No it's not the name of Digweeds next album, :lol:... Rather I was curious if anyone else enjoys restoring things. I know Didi restores furniture. I used broken concrete recently to build a patio and now I'm restoring a grill that someone was throwing away. I also restored a dresser for my son's room and and old rocking chair. It's fun :lol:

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great!!! I like not to restore, but to repair or use parts of some things to complete other things. I even pick up stuff from the streets that can be useful :D

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1090931]No it's not the name of Digweeds next album, :lol:... Rather I was curious if anyone else enjoys restoring things. I know Didi restores furniture. I used broken concrete recently to build a patio and now I'm restoring a grill that someone was throwing away. I also restored a dresser for my son's room and and old rocking chair. It's fun :lol:[/QUOTE]

i restored your wifes sex drive :RockOn: :lol:

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^:lol:

[QUOTE=diegoff;1090966]great!!! I like not to restore, but to repair or use parts of some things to complete other things. I even pick up stuff from the streets that can be useful :D[/QUOTE]

Can you give some examples?

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My wife and I do as well. She'd restored an old dresser she found at Salvation Army before we met, so when it was time to get the baby room together for our daughter, I decided to restore a dresser and nightstand I had from when I was growing up. Turned out pretty cool and we've got a coffee table and end table in our sights soon.

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^Wow Clint, well done brotha! Loving the dr. suess animals :) We also have a diaper genie or whatever they are called :lol:... we recently bought these small arm & hammer deodorizers (look like small pucks) for the bottom of ours, they have helped a lot ;).

here's the grill i found... my friends neighbor was throwing it away. it works really well, just needed to be de-rusted and painted a little :)

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Pretty awesome job you guys.... I used to restore old PC's (mostly the one's people had thrown away).... but not anymore, can't seem to find the time.

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I restore entire homes. I've done about 5 so far. Some gut rehabs, others just cosmetic. I'll see if i can dig out some pics from my hard drive.

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1090997]^:lol:

Can you give some examples?[/QUOTE]

last thing: I picked up from street some acrylic stuff from a demolition (they were office buildings, I think), cut pieces of that acrylic, used some metallic parts and screws from old electric devices I had already disassembled, and I built a protection for my mixer (also used glue), and some removable windows for the rack where I keep my equipment. I always keep the screws when I disassemble stuff that doesn't work. My brother last week used some wooden pallets to make some furniture (tables). He painted them, so they look very nice, and strong.

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^That is fucking awesome. I want to do [I]that[/I]! I bet having a lot of tools helps though huh? :lol:

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yes it does! at home, I do almost everything, except masonry (all related to build/repair walls and stuff like that), and tools are the only way to work easy and quickly

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^We don't have any tools besides like screw drivers. But in the future I hope to have a bunch :lol:.

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I'm not very talented, but my mom restores old furniture &makes stained glass out of various pieces of colored glass she comes across

[QUOTE=floridaorange;1090931]I used broken concrete recently to build a patio[/QUOTE]

This intrigues me....may I see a photo? :)

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I just bought some stuff from Restoration Hardware.

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^:lol:

[QUOTE=DancingQueen;1091438]I'm not very talented, but my mom restores old furniture &makes stained glass out of various pieces of colored glass she comes across

This intrigues me....may I see a photo? :)[/QUOTE]

This is right after I finished, once it got rained on a bunch the sand compacted, etc. Home depot sells 2 different kinds of sand you will want to buy. Otherwise it was a free patio :lol:.

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The largest pieces of concrete probably weighed over 120 lbs or so.

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^ nice!!!

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Nice job floridaorange!

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1091451]^:lol:

This is right after I finished, once it got rained on a bunch the sand compacted, etc. Home depot sells 2 different kinds of sand you will want to buy. Otherwise it was a free patio :lol:.

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The largest pieces of concrete probably weighed over 120 lbs or so.[/QUOTE]

Great job fl !!

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Thanks guys... yah I'm not sure how I was able to build this patio and have it come out so well and mostly even.... Online suggested it was "not a job for novices." :lol:

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^ You are now no longer a novice. :D Looks nice!