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Preventing cherry from blotching
March 13, 2024

I'm planning on making a dresser out of cherry. I'm planning on an oil/wax finish, either of my own making or buying something like Osmo, Tried and True or Rubio.…
Favourite wax-type finishes for cherry carving?
March 8, 2024

I've made a couple carved cherry furniture legs for a museum display and want to give them a clear, not-too-shiny finish. On previous carvings I used shellac with an oil…
Cherry slab mantle
March 4, 2024

Hi everyone, new here. I have a 6ft long, 25" wide cherry slab I will be using as a mantle, and want to finish it. NOT stain.My goal is to make…
Removing furniture wax
February 24, 2024

I want to touch up a cherry bench that was finished 2 years ago with Christian Becksvoort's favorite finish for cherry---half and half mixture of Tried and True varnish oil…
Non-yellowing oil/varnish home brew
February 18, 2024

Is there a less-yellowing oil based varnish that can mix with tongue oil and mineral spirits to make an oil/varnish blend that brings out the most contrast between earlywood and…
Finishing Ash Tabletop
February 5, 2024

Scored big on some beautiful ash at a hardwood store here in WI (Kettle Moraine Hardwoods, St. Lawrence WI; a great place with great guys) that I'll use to build…
How Much Heat Can a Shellac Finish Tolerate?
February 2, 2024

I make car shift knobs, finishing them with Behlen Rockhard Table Top Urethane Varnish. It takes days, sometimes weeks, of applying varnish and sanding to get a nice finish. Because…
“Finishing the finish” with satin water-based poly
January 31, 2024

Hi folks,I'm hoping to get some simple direction here on final step(s) to improve the finish on the top and sides of a walnut desk I'm building. I've included some…
removing paste wax with carnauba
January 28, 2024

I recently built a couple of flat wall brackets, finished with shellac and then wiped on a carnauba based paste wax. The people want them darker, but I think the…
Black lines on cabinet
January 21, 2024

I am working on refinishing two old 78 record player cabinets and there is a black finish around the base as well as covering the edge of the plywood top,…

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