Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site cal-dbb.fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtunh!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!bruce From: bruce@fluke.UUCP (Bruce Reynolds) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Furniture kits Message-ID: <2431@cal-dbb.fluke.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 19:48:53 EST Article-I.D.: cal-dbb.2431 Posted: Tue Nov 12 19:48:53 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 07:18:24 EST References: <1306@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 28 Hello! Although not a kit, unfinished furniture is cheaper than getting the "real stuff". Such furniture might also to better and nicer than the real stuff. It is available all over around here (Seattle). I bought two oak coffee tables and a rocker unfinished. The pieces were solidly made -- I would not want a coffee table that anyone, even a pro football player, couldn't jump up and down on. We sanded, and stained with oil, and rubbed them a bit to finish them. This furniture is beautiful; it has a nicer finish than anything I saw in the store. It is impervious to spills and drinking-glass rings, and upkeep is simple (wipe with lemon oil every so often). A few weeks ago, a lamp got wet and bled PAINT onto my table (?!), leaving a black stain, impervious to soap. I was able to wet sand it away completely in a couple of minutes, using clear lemon oil as the lubricant. No indication that there was ever any problem. -- --bruce -- ________________________________________________________________________ Bruce M. Reynolds {decvax,ihnp4}!uw-beaver!--\ John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. {sun,allegra}!---> fluke!bruce (206) 356-5421 {ucbvax,hplabs}!lbl-csam!--/