P: Kei a mātou te paukena ngahuru hei whakapaipai i runga i tā mātou tēpu kai māpere āhua-āhua, he hinu rīneni anake te mea i oti, ā, ka pania tonutia e mātou. I turuturu te paukena, ā, i waiho he paru. He huarahi hei whakakore atu?
A: He maha ngā huarahi hei tango i ngā ira pango i te rakau, engari me whakamātau pea koe i ētahi otinga.
He maha ngā wā, ko ngā ira pango o te rakau nā te tauhohenga o te makuku me ngā tannin, e ahu mai ana i ngā matū e kitea ana i roto i te kiri ōki me te rakau ōki, ā, kua whakamahia hei whakakoi i te hiako mō ngā mano tau. Kei roto hoki i te maha o ngā hua, huawhenua, me ētahi atu rauemi tipu ngā tannin. He antioxidant, ā, he maha ngā rangahau e aro ana ki ngā pānga hauora o te kai i ngā kai he nui te tannin.
Ka wairewa ngā tannin i roto i te wai. I te mimiti o te rakau, ā, i te mimiti o te wai, ka kawea mai ngā tannin ki te mata, ki te wāhi e toe ana ngā tannin kukū. Ko te nuinga o tēnei ka tupu i roto i ngā rakau whai tannin pērā i te ōki, te nati, te cherry, me te mahogany. He iti noa ngā tannin kei roto i te māpere, engari tera pea kua honoa ngā tannin i roto i te wai paukena ki ngā tannin i roto i te māpere hei hanga i te tae.
Tērā pea nā te pokepokea ai ngā ira pango o te rakau, ka puta mai i te wā e mākū ana te rakau, ā, he puna kai mā ngā harore e mōhiotia ana e tātou ko te harore, te harore rānei. Pērā i te nuinga o ngā rauemi rauropi, ka taea te whakamahi i te wai paukena hei puna kai.
Ka tangohia e te waikawa oxalic ngā paru tannin, ā, ka tangohia e te wai māota te paru pokepoke. Ko te waikawa oxalic tētahi wāhanga o te Bar Keepers Friend Cleaner ($2.99 i Ace Hardware), engari he iti iho i te 10 ōrau o ngā wāhanga o te kēne, e ai ki te pepa raraunga haumaru a te kaihanga. Ka kitea anō hoki te waikawa oxalic i roto i te hopi horoi ngawari o Bar Keepers Friend, engari he iti iho te kukū. Mō te āhua kāore i whakananua, kimihia ngā hua pēnei i te Savogran Wood Bleach ($12.99 mō te ipu 12-aune o te Ace) i te ara peita.
Heoi, me pā te waikawa oxalic me te mā ki ngā muka rakau kia pai ai te mahi. Nō reira, ka tangohia tuatahitia e ngā kaiwhakatika taonga te whakaotinga mā te whakamahi i ngā whakarewa, i te kirikiri rānei. Heoi, e mārama ana kua uru te paru ki te whakaotinga, nō reira ka taea e koe te peke tere ki te pito waikawa oxalic i raro nei kia kite ai mēnā he nui te waikawa oxalic kua uru hei whakaiti i te paru me te kore e tangohia. I whakaatuhia e tētahi pou tukutuku i kitea e au ngā whakaahua taahiraa-i-te-taahiraa o tētahi paru pango e tangohia ana i te rakau me te kore e tangohia mā te whakamahi i tētahi whakapiri o ngā wāhanga e rua o te horoi Bar Keepers Friend me te wāhanga kotahi o te wai mō ētahi meneti, kātahi ka haurua te horoi me te haurua te wai. I whakamahia e te kaituhi o tēnei pou te 0000 huruhuru maitai tino pai mō te whakamahinga tuarua, engari he pai ake te whakamahi i tētahi papa hangai. Ka waiho e te huruhuru maitai he kongakonga ki roto i ngā pūwero o te rakau, ā, ka tauhohe ngā tannins ki te rino, ka mangu te rakau tata.
Ki te taea e koe te whakahaere i te paru, ā, e koa ana koe ki te hua, he rawe! Heoi, he nui ake te tūponotanga kāore e taea e koe te whiwhi i te tae ōrite. Koia te take e taunaki ana ngā tohunga kia tangohia te whakaotinga tuatahi, kia rongoatia te paru, kātahi ka pania anō.
Ko te whakamahi i te angiangi te huarahi pai rawa atu ki te tango i ngā taonga tawhito nā te mea he mea nui te āhua o ngā taonga tawhito. E taunaki ana a Carol Fiedler Kawaguchi, e whakatika ana i ngā taonga tawhito me ētahi atu taonga mā tana kamupene C-Saw i Bainbridge Island, Washington, kia whakamahia he otinga o te haurua waipiro kua whakakorengia te āhua me te haurua whakarewa angiangi. Hei tiaki i a koe mai i ngā paoa, mahi i waho mēnā ka taea, mau rānei i te haurua-kōpare me te tātari kohu waro. Mauria he karapu me he mōhiti ārai matū. Ka tere te mimiti o ēnei whakarewa, nō reira mahi ki ngā wāhi iti hei waru, hei whakakoi rānei i te pito piri i mua i te whakapakeketanga.
E ai ki a Kawaguchi, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te Citristrip Safer Paint and Varnish Striping Gel ($15.98 te rita i Home Depot). Kāore he kakara o tēnei mīhini tango peita, ka noho mākū, ka mahi mō ngā hāora, ā, kua tapaina he haumaru mō te whakamahi i roto. Heoi, e kite ana koe i ngā tuhinga iti i runga i te tapanga, kia pai te hauhautanga, ā, kia mau hoki he karapu me he mōhiti ārai matū.
Ki te hiahia koe ki te karo i te tango matū, ko te oro tētahi atu kōwhiringa – he mea tino pai tēnei mō ngā kaupapa kāore e uru ana ki ngā taonga tawhito, ā, he papatahi te mata, kāore he whakairo uaua ka uaua ai te oro. Whakamahia he oro porowhita matapōkere pērā i te Oro DeWalt Corded Hook & Loop 5″ ($69.99 i Ace). Hokona he kete oro kirikiri reo ($11.99 mō ngā wira oro Diablo 15) me ētahi pepa oro pai (220 kirikiri). Ki te taea, nekehia te tēpu ki waho, ki roto rānei i te karāti kia kore ai e horapa ngā maramara rakau. Tīmata ki te oro reo. Ka tauhohe te hinu rīneni ki te hāora i te hau hei hanga i te mata kirihou. Ka tere te haere o tēnei tauhohenga i te tuatahi, kātahi ka puhoi, ā, ka roa mō ngā tau. I runga i te pakeke o te whakaotinga, ka taea e koe te oro ngāwari. Ki te kore, ka puta he pata hinu iti ki runga i te oro, ka whakaiti i tōna whai huatanga. Tirohia te oro i ngā wā katoa, ā, whakakapia mēnā e tika ana.
Kia takoto kau ana te rakau, ka taea e koe te whakakore i te paru. Whakamātauria te waikawa oxalic i te tuatahi. E kī ana te tapanga Savogran kia whakaranua te ipu 12 hekere katoa ki te 1 karani wai wera, engari ka taea e koe te whakaiti i te nui o te wai ka whakaranua ki te 1 rita wai wera. Whakamahia te paraihe hei hora i te otinga ki runga i te papa kaute, kaua ko te paru anake. Taria kia mārama te rakau ki tāu e pai ai. Kātahi ka murua kia maha ngā wā ki te kakahu ma, haukū hei horoi i te mata. E ai ki te tohunga whakarite mata, a Jeff Jewitt, i roto i tana pukapuka Making Furniture Refinishing Easy, me maha ngā maimoatanga hei tango i te paru, me ētahi hāora te whakamaroke i waenganui.
Ki te kore e taea e te waikawa oxalic te tango i te paru, ngana ki te pania he wai māotaota ki te paru, ka waiho mō te pō. Ki te mea kua memeha haere te tae, engari kāore i te nui, me mahi anō te tukanga i ētahi wā, engari pea mō te roanga o te rā kia taea ai e koe te tirotiro me te whakaoti i te maimoatanga i mua i te memeha haere o te tae o te rakau. Hei whakamutunga, whakakorea, ka horoia ki te 1 wāhanga winika mā me te 2 wāhanga wai.
Ki te kore e ngaro te paru, e toru āu kōwhiringa: waea atu ki tētahi kaitā peita ngaio; he maha ngā mea mā te wai, engari kāore i te wātea i ngā wā katoa. Ka taea hoki e koe te oro kia ngaro ra ano te paru, kia māmā noa rānei kia kore ai e pāngia koe. Me whakamahere rānei koe ki te whakamahi i te mea o waenganui hei mea whakairi ki te tēpu.
Mena kua whakamahia e koe te waikawa oxalic, te wai māori rānei, i muri i te maroke o te rakau, me oro whakamutunga mā te oro mātotoru, kia tangohia ai ngā muka kua mānu ki te mata nā te pa ki te wai. Mena kāore koe e hiahia ki te oro hei horoi, ā, kāore āu, ka taea e koe te mahi ā-ringa mā te pepa oro 220. Tangohia te puehu oro katoa, kātahi ka taea e koe te pani ki te hinu rīneni, ki tētahi atu mea rānei.
Wā tuku: Pipiri-12-2023