Dale I have often thought about that. Especially
since these boards have been sitting for 3 years now.
I plan to stop at Home Depot tomorrow. It is an hour
drive so I don't get there often.
I really don't want to make the boards thinner, was
hoping to be able to have the tongues and grooves
refigured.
------- Original Message -------
From : Dale S[mailto:dalu@hbcomm.net]
Sent : 3/8/2012 8:00:59 AM
To : DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Cc :
Subject : RE: Re: [DIY] Car siding for flooring
You might want to consider becoming the personal
owner of a
surface planner. They are not all that
costly and sure can come
in handy. HD has a 13 inch RYOBI for under
250 which would
probably serve your needs for sometime.
Dale in the Flat Lands:
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it; but in the end, there it is.
~Winston Churchill
snafflesnshelties wrote:
I have been in a couple of houses that
used the back side
of car-siding for their flooring. It is
much cheaper than
hardwood, looks great and I love the
sound when walking on
it. I KNOW that it needs to be re
varnished sooner than
hardwood.
3 years ago I bought a boat load of car
siding from
Menards on sale. At the time I knew
that the back side of
car siding had a groove but figured it
could easily be cut
off. I do NOT want that groove on my
floors. I want flat.
I have had a problem finding someone to
redo the tongue
and groove. Yesterday I talked to a
retired cabinet maker.
He lectured me on why I should not use
pine. Tried to talk
me into laminate. I do NOT want
laminate for all the
reasons posted on THIS group list back
when I was trying
to decide what to use on my floors.
Does anyone have suggestions? It
shouldn't be this hard to
find someone who does woodworking on
the side to do this
for me and not charge $1,000 for the
250 6 foot boards
that I have.
Joyce
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