Finishing

Quick easy natural wood look in Satin or Gloss. Go with Minwax wipe
on poly. Wipe a thin coat on with a rag, when dry, light sand, tack
rag and repeat. Each coat dries in two hours. Build up as many
coats as necessary to get the smoothness you want.

I went 4 coats on Red Oak which was only sanded to 120 grit. It's
nice and smooth, but you can still feel the wood grain "I like it -
you know it's real". Want it perfectly smooth, give it more sanding
and an extra coat or two..

Try a sample and see what you think. Best way to know if you like
it. If it needs to be smoother - then you need to fill the pores in
the wood first.

Regardless, testing your chosen finish on a sample piece of stock and
make any changes now, it is a lot less expensive than testing on your
desk.

Wipe on Poly is a solvent based product. But there is hardly any
smell. I don't find it any worse than water based products.

Pat





On 25 Aug 2004 11:32:13 -0700, [email protected] (mattb) wrote:

>Hi all, I was wondering if anyones got opinions on a Minwax product
>called Woodsheens, specifically the natural tint.
>
>The project is an oak cabinet/desk using veneer plywood and solid
>trim.
>
>I'm relatively new to fine woodworking (ie no paint and bondo) and am
>looking for a quick and easy finish (I can just see everyone rolling
>their eyes.) I don't mind slightly muting the grain (once again I
>apoligize if that is offensive) but I don't want the blotches and dark
>spots I'll get with polyshades when I try to do the details.
>
>Also, this will be finished in the house, not the shop since its 100+
>degrees in the shop, so neat and clean are a priority.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Matt