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I have been working full time on a reception area at an old library. What a wierd old build! Solid maple and finished in the 70's with walnut stain! Butt ugly!! I had to strip all the old polyurethane off, and sand the crap out of the wood to get the blotchyness to a point where I can do something with it. Also had to tear out the pass-thru bookdrop, and duplicate the panel with a big square hole in it. I had to come up with some mouldings from the 70's, and can't believe I found something I could modify and use at Lowes!! I'll post pics in a couple days. Going beddie bye! I'm pooped! jimsjinx

Here are a coup;e shots of the reception desk resto at the library. [ATTACH]14662[/ATTACH]

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Here is that missing panel we duplicated. The hole, or pass-through had to be eliminated. jimsjinx[ATTACH]14666[/ATTACH]

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Why would anybody use clear maple, and then stain it brown? Anyway, we will begin finishing after the floor guys grind the concrete. We[ATTACH][/ATTACH] have to seal off everything with plastic, and then luan ply for protection. Will keep em coming till we are done. jimsjinx14668