1.   Cut out the dead wood so that the young new wood can grow and develop.

2.   Ensure that new wood has been seasoned.

3.   It was this seat that was being repaired with new wood, which was then stained and waxed.

4.   Altheas flower on new wood, so prune in late winter.

5.   And, to put the new wood molding up, use a construction adhesive or an adhesive caulk.

6.   As you prune, you remove flower-producing wood and will have to wait until new wood grows and matures enough to produce blooms.

7.   But researchers in France have discovered that insecticides once used to treat new wood used in construction may be equally at fault for bad-tasting wine.

8.   Expect old wood to be much harder than new wood.

9.   If it were not finished, that would be OK, too, but the only way to clean bare wood is to sand it to reveal new wood.

10.   Lyes and other strippers may turn the wood gray, and while it might be able to be sanded to reveal new wood, it is a tedious process.