I was thinking the same thing!!

Pretty slick idea

@@GreenAppelPie You see how they did that? They placed the wood flooring with a bevel down on them..That matched the Dovetail..Then placed each flooring\baluster. Then repeated the process.....That was genius...

Seems like a good idea.

Mine are dovetailed. Late 1800s.

too long for you huh?

Only just!

Spindles: I thought they were called spindles too. Properly they are balusters because they extend down to the very bottom of the aperture. Spindles go down to a horizontal rail, running parallel to the bottom of the aperture. So, you can now trot this out and impress your mates any day of the week. I know I will.

Well that's a huge advantage of lacquer, it melts into existing lacquer so it's easily touched up.

@@RoastBeefSandwich sprayed?

@@williamsmith9026 you can spray for touch-ups or they sell touch-up pens and cans for brush work.

Wayne Towle in Needham Massachusetts

www.mohawk-finishing.com/products/wood-touch-up-repair/fillers/epoxy-stick/

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You can buy very similar stuff in the plumbing section of any hardware store, its called "plumber's epoxy putty" only difference is its gray instead of tan. Billy Mays also sold it on tv as magic putty. It's such handy stuff, dries rock hard in about 10 minutes.

@@danb.709 The wooden filler one doesn't get rock hard, so it's more friendly to sanding. If you just want generic dry stick epoxy, Walmart even sells a JB Weld version.

@@Kevin-mp5of that is what happens after being disabled 29 years with severe pain. Had to stop after 2 masters and just getting accepted to work on my Ph.D. Now I rarely read or write. Thanks for the correction.

@@-_._._- Please don't kneel, you are embarrassing me.

Properly it's called "ash welding" ...first you do the welding and then you get the ash. Everyone knows that.

@@brianglade848 Go home Brian your pissed. 🤣

Manchester by the Sea. It's a coastal town north of Boston, MA

Hmm, the project is probably more about conservation as opposed to renovation. Renovation is not the object it seems as the spindles, (Oops, ed to "balusters") were carefully removed and repaired, invisibly, which ticks the boxes for conservation, just about. However would agree that the builders of a century ago fairly unlikely to just have a handy air spray unit about their personage. Ref the "taste" thing if the owners want to live in a conserved home and willing to stump up then surely just a case of sitting back and counting the cash. Plus there is no accounting for taste ... we occasionally get a filler item on the news ref the rebuilding of a London "mansion" ... much favoured by Russian gangsters, oops oligarchs I should say, or Arabic oil rich sheik bods. £50 million on the property ... then another £10 million on getting the place as they want it. British builders certainly don't worry about the clients' taste believe me. If the client wants solid gold flush handles on his bog then that's what he gets. London not the only wealth belt. There's a place in Cheshire where properties are sold off for £5 million, demolished and an even bigger property built on the site worth £10 million. The "taste" of some of the clients relates to "OTT Arab Sheik oil billionaire, money no object monstrosity." (OTT = over-the-top) But, again, do our builders decline the work on the grounds of the client's taste ... seriously? 😂😂😂😂😂

No, no, no J! Do I have to explain everything???!!! Oh really J, please keep up! "Lacquer" is far, far, far more expensive than "clear coating". Remember the clients are paying for a quality conservation job ... and this "quality" extends to the wording on the invoice. This invoice will, as if by mere chance, come up in dinner party conversation ... Perhaps I should explain that specialist trades must first learn how to pen an invoice. Almost half their training is in "crafting" ... the invoice. And, as everyone knows, except you it seems, so kindly hang your head in shame, the very first part of "Crafting an Invoice 101" is describing, and convincing, the client that the lacquer, as used on their property, is distilled from the tears of a unicorn. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find a unicorn these days? No, and fortunately the client doesn't either. Luckily, the trade knows that "distilled unicorn tears" are also sold in tins ... labelled "water based acrylic varnish, clear".

@@t1n4444 O.o......Invoice? What is this invoice? Is that like an inner voice? giggle cute reply

@@jacilynns6330 Well, yes it is an inner voice ... it is debating with itself whether the invoice should include the time and labour to write up said invoice itself or just add another "nought" on the end of the total. Now, I kid you not, "Invoices part Deux", there were annecdotal stories doing the rounds a few years ago over a builder billing a client for dog food ... The builder "justified" this item because his dog was sitting in his van all day guarding it, and therefore deserved to be fed "off" the job. Never heard how it finished. Dunno how it went ... might even be true ... 😂😂😂😂

😂 "old" to you perhaps but plenty of newcomers to the vlog for which they are "new". If I had a quid for every time I have read the same comment I'd have three quid by now.