Wax for your table

We have a friend who refinishes furniture. He has a refinishing business. We have had some furnniture refinished by his shop. When he returns the furniture to us he waxes it after he brings it into the house. The wax he uses is water based and he gets it from a supplier that sells products to refinishers. He does not use a petroleum based wax. He also mixes the wax with about one part wax and two parts water. If you know a refinisher ask him for what wax he uses and ask if he has a water based wax. If he does you should ask him for a bottls.

Refinishing a damaged table

Have you ever compared the cost of refinishing a damaged table to the cost of a table pad? I made the comparison and find that refinishing a table costs two to three times the cost of a table pad.

You can't not find something handy here...

This is what I'd call the ultimate countdown to Thanksgiving list.

Don't you just love this new age of cyberspace?

Come (to the blog) for the videos, stay for the comments...

Bill Quick, who posts regularly at the fascinating blog Mid Century Modern Interiors, has some surprising thoughts comparing clunky old redbrick Chicago to sleek, ever-new-and-more-sophisticated-than-you San Francisco:

I've lived in both Chicago and San Francisco (SF is where I make my home today). In terms of urban amenities, I think Chicago comes out ahead. Weather is, of course, a problem, but there is also something attractive about putting your feet up in front of a toasty warm fire while the snow swirls outside.

He might have added another advantage to Chicago: it is the home of the best and most friendly maker of table pads in the whole U.S.

Earth to Miss Manners: anything left out collects dust!

Miss Manners once again comments on what's appropriate to leave on your dining room table on a day-to-day basis. (The last time we recall her comments in this area it regarded table pads -- okay to leave them on all the time if you want to, she said -- but we can't find a link to that pre-internet clipping.)

We hate to be too obvious in the matter, but let's just point out it is easier to quicly wipe the dust off a beautiful set of Superior Table Pads than virtually anthing else you might use to cover the table on a day-to-day basis.

Only in San Francisco...

Low, low prices and great deals on square dinner plates.

Don't forget what goes under the table cloth!

How many more of these are out there?

Here's a great new interior design blog -- with a Chicago orientation, no less.

Now if we can just get them interested in table pads, things will be even better!

New uses keep cropping up (no pun intended)...

Don't forget -- for all your indoor gardening needs -- protective Superior Table Pads!

UPDATE: Perhaps we ought to consider a special model just for tomato plants?

In honor of Fire Prevention Week...

"The myth that the [Great Chicago Fire] started with a cow kicking over a lantern has been thoroughly debunked, but feel free to eat steak in revenge anyway. Then do this stuff..."

Via Instapundit.

And don't forget those heatproof Superior Table Pads!

Can't help but like this guy...

Here's a "step-by-step single man's guide to cleaning your home using all the latest gizmos."

And please don't forget to put the Superior Table Pads back on the dining room table when you're done!

UPDATE: And this, from someone who remembers the good old days (in Germany no less) when hanging out laundry to dry on Sunday was against the law.

Perhaps we should have known...

I continue to be amazed at the friendly, symbiotic relationship between table refinishers and the table pad industry.

Economists call some goods "substitutes" (we use these instead of each other) and others "complements" (we use these with each other).

I used to think table refinishing and table pads were substitutes. Evidence continues to emerge suggesting they're complements. Go figure.

And just by the way, the best place to buy custom table pads can be found by clicking on this link.

No, our table pads are real, not virtual....

Silly me. Never in a thousnd years would I have believed there could be a restaurant-owner/manager themed videogame!

Anyway, if anyone wants to buy table pads for their virtual restaurant, please contact Superior Table Pad Co.!

Ikea rules...

Here are lots of great hints on furnishing a starter apartment on a close-to-zero budget, but take note: (a) we know more about microbes now that we knew twenty five years ago, and (b) owing to the global revolution in international free trade, it's now hard for even the best furniture from Salvation Army or high-end hospital fund-raising thrift shops to compete with big box stores.

The "new hearth"

Here's a new twist on the old kitchen table: adjustable height to transform it from a counter to a breakfast table. It even works as a dining room table!

Call us if you'd like table pads for your model.

If you go, watch the heat...

Product parade at the Las Vegas show, courtesy of Furniture Today.

She will love you if...

...before the next dinner party you help out by setting up your Superior Table Pads!

Six common mistakes...

Buying? Selling? Either way, this article offers lots of good food for thought.

Even now we're gearing up for Autumn...

Sad but true -- not everyone can afford the luxury of fully enjoying the summer. Here at Superior we're already getting ready for the busy Fall season. This involves planning our inventory, working on new designs, and generally re-tooling and re-thinking so we can provide the best possible products and service to our valuable customers.

Anyway, best wishes for a happy summertime to all of you.

It was a nice table...

...before his one little mistake ruined it!

Better remember to get Superior Table Pads before this happens to you!

New Tables

Some great new designs from Furniture World magazine. (The PDF takes a little while to load, but worth it.)

And don't forget to order table pads from Superior Table Pad for any of these great new tables!

I must go down to the sea again...

Here's an interesting niche: products for seaside dining. Perhaps Superior should consider producing a new line of salt-resistant table pads?

Vogue...

Who says the home shelter magazine industry is gone?

A complaint...

We camp out regularly, practicing what used to be called "car camping" (i.e. tents and sleeping bags, but in a camp site with easy acccess to a parked car).

Anyway -- we've had generally bad experiences with products like these. It seems people in the next camp site over (a) use these products on the last day of their site occupancy, and (b) tend not to clean up very well after themselves once they've left for the season.

The result: we get too many visits from bears and other animals!

Did they mention Superior's Two Day Shipping at no extra charge?

Here's everything you ever wanted to know about table pads but were afraid to ask.

Note the link to Superior Table Pad on the sidebar.

I remain less than fully convinced...

More instances of green marketing. Ever heard of "sustainable furniture?"