Lacquer finish. Scrape and finish or Sealer/sand/finish or it doesn’t matter?
I like finishing with lacquer and I’ve come to appreciate the depth and chatoyance you get from sanding sealer prior to the lacquer. I make projects with nicely figured walnut, maple etc. I’ve read that scraping before finishing can give a nice finish as well. Is it 6 of 1 half dozen of the other or do you prefer one or the other when topping with lacquer?
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Make some sample boards. Only way to know what you like.
Sanding packs sawdust into the grain and can reduce clarity in figure. Scraping or planing refine the surface w/o the dust. As JC2 says, samples are the way to judge.
I’m still trying to figure out why McLaughlin hand planes then sands before sealing or going straight to a tung/lacquer finish.
He has Tersa blades on his jointer and planer too.
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