Using only hand tools and a drill, Tom Silva makes minor floor damage disappear with a simple and effective dutchman repair technique
TOOLBOX
portable workbench
handsaw and block plane
clamp
180-grit sandpaper
combination square
utility knife
Forstner bit and drill/driver
chisel
oil-based wood stain
wood glue
DUTCHMAN SECRETS
You don’t have to replace an entire floorboard to fix a small chip or gouge. Instead, patch it with a new piece of wood, as Tom demonstrates here, and heed his advice for getting expert results.
Match the grain, not the stain. Choose a patch of the same wood as the flooring, with a similar grain pattern.
Make the mortise fit the patch, not the other way around. It’s the smart way to get a tight fit.
Plane a slight bevel into the patch’s bottom edges. The patch will then slide easily into the mortise and still fit tightly.
Don’t sweat matching the floor stain. You can get the patch color to be close, but a perfect match? Not likely!
STEP-BY-STEP
1] Select the patch material Find a scrap of wood of the same species as the flooring—in this case, Tom used a leftover piece of unstained pine flooring.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2018 من This Old House Magazine.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2018 من This Old House Magazine.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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