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    In my opinion your first step to preservation is to bring it back to nature . Pray and meditate and oil with a one inch chineese brush . This will bring you to a place of peace and a understanding of preservation young grasshopper .......

    James can bring direction to all of us lost soles at the Albany Seminar during his earthy wood restoration presentation seminar with Rabi Shankar, resurrected from the grave, playing background music.

    Auuhhuumm,

    Jake

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    Charlie, Thank you for starting this post and showing your excellent work. I am proud to have you as a user of our stains. Proud also knowing that you worked your way through 4 years of college by doing wood restoration and now making wood restoration your profession. I also know that much of your knowledge has come from trial and error and quality advice from BB such as TGS. Without a doubt you are now a serious contributor on BB's and your advice to all will be heeded by home owners and prospective woodies for years to come. TGS is a terrific place for our community and the general public and mindless bickering as recently found concerning the orgs should stop or be behind the scenes.

    Charlie, you are becoming a true leader in our industry and please keep up the great work.

    Many thanks,

    Jake

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    23 years and still learning. I wish that we had all the info we have now back in the early 90's. We would have grown better and faster. We did clean over 1200 houses this year. Could we do 2000 in 1 year?? Cleaned over 400 decks but did not seal any with Armstrong? Only sealed 130 decks.

    Perhaps if you used Armstrong, you would have sealed all 400 decks!?!

    Anonymous

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    I have 23 years making stains and 43 years in the coatings business. I have learned much but at my advanced age the most important thing to try and remember is prune juice is not an after dinner cocktail!?! Seriously though, the amount of education that I have received by reading the boards and by meeting most of you has increased my understanding of wood care immensely. Many thanks,

    Jake

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    Hi HomeDIYGuy, it is kind of confusing but by formulation the Armstrong Amber is considered a Semi-Transparent. However...and this is where it can be confusing, the Amber is designed to look like a transparent stain. So the benefit is that you get the appearance of a transparent that shows the wood grain very well but you get the protection of a semi transparent stain which holds up longer. This is because it uses a special pigment that does not mask the wood. Most semi transparents are more opaque and will mask some of the wood's character but the Amber as you can see in the photo does a good job showing the wood color. However even though it looks like a transparent is has 3 times the pigment and is similar in formulation to a Semi-Solid!

    Charlie nailed it!!!!!!!!

    Jake

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    Thank you Scott and Way to go Steven,

    This is a fun thread that shows fellow wood restoration professionals the work that we are doing across the United States. Small and medium size businesses that have built and are building their own successful stories. This thread will perhaps encourage homeowners to hire professionals to have us make their wood sing. Homeowners are doing more and more research, and are landing on The Grime Scene, so make sure you have a link to your company's website with your entries. May you all have greater success than Rick Petry's chicken coup from last year's contest!?!

    Good luck to all and let the photos fly,

    Jake

    Armstrong Clark Co.

    Oil Based coatings for Wood, Sealant & Stain: Restore and Protect - Armstrong-Clark Co.

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