I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
expierence would be very helpful.
Thanks
Jimmy
"Jimmy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
> would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
> oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
> Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
> expierence would be very helpful.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jimmy
>
Minwax "Tung Oil Fininish" 3-4 coats. See below.
http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Dresser_Project.htm
AND
http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
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www.garagewoodworks.com
On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:01:59 -0400, "Jimmy"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
>would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
>oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
>Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
>expierence would be very helpful.
Deft spray can lacquer works really nice and it dries fast, I have
also used BLO (boiled linseed oil) and paste wax over that.
Mark
(sixoneeight) = 618
On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:01:59 -0400, "Jimmy"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
>would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
>oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
>Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
>expierence would be very helpful.
My favorite for walnut is (boiled) linseed oil followed by orange
shellac. My second favorite, and arguably better for some uses, is
Waterlox Original.
Someone can correct me, but I think David Marks' usual finish is a
1:1:1 combination of poly, oil, and turpentine.
--
Chuck Taylor
http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/contact/
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:24:59 -0500, Markem
<markem(sixoneeight)@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:01:59 -0400, "Jimmy"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I'm going to get some Walnut for some small projects, just wondering what
>>would "pop" the grain and make it look deep. Thought about natural Danish
>>oil, mixed 50-50 with polyurathane, with a couple of coats of poly on top.
>>Would use satin poly with the oil and high gloss on top. Any advice or
>>expierence would be very helpful.
>
>Deft spray can lacquer works really nice and it dries fast, I have
>also used BLO (boiled linseed oil) and paste wax over that.
>
>Mark
>(sixoneeight) = 618
Don't know how much lacquer alone would pop the grain.
I've been using BLO, followed by lacquer. The BLO has a miraculous
effect - goes from a dullish wood to WOW.
Renata