Hello,
I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
opinions regarding a good/nice finish. I have no experience with
finishing wood and really need to know a good process.
I'd like to have a high gloss finish. I've used a clear shellac on
another table and it looked really nice.
Thoughts?
Jim
> >Hello,
> >I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
> >opinions regarding a good/nice finish. I have no experience with
> >finishing wood and really need to know a good process.
> >
> >I'd like to have a high gloss finish. I've used a clear shellac on
> >another table and it looked really nice.
> >
> >Thoughts?
I've used Minwax Antique Oil finish on several cherry projects. It's
a wipe on/wipe off mixture of linseed oil and varnish. Two coats
gives a nice satin finish and additional coats can be "built-up" and
rubbed with 0000 steel wool to give a high gloss. The cherry cradle on
my web site has about 10 coats:
http://home.comcast.net/~davidzimsky/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-1629138.html
How busy is the table?
Wipe-on Poly or homebrew thinned poly will give good protection from the
common stuff. Use the gloss, which is tougher than satin, and transparent.
If you're a real shine lover, hard wax, else soft will take the edge off,
while maintaining a look into the wood transparency.
Otherwise, shellac will certainly do, and can be buffed to a real gloss if
you care to. More vulnerable to certain things, but easily repaired.
"Jim Bates" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello,
> I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
> opinions regarding a good/nice finish. I have no experience with
> finishing wood and really need to know a good process.
>
> I'd like to have a high gloss finish. I've used a clear shellac on
> another table and it looked really nice.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jim
Jim Bates <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hello,
> I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
> opinions regarding a good/nice finish.
Something I tried that came out great: boiled linseed oil, followed
by about six coats of Waterlox. The linseed oil brings out the beauty
of cherry, and the Waterlox made a hard, glossy finish. I learned
this technique at my local Woodcraft store. I used it on some cherry
furniture that's not quite antique, but that had sentimental value in
my family. All who have seen it were impressed with the result. Hope
this helps!
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 14:58:08 -0700, Rick Nelson
<[email protected]> scribbled:
>
>> Yeah, that's the tung and linseed oils working. I've found the
>> tung + varnish an extremely hard finish, too. And OH so much
>> easier to touch up than polyurinestain.
>
>First there was RBS, now polyurinestain. You certainly have an
>interesting way of putting things.
Ackshally, unlike RBS & Radio Alarm Saw, polyurinestain is not a LJ
original. Google reveals that the first use of polyurinestain (at
least spelled that way) goes back to 1997 by the late and highly
esteemed Paully Rad:
http://groups.google.com/groups?&selm=3488DFCA.D00A473%40concentric.net&rnum=35
Tom Perigrin was apparently the first to use "polyurine" back in 1994:
http://groups.google.com/groups?&selm=tip-060594123730%40gold.aichem.arizona.edu&rnum=22
Luigi
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Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:02:41 -0400, Jim Bates <[email protected]>
> calmly ranted:
>
> >Hello,
> >I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
> >opinions regarding a good/nice finish. I have no experience with
> >finishing wood and really need to know a good process.
> >
> >I'd like to have a high gloss finish. I've used a clear shellac on
> >another table and it looked really nice.
> >
> >Thoughts?
>
> I've seen Frank Klausz' application of Waterlox on a cherry
> table and it rocks. Give it a try.
I've never used Waterlox high gloss but their satin builds nicely. The
sealer/finish doesn't build much at all but is thin enough to
penetrate.
I re-finished my maple floors with two coats of sealer/finish followed
by two coats of satin --- after two years there are a few scuffs but
it is holding up well under the strain of two boys and a golden
retriever. I'm planning on at least patching the scuffed areas this
fall. The floor is about 85 years old, about 10% of the boards have
birds-eyes, 20% tiger stripes. Waterlox really made the birds-eye
boards pop.
If your project weren't a flat spot with probable water issues, my
knee jerk reaction would be a few coats of Danish oil with a nice wax
job.
hex
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"Jim Bates" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello,
> I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
> opinions regarding a good/nice finish. I have no experience with
> finishing wood and really need to know a good process.
>
> I'd like to have a high gloss finish. I've used a clear shellac on
> another table and it looked really nice.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jim
I wiped on Bartley's Gel Varnish on a cherry table recently and was happy
with the results.
todd
Jim Bates <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hello,
> I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
> opinions regarding a good/nice finish. I have no experience with
> finishing wood and really need to know a good process.
>
> I'd like to have a high gloss finish. I've used a clear shellac on
> another table and it looked really nice.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jim
Blonde shellac looks great on Cherry. But being a table, note that shellac
doesn't like water (like condensation from a glass), heat, alkalyne liquids, or
alchohol. But it is easy to repair, and rubs out nice.
On 1 Jul 2004 07:13:33 -0700, [email protected] (hex)
calmly ranted:
>Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message news:
>> I've seen Frank Klausz' application of Waterlox on a cherry
>> table and it rocks. Give it a try.
>
>I've never used Waterlox high gloss but their satin builds nicely. The
>sealer/finish doesn't build much at all but is thin enough to
>penetrate.
I use the original now (cheaper, more clear) and degloss/paste wax
the last coat.
>I re-finished my maple floors with two coats of sealer/finish followed
>by two coats of satin --- after two years there are a few scuffs but
>it is holding up well under the strain of two boys and a golden
>retriever. I'm planning on at least patching the scuffed areas this
>fall. The floor is about 85 years old, about 10% of the boards have
>birds-eyes, 20% tiger stripes. Waterlox really made the birds-eye
>boards pop.
Yeah, that's the tung and linseed oils working. I've found the
tung + varnish an extremely hard finish, too. And OH so much
easier to touch up than polyurinestain.
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:02:41 -0400, Jim Bates <[email protected]>
calmly ranted:
>Hello,
>I'm finishing my first project working with cherry and would like some
>opinions regarding a good/nice finish. I have no experience with
>finishing wood and really need to know a good process.
>
>I'd like to have a high gloss finish. I've used a clear shellac on
>another table and it looked really nice.
>
>Thoughts?
I've seen Frank Klausz' application of Waterlox on a cherry
table and it rocks. Give it a try.
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