Any type of hardwood suitable for use as flooring can be enhanced with scraping. Popular species for hand-scraped floors include birch, cherry, elm, hickory, maple, oak, and walnut. In addition to the ...

Secreting a fast-curing cement, these crustaceans latch themselves on to any hard surface - rocks, boats, whales and walls – and hold on for life. But don’t let these sticky sea creatures fool you.

While rebuilding a small machine tool, I needed to generate a bearing surface on the machine’s bed and underneath its table. However, the way surface was degreed, and hand scraping was difficult to do ...

Dear James: I need to paint my house, which has wood siding. The paint is in pretty bad shape. What is the proper way to scrape and prepare the wood surface so the paint will stay on longer and look ...