Ok, I'm working on a segmented bowl, mostly white oak with mahogany
trim. I'd like the finish to be durable, maybe washable, so I'm
thinking oil then poly, or some combination thereof. Anyone finished
white oak before and/or have any suggestions?

"DJ Delorie" wrote in message
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Ok, I'm working on a segmented bowl, mostly white oak with mahogany
trim. I'd like the finish to be durable, maybe washable, so I'm
thinking oil then poly, or some combination thereof. Anyone finished
white oak before and/or have any suggestions?

Yes, watch out when you're sanding. You've set yourself up for some red
fill in the porous white oak. Sanding sealer _before_ you begin sanding,
periodically thereafter, and brush/vacuum.

"George" George@least writes:
Yes, watch out when you're sanding. You've set yourself up for some
red fill in the porous white oak. Sanding sealer _before_ you begin
sanding, periodically thereafter, and brush/vacuum.

*That* I thought of. The trim is only around the bowl edge, and I was
careful to sand towards the rim and blow the dust off often. Would
the sealer interfere with an oil finish? Anyway, I don't see any red
fill, and I'm *not* planning on using the red buffing compound either.
Nor the white, which makes the mahogany pasty. I guess I'm not
buffing ;-)

"DJ Delorie" wrote in message
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Would
the sealer interfere with an oil finish? Anyway, I don't see any red
fill, and I'm *not* planning on using the red buffing compound either.
Nor the white, which makes the mahogany pasty. I guess I'm not
buffing ;-)

Yep, it would interfere if it were doing its job. Sounds like painstaking
sanding and cleaning is your answer if you're going to use a "penetrating"
finish versus a surface.