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The Weekend Refinisher Bruce Johnson Excellent practical info

The Weekend Refinisher Excellent practical info This book has excellent practical information in a useful format you can't find anywhere else. The book is about REFINISHING not finishing so comparing it to other books like Flexner's books isn't appropriate. No there aren't any color pics to look at just useful information. It was printed somewhat cheaply but my copy has held up through ten years of regular use.
Helpful But Too Gabby I bought this book after reading the reviews on Amazon.com. While I found it helpful I felt the author spent too much time writing about himself. Being a writer myself I found the book too wordy. I want more direct information without all of the anecdotal stuff. Please get to the point! And while some of the points were good many of my woodworking friends disagreed with some of the information. I also bought Finishes & Finishing Techniques published by Taunton Press. It was a more expensive book but I thought it was money better spent.
A great reference! I'm an absolute beginner when it comes to refinishing and I learned a ton from this book. It's written in a pleasant conversational tone with constant reassurance that you don't have to buy lots of equipment to do a good job.This book will be on my shelf for permanent reference.
Very Basic No photo's to accompany text. Very cheaply put together as the paper that is used seems to be the type used in kindergarten class. Very dissapointing.
Great Book for Those of Us Who have no clue where to begin with refinishing. I've had a dining table and chairs waiting *months*. Now I can get it done and feel *really confident* about being able to do myself.
The Bible for Refinishing! If you have only one piece of furniture you want to work on you will still find this book invaluable. Everything you need to know about how to repair when to restore when to refinish and how to approach it which tools to use the dizzying array of products available and what NOT to do it's all their and with just a touch of humor to keep the author human.
Old Book But Not Outdated This book was written years ago and the author is now an advisor to Min Wax. We could only wish Mr. Johnson would have offered at least one update to make his fine book a little more current to include products on the market now that didn't exist 20years ago.With that said the reader/user of this classic book on refinishing won't be disappointed if they are willing to read study and use the book as a reference to what they are attempting to accomplish.I refinish old trunks and doing is learning its practice makes perfect. Many times I wonder if there is a solution to a problem that is new to my experience. Bruce Johnson's book and his expertise offer that in a quick handy and fairly concise manner.If you're a weekend refinisher or professional you can always learn new things if your honest with yourself.
not the best I found myself nearly 80 pages into this book and still had not learned anything new. I put it down. I had a long weekend so I picked up and read the rest. It was there I discovered a few factual errors that is likely to get a neophyte into trouble. Turpentine is not the same as mineral spirits. They work similarly but are different products. Most every product labeled Tung Oil _FINISH_ is not tung oil and does not contain tung oil. They are either thinned varnish wiping varnish or oilvarnish blends with linseed oil. Thrown into the mix is Danish Oil that is never really explained. To top it all off is the dreaded linseed oil + turpentine + vinegar concoction that is a disaster for furniture.A reader at any level would be much better off getting Bob Flexner's Understanding Wood Finishes and cut through the myths and misleading labels.The book's owner a relative offered it to me for free and I declined.
weekend refinisher I purchased this used book for my husband who is very into refinishing.The book came quickly and in good condition. I am very happy with this purchase. Even though the book is older it came in condition it was promised and a phenominal price. I would purchase again.The information in this book is great. It teaches you great techniques and explains how to do great work without having to invest huge amounts of money in tools.There are no photos in this book it is mostly text with a few diagrams.
Bruce Johnson taught me everything I know Way way back before DIY and HGTV and doityourself shows there was Bruce Johnson. This book is a reissue of an older version of the book and it's still as relevant today as when I first bought it.I've refinished furniture including antiques refinished a room full of kitchen cabinets redid all the woodwork in my house all with this book as a guide. It's well written simple enough for a beginner as I was and makes SENSE. Nothing silly or extraneous here. Just all good solid information written in an engaging style and easy for the beginner to master.I'm also now the Tung Oil Queen because of Bruce Johnson.

Anyone eager to restore a cherished piece of furniture will welcome this readable and informative guide. Comprehensive, jargon-free instructions demystify the refinishing process. Johnson, former owner of a refinishing shop, covers typical situations encountered by do-it-yourselfers: ventilation problems in basement workshops, selecting suitable tools and removing scratches or wax buildup. Even the experienced refinisher will save time and effort with Johnson's commonsensical tips. The chapter on repairing furniture gives straightforward directions for fixing such difficulties as broken drawers. Particularly useful is Johnson's advice on choosing the appropriate finish for a project. Detailed illustrations accompany descriptions of complex techniques, such as repairing chair-back supports. Also included are a list of mail-order sources for supplies and a glossary of woodworking terms. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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Cat Dark Grey Mystery Mysteries Don't all animals talk?

Cat in the Dark: A Joe Grey Mystery (Joe Grey Mysteries) Don't all animals talk? Every character in Cat in the Dark is amazing. I felt as if I just saw a great film when I finished reading Cat in the Dark. It was so much fun to read about talking detective cats in a beautiful California town while I am freezing in Chicago! One of the kitties in the story is a library cat. A great part of the fun was the new mean librarian trying to have the kitty banned from the library. If you have ever known library cats you know how important they are. They even have their own pages on the library websites.
Logic and charming cats solve mysteries It all starts with a series of burglaries. Joe Grey and his female paramour Dulcie are doing their normal prowling when they notice a big black cat helping a human in robbing a local store. This is repeated and then done again leading to a total of three robberies. The local police are baffled but Joe and Dulcie find out that the black cat is just like them he can speak English.
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Meeting the Death Angel It's been almost a year since stubtailed tomcat Joe Grey and his female friend Dulcie discovered they could think talk and read and in that year they've helped the Molena Point police solve three cases. Their fourth brings them face to face for the first time with another cat of their own sentient kindbut very different. The large and powerful black tomcat who calls himself Azrael is sardonic bullying and of criminal bentJoe and Dulcie first see him when he opens a skylight unlocks the store door from within and admits his human partner a shabby old man who cleans out the safe. It doesn't take them long to discover his real identity but at first they're uncertain of whether to share their knowledge with the cops Dulcie worries that humans will learn of the existence of talking cats and what will that do to their status as police snitches and unsuspected auxiliaries? But Joe feels that it's bad enough for a human to steal from his town's shopsa cat has no business doing such stuff. And he resolves to nail the pair.But Azreal may be more than just a burglar's helper. He claims to see death around Joe and Dulciethree human deaths before the moon is full. And sure enough murder once again intrudes on the peace of Molena Point as first a pair of visiting Georgians is found dead in the library's front garden then a financial advisor's body is discovered in his home office. It's up to Joe and Dulcie to discover how these two incidents are connectedand whether they relate to Azrael and his partner.Murphy paints a vivid portrait of a sentient cat gone wrongAzrael may be a villain but he's a strong character. There's also a share of humor in this novelJoe and Dulcie batting possible newspaper headlines back and forth as they speculate on the ramifications of Azrael's discovery a sly probable reference to Clint Eastwood one of the bestknown inhabitants of Carmel on which Molena Point is based Dulcie's favorite movie star attending a gallery show at which Charlie Getz's portraits of the cats are on display and feeding her duck liver canapes from his own hand.
A fine "Fantasy Whodunit" This is the fourth book in the "Joe Grey" series. I think the author has refined her technique a lot since the first book "Cat On the Edge". I think she has improved her stories to the point where they are truly ready to be included among the best of Fantasy or Whodunit books. The main theme is about two cats who have become able to understand and speak English. The cats pull off all kinds of coups in solving crimes. Coups that would be impossible for humans. The cats are most loveable and likeable. The cat characters are the most vivid but the human characters that the cats "own" or interact with are now also quite likeable. The plots are well done and there is quite a bit of suspense.
Loved it! This is a great series. The books continually get better as the series goes on so keep reading the Joe Grey mysteries! So far I've read the first 6 books and I'd have to say that this one is by far my favorite.
Like the Everready rabbit this series is going stronger By A Customer Joe Grey and Dulcie direct descendants of ancient Celtic cats discuss last night's robbery that is in the newspaper. The two felines worry that a new resident Azrael the cat is the evil mastermind behind some recent crimes. Azrael who also can talk informs Joe and Dulcie that the breakin is nothing. Furthermore he states that three people will soon be murdered. The prediction turns out to be true.Much to the chagrin of Joe's human companion the cats begin to investigate. However Dulcie has personal problems to deal with too. Her human companion has some wanted and some unwanted company staying with them and the new librarian wants Dulcie barred from the facility where she obtains much joy from reading.
A wonderful cosy filled with enchantment By A Customer Joe Grey and Dulcie direct descendants of ancient Celtic cats discuss last night's robbery that is in the newspaper. The two felines worry that a new resident Azrael the cat is the evil mastermind behind some recent crimes. Azrael who also can talk informs Joe and Dulcie that the breakin is nothing. Furthermore he states that three people will soon be murdered. The prediction turns out to be true.Much to the chagrin of Joe's human companion the cats begin to investigate. However Dulcie has personal problems to deal with too. Her human companion has some wanted and some unwanted company staying with them and the new librarian wants Dulcie barred from the facility where she obtains much joy from reading. The cats concentrate on the killings honing in on Azrael's missing human friend even as they remain wary of the evil feline. They know that they must quickly solve the case before Joe and Dulcie end up in "holy catastrophe" To Julie Newmar from Robin.With her fourth "Cat" novel Shirley Rousseau Murphy demonstrates that she has the feline touch. CAT IN THE DARK briskly moves forward and the cats are brilliantly different and nicely developed characters who are totally unlike their sleuthing peers. The wellwritten mystery will leave readers ultimately to feel that Ms. Murphy is paying homage to her cats.
Great cat book series I just discovered the series and have really enjoyed all I've read so far. Each one is a just can't put it down book.
An excellent book for catlovers As the lone human in a household that includes cats I can't help but appreciate Joe and Dulcie. If my cats could speak and solve mysteries this is just the way they'd behave. The books in this series are great for an entertaining light read. Ms. Murphy does an excellent job in developing her characters and the reader comes to know them as friends. I'm looking forward to the next installment.

Modern-day descendants of ancient Celtic talking cats, Joe Grey and Dulcie make their hardback debut in this cat-chy tale (after three paperback adventures: Cat Raise the Dead, etc.). When the feline duo witnesses a series of burglaries in their California seaside village, they are intrigued. Finding the human culprit and his accomplice, an alluringly evil black cat named Azrael, who also talks, proves to be easy. After Joe Grey and Dulcie accuse him of the crimes, Azrael tells them the thefts are nothing, considering that soon three people will be murdered. Joe Grey and Dulcie know that a number of newcomers have recently moved to the area, including a cat-hating librarian, a shifty financial adviser, a vengeful Georgia couple and an austere handywoman. All of them are acting oddly?even for humans: the librarian is trying to oust Dulcie from her position as official library cat; the financial adviser is wining and dining a local golddigger; the Georgians clandestinely photocopy their local aunt's financial portfolio; and the handywoman leads a hidden life. When the Georgia couple's bodies are found in the library's garden and the adviser is also murdered, the intrepid felines are on the case, much to the dismay of Joe's human keeper, contractor and car mechanic Clyde. As the cats surreptitiously survey the police investigation, they realize Azrael's missing human companion holds the key to the deaths. Rousseau writes a fast-paced tale, and she has a way with her cat scenes, but her mystery claws aren't as sharp as those of Rita Mae Brown or Lillian Jackson Braun (reviewed above). Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Moon Tide Novel Dawn Tripp Overpriced at $0.01

Moon Tide: A Novel Embarassing By A Customer I wanted to enjoy this book however I could not. There was more description than story. It was so discriptive that this reader forgot what was being described! In my opinion I think the author missed an opportunity to create a story from the era and S.E. MA and blew it.
purely a feast By A Customer Many reviews posted here base their positive comments on Ms. Tripp's awesome portrayal of the hurricane as a character driving the story the tension the storm hovering out in the ocean. Coming coming coming..aiming for us..aahhhh!! I love it! Hey maybe its a little too much on target! I'm looking up the sky is darkening it is SOON September people yikes! Do YOU have enough batteries?But what I also love besides the incredible luck to have Ms. Tripp pop up in our humdrum literary lives is the layering of the natural and although it may not have been her intention the culinary world. Maggie's herbal lore Eve's painting with food and Elizabeth's apple poultice are strewn throughout the novel like a plethora of ingredients on the kitchen table. When assembled these sensualities build to an unbearable climax which of course had to be a traditional NE clambake. Still what you need to know is that the sheer intensity of the visceral and ethereal details make Moon Tide a literary feast. To really feel these women and to really honor their fantastic poignant loss and longing is comparable to any great work on our shelves. Ms.
Worth reading but flawed. As you can tell from reading the reviews below some readers love this book and some readers hate it. Why? Because the language is lovely and the writer has an interesting idea but frankly the novel does become tedious. Great setting interesting characters great idea to use the Hurricane of 1938 for a climax. But the writer needs to concentrate on the craft of plot. The book badly needs forward movement.
I gave it 2 stars because of the cover photo otherwise I was bored to tears. I kept closing the book to look at the photo and found more to it than all the words inside the book.
A novel that reads like profound poetry Surely Dawn Clifton Tripp is a poetHer first novel of life in a coastal Massachusetts fishing village is not only told in language that trembles with metaphor that illuminates both characters and landscape. Although the seeming focus is on the stories of three women of differing generations the reader is drawn into the inner world and yearnings of a young stone mason and fisherman named Jake Wilkes. Tripp can evoke such profound understanding through her imaginative language that the people the land the life of this place are melded into an almost seamless one. The hurricane of 1938 that changes the lives of many is in itelf a living entity in Tripp's hands.
Bored to tears..how does one get a refund By A Customer I bought this book because of some interest in the New England coastal communities of the time. However this book is bad. And not just bad in the pedestrian senseI mean shockingly train wreck unjustifiable as to how it ever could have been published bad. The book jacket says the author went to Harvard..maybe her college roommate is the editor at Random House now because other than that there would be no reason to ever bring these words to print. And I say "words" as opposed to "story' because there is no story here just the almost incomprehensible rambling on of yet another young author more in love with the sound of her own voice than with conveying anything of substance to the reader. If that is all the author Tripp cares to do then I suggest that she sticks to writing in her journal and save everyone else the anguish of reading this peice of dreck.
A tedious journey By A Customer Being a reader who likes historical novels with lyrical prose I was sure this would be a great read. To the contrary it was a tedious journey to nowhere. I made myself finish the novel and was relieved when the end came. I'm sure the author was trying to bring the novel to life in vivid detail but it became lumbersome just plodding through it.
Overpriced at $0.01 Tedious boring. The promise of what could have been a great story is sadly a wasted vision. The few times it looked like a character or plot line was going someplace interesting the author switched gears and when she did get back to the what happend part of a scenario I was dissatisfied. Plot lines dissolved into something vague or just left me with a feeling of who cares?. I paid $2.00 for this book in a bargain bin and should have folded the bills into little paper boats and floated them in a rainsoaked gutter instead. Would have been a lot more fun and a better use of money.
A Poetic Tapestry By A Customer "Moon Tide" is an ambitious and complex first novel.The story describes fifty years of relationships among the year rounders and summer dwellers in the coastal town of Westport Ma. culminating with the killer hurricaine of 1938. All of this is really besides the point for the heart of the book is in the prose poetry really that the author sets down with richness and sensuousness that is rare in a young writer. Each sentence is meant to be taken in chewed and ingested for its own content and beauty. As it is poetry the tale itself unfolds slowly the facts of the story subservient to the panorama of the land and sea and the motion of the plot secondary to the loving description of the coast where it takes place. This is a serious book which leaves us hoping for more good literary news in future works.
A great read. Highly recommend Moon Tide. From the opening pages of Moon Tide the reader senses an intensity of mood for each character we meet that ultimately mirrors the buildup of the Hurricane. The lyrical prose captures beautifully the lives and passions of each character and draws the reader in to what becomes a powerful story. As the book unfolds one of the great joys for me was discovering the suprises that you did not expect especially in relation to Eve and Maggie. I could not have predicted any of it and loved the book more because of that. Throughout the book I found myself reading passages again and again for their beauty but then rushing on to find out what happened next. By the end of Moon Tide each of the characters we have come to know makes a decision that reflects the path they have been on throughout their lives. Only at the end does it all tie together making this reader want the next door to open and the story to go on.

The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 looms over this ponderous, overwritten debut novel, set in Westport Point, a small fishing town and summer resort on the Massachusetts coast. Tracing the lives of three women over a period of 30 years, Tripp sets their stories in a tangle of reverie and natural lore. Elizabeth Lowe, eccentric widow of a Harvard zoologist, has lived in the town for decades. Elderly now, she spends her time compiling lists of the village dead, reading from her large library and dreaming of the past. Her granddaughter Eve, introverted and reclusive since finding her mother's body after she committed suicide, visits the town in the summers, gravitating toward Jake, a local boy and laborer, from the time she is six years old. Elizabeth's servant, Maggie-dark-skinned, foreign and gifted in the herbal arts-lives out back in the root cellar and exercises a mysterious power over the men in the village. Her affair with a rum smuggler and Eve's ill-fated marriage to an architect provide the novel's romantic tension.


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Blessings Mossy Creek Sandra Chastain A real Blessing

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more uplifting blessings from the Mossy Creek crew It is a blessing to live in Mossy Creek located hours North of Atlanta where everyone who lives there wants to stay there. Neighbors help friends and arguments are usually settled amicably. Outsiders who move there are warmly welcomed as long as they treat others as they want to be treated.When the bride has no flowers for her wedding day the groom tries to find them but it is the people of Mossy Creek who work together to fill up the church with roses and one woman donates her prize winning rose instead of entering them in the local competition. The owner of a ballet school and the owner of the funeral home are feuding and disturbing the newly bereaved. Tango lessons temporarily solve the problem and friendship finds a solution.Even the children in Mossy Creek are kind hearted. John Wesley has been saving up all summer to buy his mother a birthday present but when a homeless hungry family of migrant workers passes through town he gives them his money for gasoline and food. On an amusing note the town bands together to save a tree from being torn down while Amos the chief of police tries to get Ida the mayor to admit she has feelings for him.There are many more blessings in Katie Bell's column in the Mossy Creek Gazette they are all tender wornhearted and uplifting as the ones in this review. Mossy Creek combines the atmosphere of an Anne River Seddons' novel with the magic of a Barbara Samuels' character study. The latest trip is worth the journey.

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Asphalt Boogie: Life and death in Gay L.A. Ah yes I remember it well! Asphalt Boogie took me right back to those crazy carefree days during the 70s and early 80s when we thought we were immortal not realizing the dangers that were lurking around the corner. Robert Jonez paints a picture of preAIDS Los Angeles with the insight that can only come from one who was there. The characters he's drawn remind me of so many people I've known over the decades some who are still here but many who are gone. Watching the story unfold as it dawns on these characters that they were at risk without even knowing it very authentically portrayed what it was like not knowing who was going to be nextand if it might even be you. If you lived through this era you will want to read Asphalt Boogie and experience this sometimes funny sometimes scary always dramatic time capsule. If you are too young to remember those days you owe it to yourself to learn about what it was like and how we lost nearly a whole generation of Gay men. Jonez's rollercoaster ride is not to be missed.

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Kedzie Saint Helena Island Slave Window into a bygone era almost impossible to imagine

Kedzie: Saint Helena Island Slave KEDZIE Stanard captured my attention from beginning to end so much so I was tempted to peek at the ending. Kedzie's spirit was so alive I felt she had selected Stanard to tell her story whispering it to her as she wrote. The rhythm of plantation life and Kedzie's interaction with other characters made me feel as though I were there as an observer. An excellent historical human interest story.
Kedzie Saint Helena Island Slave Ginny Padgett saysI recommend this book wholeheartedly to anyone who enjoys historical fiction or good writing. Ms Stanard writes as if she lives in 1860s coastal South Carolina the dialogue rings true. Her language is lush her research is most thorough resulting in authenticity. I hope there is a sequel.
This is a pageturner. This is an excellent fictional account of the life of a slave girl in coastal South Carolina during the time just before the Civil War. The reader becomes caught up in Kedzie's life and the life on the plantation where she lived. Ms. Stanard's research of the times gives authenticity to the book and adds interest for the reader. The book was an extremely good read and I'm ready for the sequel. Kedzie should be in every public library in South Carolina.
Thanks for the historical journey Kedzie is worth the read if only because it takes the reader back to a time we will never have a chance to witness ourselves thank God. The heroine had only her gender and geography in common with the author. For the reaearch alone Bonnie Stanard deserves a big thank you for us far to lazy to do that kind of digging into the past. The novel itself is notable in that it didn't fall into the standard traps of unrequieted love historical intervention or even the happy ending we hoped for. The ending was not sad but it did not stretch the bounds of implausibility. Our visit with Kedzie only lasted a few months three year before the outbreak of the Civil War but Stanard lets the reader's knowledge of history write the postscript.
Window into a bygone era almost impossible to imagine This novel provides a convincing glimpse into an antebellum South that wouldn't be plausible if it hadn't happened to be true. Stanard has an eye for detail that brings the setting and characters to life. Her character development is good but the picture she paints of the plantation environment and the tensions within it are great. If you're a fan of novels about the preCivil War South this makes for a compelling read.
Kedzie Bonnie Stanard has written so skillfully that I hope to see a film with the same catchy title along with a sequel some day.The short chapters made reading before going to bed a delight and helped me get to know the characters through their dialogue and relationships throughout the novel. As a resident of SC and visitor to the lowlands I particularly enjoyed Kedzie's travels to visit her mother in Charleston from one of the barrier islands by ship along the coast as well as her return trip by wagon accompanied by other newly purchased slaves from the market there. Plenty of intrigue and suspense here.
The old south like you've never seen it Bonnie has written an account of the pre civil war erra south from the view of a slave woman. The story gives a look into the lives of slaves that you will not find in polite southern literature. Few authors have explored the lives of a people who suffered so miserably at the hands of their fellow man.

In addition to historical fiction, Bonnie Stanard writes poetry and short stories which have been published in journals such as Harpur Palate, The Griffin, Slipstream, Eclipse, Connecticut Review, and The South Carolina Review. She has edited periodicals in Brussels, Belgium (Rendez-vous), Richmond (Fanfare), and rural South Carolina (FairView News). She has three adult sons (Jason, Matthew, and Davis) and five grandchildren and lives in Columbia, SC with her husband Douglas Stanard. This is her first published book.


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