Near completion of a beech pedestal bed for my toy crashing son. We liked
the look of oil for the color on the beech and have placed 5 coats of
mineral oil on all the visable sections of the bed.
My experience with POLY is limited, only currently I only have a water
based polly on hand, which I would imagine would have issue with the oil.
My second concern is renewing the surface if I POLY it, wiping oil on will
not soak into the wood.
Shall I leave it bare, or some sort of wax coating maybe?
Alan
Zinssers Seal Coat is canned dewaxed shellac with an atypical 3 year
shelf life. Undercoat for any finish. I buy flakes from
www.homesteadfinishing.com and used 99% Isopropyl Alcohol from
printing supply house. That mix has 6 month shelf life.
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:34:37 GMT, A Womack <[email protected]>
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>"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> Mineral oil? Doesn't cure. I'd try dewaxed shellac is inconspicuous
>> spot to see if it dries. Seal Coat is dewaxed and can be
>> wiped/sprayed/brushed. Shellac is often suggested for cribs, and it's
>> what I used for crib 5 years ago. Easily repaired.
>
>The mineral oil dries just fine, only a few hours actually and it's ready
>for another coat.
>
>No experience with Shellac, are we talking a can from the BORG or buy the
>goodies from Ron Hock?
>
>Alan
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Mineral oil? Doesn't cure. I'd try dewaxed shellac is inconspicuous
> spot to see if it dries. Seal Coat is dewaxed and can be
> wiped/sprayed/brushed. Shellac is often suggested for cribs, and it's
> what I used for crib 5 years ago. Easily repaired.
The mineral oil dries just fine, only a few hours actually and it's ready
for another coat.
No experience with Shellac, are we talking a can from the BORG or buy the
goodies from Ron Hock?
Alan
A Womack <[email protected]> wrote in
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> No experience with Shellac, are we talking a can from the BORG or buy
> the goodies from Ron Hock?
>
> Alan
>
Buying goodies from Ron Hock is always a pleasure, and the product is
excellent. (I just came in from padding some dewaxed super blond on a box
lid...)
But the canned stuff from the hardware store, if it is dewaxed, and
freshness dated within the recent past, should work for what you want it to
do. Rather depends on whether you want to start NOW, or say, Monday...
BTW, my local Woodcraft stores (yes, I'm spoiled) carry Ron's flake, in
several flavors.
Patriarch
A Womack <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > Mineral oil? Doesn't cure. I'd try dewaxed shellac is inconspicuous
> > spot to see if it dries. Seal Coat is dewaxed and can be
> > wiped/sprayed/brushed. Shellac is often suggested for cribs, and it's
> > what I used for crib 5 years ago. Easily repaired.
>
> The mineral oil dries just fine, only a few hours actually and it's ready
> for another coat.
>
> No experience with Shellac, are we talking a can from the BORG or buy the
> goodies from Ron Hock?
>
> Alan
Are you sure you aren't calling Danish Oil Mineral Oil???
Mineral oil? Doesn't cure. I'd try dewaxed shellac is inconspicuous
spot to see if it dries. Seal Coat is dewaxed and can be
wiped/sprayed/brushed. Shellac is often suggested for cribs, and it's
what I used for crib 5 years ago. Easily repaired.
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:12:35 GMT, A Womack <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Near completion of a beech pedestal bed for my toy crashing son. We liked
>the look of oil for the color on the beech and have placed 5 coats of
>mineral oil on all the visable sections of the bed.
>
>My experience with POLY is limited, only currently I only have a water
>based polly on hand, which I would imagine would have issue with the oil.
>My second concern is renewing the surface if I POLY it, wiping oil on will
>not soak into the wood.
>
>Shall I leave it bare, or some sort of wax coating maybe?
>
>Alan
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:34:37 GMT, A Womack <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> Mineral oil? Doesn't cure. I'd try dewaxed shellac is inconspicuous
>> spot to see if it dries. Seal Coat is dewaxed and can be
>> wiped/sprayed/brushed. Shellac is often suggested for cribs, and it's
>> what I used for crib 5 years ago. Easily repaired.
>
>The mineral oil dries just fine, only a few hours actually and it's ready
>for another coat.
mineral oil *never* dries. it does soak in, though.
>
>No experience with Shellac, are we talking a can from the BORG or buy the
>goodies from Ron Hock?
>
>Alan