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   jazzdogg | Nov 07, 2003 08:19pm | #1

   Red,

   Have you tried applying a coat of nitro cellulose sanding sealer as a color barrier?

   Good luck,
   Paul

   Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.
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   Elcoholic | Nov 08, 2003 12:39am | #2

   Had a similar problem with inlaying banding into a Padauk frame.  The fix was to prefinish the Padauk with sprayed nitro and then cut the grove for the banding.  I carefully scraped the banding flush and then sprayed more lacquer.  Padauk bleeds like crazy.  Assuming you can't take your table apart I'd try masking it.  Go to an auto paint store and get some good lacquer or striper's tape to mask the maple and rub it down real well.  This tape sticks real well and has thin edges.  It wouldn't hurt to sand to 400 or 600 either.  Start with a dust coat of lacquer followed by several light coats.  Then unmask and do the same to the whole surface.  After 3 light, dry coats on the maple (which will be orange peel city) you can level the finish and the tape ridge with a hard block and then sparay a couple of normal wet coats.  The trick is not to get it so wet that it burns through the base coats.John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   Russ1 | Nov 08, 2003 02:06am | #3

   Thanks for the tape tip. I'll get some and give it a try. Maybe the first coat (lacquer sanding sealer) was too heavy.

   Red