Wood Finishing Fixes by Michael Dresdner.
The Taunton Press, 2003.
$19.95; 144 pps.
Wood Finishing Fixes uses a Q & A format to address finishing questions in a logical way. In it you you’ll learn answers to questions like these:
— What finish should I use for a front door?
— How can I avoid drips and runs when I spray finish?
— What finish is best for items that come in contact with food?
— How do I choose a finish?
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I find Michael Dresdner's advice to be very helpful.
Just like clamps, you can never have too much information on finishing! Every book adds some new information and tips. I'd love this book!
After hearing an interview with Michael Dresdner I would definitely like to have this book.
Finishing is always the trickiest part for me. This looks fantastic and I can use the help.
I'm finishing a library table right now. I have a lot of questions and I bet this would be the perfect book for me!
This looks like a book any woodworker would want in their library.
Ah yes Dresdner, a most respected name in finishing. Anyone would love having his books on their shelf for reference. Nos such thing as TMI when it comes to finishing! ;)
You can always count me in for a free book!!
Looking forward to reading this book!
I need help!!!!!!!!!!! This book will do it. I would like to purchase it but my brother is out of work and will not loan me the money. Seriously, this would be a great addition to the library of Horst Woodworking.
this is just what you need-advice about a specific problem, Malcolm G.
Could be some helpful information !
Thanks
I'm very interested in this book.
I neeeeed this book! I actually screwed up the application of Danish oil the other day! Danish oil for god's sakes.
I spend most of my time reading, watching, listening, and researching how to become a better woodworker. i don't have anyone to learn from face to face, and never had the benefit of shop class, or a trade school. I love books, anything that can give me tips and ideas. It keeps me going.
Thanks
pick me please
who doesn't love finishing?
I suspect that most have of us have more problems with finishing than with any other aspect of woodworking - should be useful.
I would love to have a book on finishing in my library
I've got a new project coming up and this book would probably answer some of my finishing questions!
pap12
Finishing is another area of woodworking that demands that one continue to learn and refine techniques. This book will facilitate advancing my knowledge of finishing.
This book would be super helpful on the current piece that I am having issues with as well as inevitable future finishing issues :)
Michael Dresdner is logical, concise and an especially good writer! A joy to read!
I could definitely stand to be smarter on finishing. Count me in.
ted
Sounds like a great book!
I try to understand as much as I can about woodworking... have new grandson and restarted woodworking after years of not have time...somehow I have time now....toys and such
I'm a professional woodworker and as such learning is esential.
I'm so lucky. Two of the sample questions are ones I'm facing right now and I just won a copy of the book. (In case I win and everyone reads my comment.) ;-)
Jim
Just what I need. I find finishing very confusing and so my plan is to keep reading about the subject. Michael Dresdner is one of the authors on my buy list.
Thanks for the chance.
I've just recently started using shellac and oil finishes. I could really use some good information like this.
I am green at finishing and really could use a book like this. Thanks for the offer!
Just putting the finishing touches on a new workshop, I have a corner with a comfy chair and a bookshelf with all my Fine Woodworking books and this would make a wonderful addition :) thanks for the offer.
Just bought a house for my mother. the previous owners must have been descended from bats. all the wainscoting trim and doors are stained a deep walnut brown. The kitchen is a galley kitchen with one window and equally dark cabinets. We replace the kitchen appliances with biscue colored. Is there a way I can refinish the cabinets so that they look lighter. I would like to paint them but do not know how to proceed so that they stain will not bleed through or what type of paint to use, enamal etc. Hoping this book will give me some answers
Finishing is my least favorite part and I can definitely use the help.
I have made many mistakes. i wonder how many of them are common. This looks like a great book to have.
Learning how to fix the fiascoes would go a long way toward getting started with a fine finish.
The Table of Contents is promising and Dresdner is an expert. A digital version of the book should be offered for download at a lower cost.
Count me in. When it comes to finishing... I am.
Count me in, I need all the help I can get !
I'd love to know more about wood finishing techniques!
My least favorite part of woodworking is the finishing process. What I need is Dresdner to do my finishing for me. But next best thing would be winning the book!
JlYoung...DANISH OIL?? :-) funny.
Could always use some more knowledge!!
JlYoung...DANISH OIL?? :-) funny.
Could always use some more knowledge!!
finishing best and worst part of the project!
Begin with the end (finishing)in mind
I could use a good reference book on finishes.
You can never learn too much about finishing.
always interested in wood working books especially free ones.
I am a fan of Dresdner.
Helle I have been doing alot of spraying lately and now I need to refinish my front door. This book would be very helpful. Thanks.
Mikey G.
Sign me up . . . and in. I'm no finishing expert-that's why I need Dresdner!
Enter me in the contest ! I need the help with finishes. Thanks.
Finishes finish me. I'm floundering!
I need every tip I can get.
Just beginning to spray finishes - would be great to have this book!
I just purchased Woodworking Basic & Guetting starting in woodworking. Having Wood finishing fix is deffenitly an hopliftning asset. Thanks for the opportunity.
I build a nice piece and then try to finish it. Wish the finish was better. I need all the help I can get. This is what I need.
please send it to me.
I will name my next kid Dresdner if I win
Any book that provides good advice on finishing is always appreciated. Count me in.
I could really use a great finishing book; especially free and by Dresdner.
I promise if I win to read it!-just not add it to my library. Years ago, Michael helped with a spraying problem via email. I have never forgotten his generosity in following through. Quite a resource. Thanks for the chance.
My wife's birthday is the end of May, she has done fine art wood carving, this would be great for a birthday gift.
I'm in it to win it....
Q&A format sounds good...
I'd like to toss my name in the hat.
i could use all the help I can get
Well,I'll toss my hat in the ring - once again.....
sign me up!
Sounds like a great resource, put my name in.
I could use a few more finishing tips
It seems I always have a question or two (or three) about finishing -- this would be a great aid in getting to answers.
I have enjoyed Michael Dresdner approach to explaining wood finishing ... this book would make a great resource.
Michael Dresdner book would be a great resource.
What a reference this would be as I have made many a mistake that I tried to fix.
The choice and quality of the finish on a project can make all the difference in the world. I can always use more ideas!
I really liked the Dresner book that I lost and could really use another.
I need this book because I can learn how to spray like a pro and not have a rough orange peel texture.
I work as a woodworking teacher in Sweden. Haven't heard of Michael Dresdner.
If it is as good as people seem to think, it would be great to
pass it on to my students.
Finishing a project that we have put a lot of time and heart into is always nerve racking. The finish can either make or brake it. This book would be a great resource.
After several finishing disasters (I like to experiment) I could really use Dresdner's help.
Steve W
Look, the only thing I have less of than skill is time, so I simply do not have the time to go to michaeldresdner.com and check out the 30 separate archive sections that go back to May 2007 or the 37 categories of items of finishing interest, including pore filler. Just send me the book and help me save these disasters I'd like to call projects. It's either that or more firewood.
I only have half a dozen books on finishing. Maybe this would be the one that helped me finally figure it out. Or at least fix what I've learned after reading the first six.
Count me in. I could use help in finishing as well as the next person. Thank you.
Thanks Betsy and Fine Woodworking! I'm new to the "sport" of woodworking and I've been trying to work up the courage to finish some small projects.
I can't wait to get my new book and put it to proper use!
-Paul
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