Any experience with French Connection by Garrison? - white oak
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Any experience with a Miele or other plumbed-in coffee machine?
Comments (80)Bitter is usually too long of extraction so try reducing your extraction time. Can you adjust the grind & tamp pressure? Generally you want a grind+tamp that results in about 9-12 seconds from initial pressure to espresso first coming out and then 20-25 seconds of pour for a total extraction time of 30-35 seconds. These all vary by bean, roast and batch so if you cannot adjust them then finding a bean & roast that most often results in these might be your only option. Keep in mind that these Miele machines do not maintain the pressures and temperatures of regular espresso machines nor do they use a proper tamped puck so it's difficult/impossible to get a good shot from them. For a semi-automatic a Breville Oracle (regular or touch) is a better option....See MoreNew white oak floors - Worth it to replace entire floor?
Comments (4)Thanks, gregmills, I hadn't thought about expansion/contraction. We're going to suck it up and spend the extra cash even though we'll be trashing a perfectly fine floor. At least it's not a large area. Thanks, Sombreuil, for the suggestions, but we want the oak to come close to matching throughout the house, so plain old white oak is what we're committed to (so at least we can keep 70% of the flooring in the house and just refinish it)....See MoreWhite Oak Kitchen Cabinets
Comments (2)Hi there?!? I am wondering the same thing as heather! Did you end up bleaching your riff wood or finding a stain. I’d love to see and hear how it turned out for you! I need to order our vanity soooon!! Thanks!...See MoreNeed help finding THE white oak of my dreams!
Comments (45)We've seen homeowners out of the house for close to 3 weeks or longer when the odour of the oil based products is 'locked' inside the home. For those of us who are sensitive to odours (migraine sufferers, asthmatics, COPD sufferers, etc) we are unable to sleep in the same house as a 10 day old oil poly floor. For us, the stink is like breathing in ammonia. It constricts our lungs, it causes massive headaches (I lose vision in my left eye), vomiting (often goes with migraine) and a sense of feeling unwell for the entire time the floor takes to cure. These are all KNOWN reactions to HIGH VOC content. Since the OP is in California, the VOC content in the finish *should be lower (than Minwax 550...which means VOC 550g/L) it still means the VOC content is still allowed to be HIGH if the containers of the product are small enough (don't get me going on that little nugget). The top water based products (not the off the shelf stuff nor the 1 part products) are tougher than oil based. Yes the cost is higher but then again the cost of living in a hotel for another 3 weeks is also pricey. Loba 2K Supra AT, for example, is infused with ceramic nanobeads. They are equal in performance to Aluminum Oxide factory finishes. The myth that water based products are inferior only goes as far as the Home Depot parking lot. So long as the professional works with PROFESSIONAL GRADE materials (not Varathane, not Rustoleum, not DuraSeal) then the 2 PART water based products are superior to oil baed. But the caveat of "...so long as the professional works with professional grade materials..." is the ONE AREA where we see concerns. Many "pro's" do not have the education (ie. paid for the Bona or Loba training themselves) to work these high-end products....See Morehouseperson
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