I just built a large peice for my son to dump his sweaty hocket gear
into. The carcass is made of redwood I had leftover from a deck. The
panels are made of half inch thick oak veneer plywood. It has a fan in
it which sucks air through it to dry the sweaty things. (He only
washes this stuff once a season but that's another story.)
The redwood and the oak veneer kinda sorta compliment each other.
It'll be in the garage anyway! However, if he looses his interest in
hockey, it would make a nice blanket and quilt chest (it opens from
the top). Anyway I want it to look nice even though it's made of cheap
wood.
Now the purpose of the post:
I'm considering one of three finishes.
1. A couple of coats of Watco Danish oil followed by a couple of coats
of Bison wax.
2. A couple of coats of Dannish oil followed by a coat or two of
polyurethane.
3. One of the hardwood floor finishes like
Bona strong
FUHR 255 URETHANE FLOOR FINISH
BioShield
McCLOSKEY® GYMSEAL FLOOR FINISH
Option #3 seems an expensive route, plus the finish is probably too
glossy.
Any of you have opinions about my choices or have recommendations of
your own?
BTW, the main compartment will have sweaty stuff in it so I think some
level of water repellant-ness or proof-ness is appropriate.
TIA.
On 28 Sep 2004 06:30:36 -0700, Never Enough Money <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmmmm. It's been four days an no one has posted a reply (except me).
> Wonder if it was something I said. Maybe the post was too stupid to
> respond to....
>
> Maybe folks are tired of telling me to go read the book, in this case
> one of Hand Applied Finishes (Taunton Press, 1997), Great Wood
> Finishes (Taunton Press, 2000) or Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide
> to Finishing all by Jeff Jewitt.
>
> Maybe using oak veneer and redwood is condescending for the wood
> purist.
>
> Maybe folks are too overwhelmed with the political post and other
> off-topic postings that spam the newsgroup. I try to kep my political
> postings to a blog: www.politicalparables.blogspot.com.
>
> Anyway, to bring closure to the original post, I've decided to use
> Watco Danish oil all over. The inside I'll top coat with polyurethane.
> The outside, I'm going to try (first time) paste was. I didn't buy the
> Bison stuff, went for the easy route and bought a Minwax version at
> Lowe's.
>
How's it look?
Hmmmm. It's been four days an no one has posted a reply (except me).
Wonder if it was something I said. Maybe the post was too stupid to
respond to....
Maybe folks are tired of telling me to go read the book, in this case
one of Hand Applied Finishes (Taunton Press, 1997), Great Wood
Finishes (Taunton Press, 2000) or Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide
to Finishing all by Jeff Jewitt.
Maybe using oak veneer and redwood is condescending for the wood
purist.
Maybe folks are too overwhelmed with the political post and other
off-topic postings that spam the newsgroup. I try to kep my political
postings to a blog: www.politicalparables.blogspot.com.
Anyway, to bring closure to the original post, I've decided to use
Watco Danish oil all over. The inside I'll top coat with polyurethane.
The outside, I'm going to try (first time) paste was. I didn't buy the
Bison stuff, went for the easy route and bought a Minwax version at
Lowe's.
BTW, one person told me that he uses OSMO Hardwax finish on a lot of
stuff. I'll leave him nameless because that may be a trade sectret of
his..... Anyone else use OSMO?
Oh yea, I guess this post is not "closure" because I left it open and
I should report on my results after the piece is all done.....
[snip]
I'll let you know next Monday. I plan to do it this weekend.
Hey, thanks for the response! I was feeling kinda ignored....
"U-CDK_CHARLES\\Charles" <"Charles Krug"@cdksystems.com> wrote in message news:<2Te6d.2792$OX.1781@trndny07>...
> On 28 Sep 2004 06:30:36 -0700, Never Enough Money <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hmmmm. It's been four days an no one has posted a reply (except me).
> > Wonder if it was something I said. Maybe the post was too stupid to
> > respond to....
> >
> > Maybe folks are tired of telling me to go read the book, in this case
> > one of Hand Applied Finishes (Taunton Press, 1997), Great Wood
> > Finishes (Taunton Press, 2000) or Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide
> > to Finishing all by Jeff Jewitt.
> >
> > Maybe using oak veneer and redwood is condescending for the wood
> > purist.
> >
> > Maybe folks are too overwhelmed with the political post and other
> > off-topic postings that spam the newsgroup. I try to kep my political
> > postings to a blog: www.politicalparables.blogspot.com.
> >
> > Anyway, to bring closure to the original post, I've decided to use
> > Watco Danish oil all over. The inside I'll top coat with polyurethane.
> > The outside, I'm going to try (first time) paste was. I didn't buy the
> > Bison stuff, went for the easy route and bought a Minwax version at
> > Lowe's.
> >
>
> How's it look?
Here's a report.
I created samples with scrap woods (oak veneer and redwood). I applied
Watco Danish oil to both -- two coats. That looked good.
Then over half of the Danish oil treated surface I put on Minwax
Neutral Paste. let it dry for 15 minutes and buffed it.
The color didn't change (and I didn't expect it to). However, the feel
was much better. It was much smoother. I imagine it provides more
protection, too.
Now, I still can't do finishes as beautiful as illustrated in books
but this one looked good. I recommend.
As stated in othe rpost on this trhead, I'll use polyurethane on those
parts exposed to damp things. I'll do the above for all the exterior.
[snip]
Never Enough Money wrote:
> Hmmmm. It's been four days an no one has posted a reply (except me).
> Wonder if it was something I said. Maybe the post was too stupid to
> respond to....
[snip]
I have used BLO on redwood to pop the grain. Looks really good and
gives some protection. Haven't tried it on oad veneer but it cannot
hurt it. Add a few coats of poly in the inside to keep the cooties at
bay.
mahalo,
jo4hn
On 28 Sep 2004 06:30:36 -0700, [email protected] (Never Enough
Money) wrote:
>Maybe folks are tired of telling me to go read the book,
No, it's because I never apply to finishing questions.
Buy a bunch of finishes. Use every one on at least one project. Stick
with the one you liked.
Anything else is just my opinions and taste vs. yours. I think poly
looks ugly, you might like it for the hard-wearing properties. Who can
decide ?
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hmmmm. It's been four days an no one has posted a reply (except me).
> Wonder if it was something I said. Maybe the post was too stupid to
> respond to....
Not sure why you haven't received any responses, but it may have something
to do with your alias. I immediately glazed over it when I saw your alias
and then decided to take a look when I read the topic.