Walnuts for scratches
Walnuts for scratches
No idea if this works, but one of those Facebook ideas sent to me....but looks good.....off to Sainsburys tomorrow to buy a bag...Anyone heard of this or tried it?
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Re: Walnuts
Funny you should say that - I bought some walnuts today and my niece said she wanted to try using one to remove a scratch from a wooden door. I've never tried it, but I think the oil is supposed to fill and hide light scratches. http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-Scratches-in-Furniture
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Re: Walnuts for scratches
I've just tried this on a light wood table and it seems to work OK; the nut leaves an oily film in the scratch mark.
The only downside is that you can't eat the Walnut afterwards.
John
The only downside is that you can't eat the Walnut afterwards.
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Re: Walnuts for scratches
I saw something recently where a guy was making traditional copper cookie cutters and was polishing them in a vibrating tub of smashed up walnut shells.
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Re: Walnuts for scratches
Walnut shell is also used as a soft abrasive blast media in place of sand, for example. It gently polishes and deburrs, is biodegradable and produces dust which is safer to breath than silica.
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Re: Walnuts for scratches
Yep, I use walnut shell media in my vibrating tumbler for polishing some items.
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Re: Walnuts for scratches
When I was flying C-130s with the Navy back in the '70s, it was a standard maintenance procedure to feed walnut shells into the intake of the turbo-prop engines; the shells cleaned carbon off the turbine blades without damaging them. And done on the ground, BP, not by flying through the walnut grove.
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Re: Walnuts for scratches
And if you want to live long enough to restore all those "projects" - Walnuts are top nut for heart-healthy antioxidants.
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