Comments on: Railroad Tie Lamp https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/ Rescue.Re-imagine.Repeat Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joan https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155815 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:48:22 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155815 In reply to gail.

Thanks Gail. you are difinitely the queen of Repurposing. I missed a great opportunity.

]]> By: gail https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155736 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:38:17 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155736 Joan,

I love your railroad tie lamp! It’s pretty, in so many ways. I think you did a fabulous job. The only thing I would have done different is to use old lamp guts from a thrift store lamp. 🙂 Lamp kits can be very expensive!

Thaks for another great project this month!

]]> By: Claire https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155497 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:05:13 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155497 Love it ! Who’d a thought a lump of old wood could look so good. You definitely have an eye for seeing the beauty in junk.

]]> By: Joan https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155426 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155426 In reply to Bambi Mayer.

That is definitely a valid concern that is why I put 5 coats of a spray on varnish on top of the wood. Right now I don’t detect any odors coming from the wood. The resin would make a great sealer and I may still use it if I notice any bleed from the tie.

]]> By: Bambi Mayer https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155424 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:12:13 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155424 Your lamp is lovely and unusual but I think you need to be concerned about the coal-tar creosotes that railroad ties are soaked in. They aren’t considered safe to be used as retaining walls in gardens so I can only imagine that they are even less safe to have in you house. Maybe if the whole thing was coated in the resin, it would be safer–an that looks really neat where you used it to seal the top.
Bambi

]]> By: Joan https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155400 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:31:35 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155400 In reply to Carol Stratford.

Think logs, newel posts, anything with the basic shape.Once you make one you won’t be able to stop.

]]> By: Bliss https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155398 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:43:55 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155398 That is great Joan. Now I’m looking around at something to preserve with resin. Darn, I’m fresh out of scorpions.

]]> By: Patty https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155397 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:42:56 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155397 I really love this. I think a lamp like this would sure cozy up a room.

]]> By: Carol Stratford https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155392 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:17:14 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155392 Love this! I’ve never rewired anything other than an existing lamp base. Now I’ll be looking at objects in a whole new way!

]]> By: Maricella https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/railroad-tie-lamp/comment-page-1/#comment-155390 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:09:45 +0000 http://www.myrepurposedlife.com/?p=22779#comment-155390 That is beautiful. Want to try this, I live by the tracks and it would fit right in.

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