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Urathane over Lacquer
April 19, 2008

A friend has lacquer finished cabinets and wants to refinish with urathane. Can Zinsser SealCoat be used between the finshes, or some other method necessary. Thanks
repairing stain
April 19, 2008

I am working with white oak, stained it, waited 7 days before applying the first top coat of finish/water based. The problem, while applying the top coat I noticed a run…
Removing Oily Fingerprints
April 17, 2008

Peter I've had to do a lot of dry fitting with my project and have gotten oil from my fingers on my walnut veiner plywood. I'm sure it's oily fingers…
Cherry with cracks in finish
April 14, 2008

I have a cherry table that has a couple places where there are black lines in the wood. I have noticed that the finish has cracked along these black lines.…
antique finishing
April 11, 2008

When colonial, antique, and distressed furniture is observed up close whether the finish is some shade of walnut or cherry, small black dots or specks can be seen, but only…
Varnish rejuvenation
April 11, 2008

I use a varnish which I buy from a Violin supply house for violins which I make. It is considerable time between violins so the varnish sits in a half…
Workbench finish
April 9, 2008

I have built a workbench using hard maple. What is the best finish to put on it to make it durable and renewable?
Cabinet refinishing
April 8, 2008

I have custom cheery kitchen and master bath cabinets installed about 10 years ago in during a remodeling project. The cabinet maker used a water based laquer that soon developed…
Working with Ebony
April 7, 2008

Hello, I'm new to this, so here goes.. I'm building a small jewlery box out of Ebony. I've not worked with this wood before, so I have a couple of…
Removing Random Orbit Swirls
April 7, 2008

I am having difficulty removing random orbit marks from my work pieces. I am using a Festool random orbit sander and usually progress from 80 120 and 240 grit and…

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