Accidents may happen – these simple techniques can keep your furniture looking like new for many years to come.
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Wood Finishing
Wood Finishing, from Canadian Woodworking, features practical tips and proven techniques to help you achieve better, more consistent finishing results.
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Don’t fret over this crucial last phase of the build. This simple cherry finish will make your hard work shine through.
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Milk paint has been around since the time of the pharaohs, yet it is only recently receiving attention due to its environmental friendliness and host of unique properties.
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For an ultra smooth, glass-like surface on open pored woods (such as oak, ash, walnut or mahogany), fill the grain before applying your topcoat.
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Solvents are useful products that can make the finishing process easier. But, they need to be treated with caution and common sense.
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A simple recipe has been developed for a polish that you can make in unlimited and relatively inexpensive quantities, that’s easy and quick to apply, provides a one-coat seal and finish, has a minimal drying time, and gives a soft glow to a high gloss depending on the buffing speed used.
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Wood Finishing Reference Chart
This handy chart explains what you need to know about the 6 most popular wood finishes.
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High quality finishing with HVLP
If you ask woodworkers what their least favourite aspect of woodworking is, most will tell you they dislike applying a finish to a project.
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The smooth, clear look that you see on expensive furniture and high-end musical instruments, such as pianos and guitars, is achieved by rubbing out the finish.
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Waterborne finishes – the clear finish
You might be surprised to know that waterborne (or water based) finishes are just about as durable as varnish finishes.
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Use lacquer for a super clear wood finish that is easy to rub out.
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For many, varnish is the king of finishes. It produces a clear finish with a lot of depth; has superior water, abrasion, solvent, and heat resistance and...
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French polishing refers to a technique for applying shellac, not a finish in and of itself. Essentially you apply a very large number of thin coats of shellac using a pad, a wee bit of oil, and a lot of elbow grease.
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Oil finishes are referred to as penetrating finishes: the oil permeates the wood by capillary action, forming a continuous film over the surface.
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Some woods, such as oak, ash, mahogany and walnut, have large open pores and benefit from pore filling.
