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Originally Posted by Patricia
Luckily, the waxed shelves are now holding one printer, two scanners, two boxes of cables and disks and a load of files which (one day) I will scan and then discard.
It's a pity that the wax isn't good for books because I prefer a waxed finish on pine, and an oiled one on mahogany. I've even waxed my entire staircase. And I thought that oil or wax would be more environmentally-friendly, because i don't have to dispose of all those solvents.
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I'm afraid Patricia that pine is not a suitable wood for libraries or heavy computer equipment. Long stretches of shelves will sag with weight, even their own. Furthermore, pine exhibits pockets of gum or pitch that will glue to everything it comes in contact with, and there are only few and complicated ways of sealing it.