing. I’ll be heading to Home Depot tomorrow.

:hattip:
I’m guessing about 20 gallons of paint and 15 pints of stain in my garage.

Furk.

re: Picture sharing website?

Posted by muttenstein on 9/28/26 at 2:13 pm to
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Google Drive?


Doh! Of course! Great suggestion. Thanks!

re: staining advice

Posted by muttenstein on 9/28/26 at 2:08 pm to
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I usually practice on some leftover scraps of the same material


Good advice. I did this with the stain and poly on a scrap and it looks decent. Just trying to save a few bucks before purchasing wood conditioner. :lol:

re: staining advice

Posted by muttenstein on 9/28/26 at 2:04 pm to
Yes, interior. Thanks!

So the NFC South is arse…

Posted by muttenstein on 9/28/26 at 1:59 pm
:rotflmao:

Panthers 1-2
Saints 1-2
Falcons 1-2
Buccaneers 0-3

Anyone else getting creepy vibes from these ads? Why is she whispering at me? I hate her.

staining advice

Posted by muttenstein on 9/28/26 at 1:21 pm
Hey all! My son asked me to build a cross for his upcoming wedding. I used cedar 4x4's, bleached them to remove the orange tint, have sanded with 150 grit and will be sanding with 220 grit tomorrow.

Any thoughts on whether a wood conditioner is needed prior to applying the stain? The internet seems mixed on this for cedar wood. I will be applying oil based Min-wax stain and then oil based satin polyurethane.

Picture of cross (Pre-bleaching)

Picture sharing website?

Posted by muttenstein on 9/28/26 at 12:08 pm
Do any of you have a recommendation on a site to use for sharing pictures?

We recently celebrated my mom’s 90th birthday and we had a friend take photos. The friend gave a thumb drive to my mom and I now have them copied to my PC’s hard drive.

I want to share them in the most simple way. Obviously the crowd is older so I am trying to avoid a site that requires downloading an app to view the pictures.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

re: Random question for the baws...

Posted by muttenstein on 9/28/26 at 11:35 am to
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Good Lordy, that’s a bunch of cards. How do you sit with that in your back pocket?


Front pocket. It’s a glorified money clip. Visa credit, Visa debit, Amex, HSA card, corporate Amex purchasing card and corporate travel & Entertainment card.

Wait! You just made me realize that I still have corporate cards! I retired in July! Thanks man! :lol:

2 cards I can remove!