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Upcycling is not just for cra projects - it offers lots of possibilities to make changes in your home d'ecor, especially cabinets and furniture that will save money and reduce your contribution to the local landfill. Woodcra can help you with upcycling ideas, products and advice. For the past year, Woodcra retail stores have hosted upcycling demonstrations on the third Saturday of the month to help customers discover the potential for upcy- cling in their home projects. "To support this upcycling effort, Woodcra.com add- ed an Upcycling Resource Center to our website (http:// www.woodcra.com/media/upcycling.aspx) to intro- duce viewers to upcycling and announce demo topics and dates,"Vince Grlovich, vice president for sales and marketing, said. "Viewers can also watch a segment of Lifetime's Designing Spaces where Woodcra product development manager Kent Harpool shows host Aliane Baquerot how to create a shelf from a wooden pallet." Both WoodcraÕs Pinterest page (www.pinterest.com/ woodcrasupply/upcycling) and Instagram gallery (http://instagram.com/woodcragallery) include up- cycling ideas, and the blog, Woodworking Adventures (http//:blog.woodcra.com) has featured upcycling sev- eral times. Jewelry Armoire Makeover Inspired by the upcycling trend, many Woodcra em- ployees have completed projects, including marketing manager Lori Haught, who transformed a 1980s Jewelry Armoire (see photo) into a more stylish, modern piece for her bedroom. She gave it a new coat of paint, new sil- ver/glass pulls and flocking on the drawer interiors. You can see the entire process by visiting Woodworking Ad- ventures and searching for e Jewelry Armoire Make- over. An Irwin Marples Blue Chip Chisel was used for the disassembly that was required to add new hardware and make other changes to Lori's armoire. To remove the residue from old finishes and polish, Lori chose Norton So Touch Medium 120-180 Grit Sand- ing Sponges for the contour detailed areas and Preppin Weapon Sanding Blocks, loaded with Mirka Abranet 23Ú4" x 8" Sanding Sheets, for flat areas. Once the sand- ing was finished, all the pieces were cleaned with General Finishes Furniture Cleaner using handy Star Wipers rags. ree coats of General Finishes Black Gel Stain were ap- plied to the armoire. Although each coat was allowed to dry overnight because of other commitments, the actual time required between coats is two to four hours. (Gel stains come in 12 other colors including the popular java.) Two coats of General Finishes High Performance Satin Water-Based Top Coat were applied next. To prep for the new hardware, Golden Oak Water-Base Famowood Filler was used to plug screw holes. More chiseling was required before a pair of 11/2" X 11/8" Sat- in Nickel Stop Hinges could be installed. Before reflocking the drawers, Bulls Eye Sealcoat Univer- sal Sanding Sealer was applied to the interior of the draw- ers and the dividers. Wearing an Anti Microbial Dust Mask and 6 mil Medium Powder Free Nitrile Gloves, Lori applied Light Blue Donjer Flocking, using a Donjer Mini Flocker. Reassembly of the armoire required System ree 5-Min- ute Epoxy and a Bessey K-Body REVO Jr. 24" Single Parallel Clamp. Other Popular Upcycling Products Soy-Gel is a 100 percent biodegradable, virtually odorless coating remover. Restor-A-Finish can be used to clean and restore the luster to a clear finish, as well as hide mi- nor issues like scratches. It will also remove water rings. Milk paint is a popular coating, especially for furniture. General Finishes Milk Paint is premixed and available in 28 colors that can be mixed to make custom colors and lend themselves to decorative effects such as distressing and antiquing. Old Fashioned Milk Paint is a powder that comes in 20 colors and is good for use on porous surfaces such as bare wood and raw masonry. A special effect Old Fashioned Milk Paint Crackle Finish provides a weath- ered look. e 23-lb. portable QuikBENCHª is a lightweight, easy- to-set-up workbench capable of holding up to 300 lbs. Convert two QuikBENCHES to sawhorses, and together they will hold up to 2,000 lbs. Two or more benches can be connected together to form a workstation. Each bench has a 24"-wide by 31/2" opening vise and a 15-amp, cir- cuit protected, three-outlet power strip, plus four plastic bench dogs. To learn more about these and other upcycling products, visit your local Woodcra store, call (800) 535-4482 or visit www.woodcra.com. HOW TO ADD upcycling to your home improvement tools

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