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Finishing the interior of wooden windows

Steve Maxwell February 3, 2012

Q: What’s the best product to use for finishing the interior of pine windows? I want to leave the wood its natural colour and I’m thinking of either waterbased urethane or tung oil. Which do you recommend?

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