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Prefinishing panels before glue up.
January 1, 2009

Peter - I am on to the next project. I am building a blanket chest with rather small and complex panels within panels. The panels are veneered with sapele Pommele. …
Finish for Hepplewhite Lamp Stand
December 29, 2008

I'm building a Hepplewhite lamp stand featured in a previous article of FWW. There is no mention of what finish to use. Based on what I've read in the archives,…
Substitute for Cherry Plywood
December 27, 2008

Hi, I'm building a Cherry media center and am trying to avoid the ridiculously high price of Cherry ply. What plywood can I use to closest match Cherry and can…
I Just Blew Three Days of Finishing!
December 27, 2008

So I've spent the better part of my spare time during the last two weeks building a 66" x 36" maple mirror frame with a 5 1/4" wide profile, 1…
dye or pigment stain
December 26, 2008

Peter, I could use thoughts on how to get common color/tone on a project which has wood from two different trees. Specifically, I am using African Mahogany, some of which…
Polyurethane refinishing/ brush source
December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I have two questions. I've been asked to refinish a kitchen table top that a few years ago I applied several coats of polyurethane…
Finishing Cherry
December 19, 2008

I'm wondering about how long cherry needs to oxidize before putting on an oil finish. I remember years ago in FW an article that said you should sand it, then…
when danish oil just isn’t enough?
December 18, 2008

Hey, I've got two very dumb questions and one sensible one: 1) Can padding laquer be applied after danish oil? 2) Can paste wood filler be applied after danish oil? 3)…
saving finishes that were frozen!
December 18, 2008

Please help! I had to put all of my shop into storage for 4 years. It had to be done in a hurry and I foolishly packed away about…
Finishing Hard Maple
December 17, 2008

I'm about to finish a large mirror frame made of hard maple with a gel stain. While researching what finish to use I thought that i read that i should…

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