Deciding what finish to use should include repair of dings as you
mentioned. Exotic multistepped finish that gets dinged is an
experience. Wife distressed a sideboard then I topcoated with WB
Varathane for durability. www.spaltedboard.com then FORUMS the
BRAGGINGBOARD then scroll down to SIDEBOARD.

On 3 Aug 2003 05:47:19 -0700, (David Jensen) wrote:

As a related question, what is the best way to achieve the distressed
look that they often put on cabinets to make them appear old. From
what I see, it looks like the distressing process can either be done
before or after the finish is applied.