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A quick bit of improvisation. Ground Coffee!

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So Pam’s son and family are moving out of their New York apartment and we were there to fix a couple of niggles before putting it on the market.
This problem was at the top of a spiral staircase where the floor just didn’t meet up with the landing floor, between an eighth and a quarter of an inch gap and a seriously warped board sticking up just where your foot would catch it.
No before pics sorry, the warped board was dealt with by cutting with the grain a couple of times with a handsaw to relieve the stress and the screwing it down flat from underneath.
Before starting work l just had a little nap after the drive ( a small one honestly ) and it occurred to me in my semi consciousness that I could use the sawdust from the stress relief mixed with wood glue and - inspiration- Ground Coffee to fill the gap at the top of the stairs, well after a quick trial I changed it to coffeee grounds mixed with Its Not Nails, worked SO well! I was really chuffed with myself.

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I say, Waiter, this coffee tastes like mud!

Yes, Sir. It was only ground an hour ago.



Sorry, serious for a moment. When the children were little and at school I used tea and coffee to stain paper to look like old parchment for their school projects.
 
I drink loads of coffee. :) Must stick some of the used grounds in a jar. Though if I neededsome it's always another excuse to brew some up.
 
Penmakers have been using coffee grounds and CA glue to fill cracks and holes for a long time. Pack the defect with coffee and dribble some thin CA onto the grounds. Keep adding more until filled. I've used other spices, mustard, chilli, paprika, etc, when I want a better colour match. For the amount of gaps you need to fill CA wouldn't be the best method. Maybe epoxy and the grounds to make a paste.

Pete
 
You've really been ra
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Penmakers have been using coffee grounds and CA glue to fill cracks and holes for a long time. Pack the defect with coffee and dribble some thin CA onto the grounds. Keep adding more until filled. I've used other spices, mustard, chilli, paprika, etc, when I want a better colour match. For the amount of gaps you need to fill CA wouldn't be the best method. Maybe epoxy and the grounds to make a paste.

Pete
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You've really been raiding the pantry! But for this floor job the not nails (white) worked a treat, I suppose it is a glue after all.
 
The coffee worked really well!


Sorry about the image quality( amazon tablet) but I used tea bags to stain a new floorboard to match the 1947 originals.
Some polyurethane varnish and I cant remember which one it was
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