Dick Snyder wrote:
I am looking for a good book to read on wood finishing. I am not trying=
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make exotic things that require years of experience. Maybe an example w=
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help. I made a dresser this winter from oak plywood. I stained it with =

Minwax Golden Oak and then put on three coats of low gloss poly to seal=
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I don't like how it looks. The stain brought out the grain too much. I =

should have probably appplied some kind of a wood filler something firs=
t.
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In any case, that is the kind of thing I would like to read about for n=
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call it Wood Finishing 101. Do you have any recommendations for me?
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TIA.
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Dick Snyder=20
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Think I can recommend this book...

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...3D1,190,43047=


Understanding Wood Finishing

Understanding Wood Finishing - Woodworking
by Bob Flexner


It seems to answer a lot of the questions that come up here.


FYI it points out that many of the beloved finishes that get rhapsodies=20
here are polymerized oils -- (plastics -- oh the horror of it all!)=20
things like BLO and Polymerized Tung oil... Geez no better than wipe on=20
poly -- grin

Polyurethane works great over stained cherry. G

Just duck if you mention here that you did so...


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Will R.
Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
http://woodwork.pmccl.com
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20
who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw