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1. 
   forestgirl | Oct 01, 2003 07:26pm | #1

   A water-based finish will not give quite the "depth" as a more traditional finish would.  You might want to try a gel varnish such as Bartley's. 

   Rubbing out is a procedure to smooth the finish and provide the exact degree of luster that you're looking for.  Here's Jeff Jewitt's on-line article on rubbing out:
   http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/htdocs/rubbingout.htm

   Take a look at this page for color samples of woods finished with Bartley's gel varnish and gel stains:
   http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/htdocs/Bartleystains.htm

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   Sancho | Oct 01, 2003 10:04pm | #2

   with a good w/b finish you should be able to go over a oil base stain as long as you give it enough time to thouroghly dry. It also should not have silicon in it . So the type of stain for your need ...i would suggest a o/b

    

   Darkworksite4: Subterráneo en la república de gente de Calif

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   Joe_Fusco | Oct 02, 2003 06:23pm | #3

   Wanda,

   There is a few ways to accomplishes this using water based finishes.

   1. You can use any of the acrylic varnish that are available and use a base coat of shellac. This helps explain how to do it.
   2. You can also use a base coat of pure tongue oil under the water based finish, but you'll need to let the oil dry for several days before appling the top coat.
   3. You can use a water base finish that is derived from urethane's like Fuhr 255.

   Fuhr 255 is the best water based finishes I've used to date. It drys very much like a solvent based urethane, sands well and after it fully cures (about 7 days) is super hard, durable and chemical and water resistant. It's hard to beat.

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