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Arauco pine is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_araucana
Arauco is also the name of a province and a city in Chile, and of a company with pine and pulp mills in Argentina and Chile.
http://www.arauco.cl/

... What is left comes off with IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol 99%) if you can't get IPA, regular rubbing alcohol should work. Ace hardware stores sell IPA, Walgreens sells both 90% and 70% rubbing alcohol. Works great, just don't drink the stuff! I first thought you were talking about India Pale Ale, yes ...

... What is left comes off with IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol 99%) if you can't get IPA, regular rubbing alcohol should work. Ace hardware stores sell IPA, Walgreens sells both 90% and 70% rubbing alcohol. Works great, just don't drink the stuff! I first thought you were talking about India Pale Ale, yes ...

Just to note... I'm not intending to buy Duratex, just to prime... I figure I bought a gallon of it to try... so I might as well use it as a primer... since it's black, if long term the black carpet rips... the black duratex under it won't show Birch/Okoume white wood through... Well, if you just w...

One thing I have found, the regular hole saws (the ones that are a full circle) are a good thing. (Oh yes, and I do have a RotoZip, and a router, and a Dremel... :D ) I have two sets, one that goes from ridiculously small (like 5/8"... I don't know why you wouldn't just use a drill bit) up to 3...