Finish: Pacific Strong, a discontinued Bona waterbased urethane finish in two coats was applied over Duracraft stain. Chipping: small 1/8th" or bigger pieces of wood individually chip out from the wood floor upon light contact by shoes, full plastic laundry basics, kitchen garbage cans.An opening is left in the floor which is blond, like bare oak. It's not flaking off as I've seen can happen with drums during refinishing, nor are their wavy lines periodically. Rather it's chipping off with contact, as when a tree limb is placed in a chipper/shredder machine outdoors. As to the stairs, well both the stain and the finish are gone on the edges of the steps (the rounded part at the stair end). Bare wood remains and is very slippery compared to the rest of the step, where stain and finish give it a rougher surface texture. You can see the difference on the step and you can feel the lack of any finish on the edges, precisely where it is needed most. We keep the house humidified and run house temp at 64 in the winter. We don't abuse our floors. Thanks for your response. In all my many years owning several homes, I have never encountered anything like this.

Threads Magazine did have an artile that explained how to make a hand-rolled hem, but I can't find a reference to it online. However, I did find these instructions. I think this is what you are looking for: http://www.sewnews.com/library/sewnews/qa/aaqa0101c.htm CMC Here is a link that might be useful: How to make a hand-rolled hem on a silk scarf

Oh, you poor thing! I feel for you! You get one thing figured out....and then.... I think how the colors will turn out depends on your slab. That is, on the M. Teixeira website, I remember seeing a slab with greenish veins in it. I loved them in the photo, but the site waid they wouldn't last--that the whole slab would eventually get blackish with no green remaining. But how to know if your greens will last?? So, you already own this slab? Is there a possibility of exchanging it, since the colors are decidedly different? Oil gives a different look than water. What are your options at this point? Is this one of those fabricators that only has one type of soapstone called "gray" or something like that? No one offered to oil my slabs. They just wet them. And I felt like quite a rebel by grabbing a bottle of oil I found in the warehouse, and rubbing it on myself. Good luck!! What a gigantic bummer!! I hope this works out!!! Francy

If it's a knit, it won't fray. I suppose you could always just cut it to the size you want and use a decorative stitch on the edge that will help overcast it and be done with it. Or you could cut it a little smaller then just fold over the edge once and top stitch. If you wanted it to be a little fancier, then top stitch it using a twin needle and it will look a little nicer yet have stretch in it.