Wood-filling compounds are a boon to any woodworker, saving their hard work from the everyday dings, dents, cracks, and scratches that can drag down its final appearance. Adding a minor step to ensure ...

Various types of varnish and lacquer have been around at least since the time of the ancient Egyptians, so it’s fair to suppose that craftspeople through the ages have mixed the same natural hardening ...

One of the benefits of using wood to build furniture, structures, and other objects is its ability to be fastened together using materials like screws, nails, and glue, and techniques like dovetailing ...

Q: I have seven church doors in my home. The doors were fine when we purchased our house. Now three have cracks in one or two of the largest panels. The worst crack is about a quarter-inch wide. Could ...

There is no indestructible flooring or factory finish that can stand up to burns, dents, stains, scrapes and accidents by the cat or dog. That’s why wood still works–like the old standard 3/4-inch ...

Q. I live in an older home in Virginia. The interior doors and one exterior door are all solid wood in a frame and panel design. They are all painted. Several of the panels have cracked, leaving gaps ...

Q: My concrete driveway has eight large slabs. The driveway slopes down from my garage to the street. The straight-line gaps between the slabs have enlarged, and some cracks are as wide as 2 inches. I ...