entrus wrote:If you want to get a bit more textured and interesting finish to pallet boards, burn off the surface with a gas torch, wire brush them clean, and then wax them.
Nick
hmm i might take this approach nick with mine. Mine is still the same as it is in the picture, I've had enough of ripping apart pallets now - i just need someone to do it for me xx
The garden fork trick is magic - I spent an entire afternoon sweating over one pallet, then came on here & looked to see what other people had done, and managed five the next afternoon!
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder..." Thoreau.
AL37 wrote:BoosMummy, Try the garden fork trick you will be amazed how much easier they come apart.
Al, i just got around to trying the garden fork approach today - ill be honest i wasn't hopeful because i thought it would be hard, but i did one pallet in a bout 5 minutes!!
It really was, I'd got to a stage of just getting no where with a lump hammer and crow bar and i'd just had enough, and i only needed about 4 more pieces for the bench xx
I love the way things like this come up on here...I love all three of them ...now I need to say "that's a nice idea" to my husband and see what happens
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(¸.✰´¨(¸.✰ Manda
Living our version of the Good Life with 1 dog (who feels like we're living with 4!), 1 cats, a few sheep and 11 chooks. Don't get your knickers in a knot..it solves nothing ~ just makes you walk funny
Lovely bench MM (I know what would happen if I said 'look at this lovely bench' to my dh ... not a lot!)
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder..." Thoreau.