Then give her a mirror finish go to the nearest glass place and get a mirror
cut to fit the top....mjh



"BumHead" wrote in message
...
I'm refinishing an old oak table. Been working on it for months.
Posted pictures of it last fall. Top, top skirt and legs are
stripped. Still have a frame piece and the lower shelf to strip. Top
is glued back together.....it is tounge and grove boards that were
held together with animal hide glue. Looks good, but wife wants a
mirror finish on the top. How do I do that with white oak. Read
somewhere (can't remember where) about wet sanding and using the slur
produced by the sanding to fill in the natural low places inherient
with the oak grain. Any help would be much appreciated.

Epoxy gives a very glossy finish but can yellow when exposed to the sun.



"mike hide" wrote in
:

Then give her a mirror finish go to the nearest glass place and get a
mirror cut to fit the top....mjh



"BumHead" wrote in message
...
I'm refinishing an old oak table. Been working on it for months.
Posted pictures of it last fall. Top, top skirt and legs are
stripped. Still have a frame piece and the lower shelf to strip.
Top is glued back together.....it is tounge and grove boards that
were held together with animal hide glue. Looks good, but wife wants
a mirror finish on the top. How do I do that with white oak. Read
somewhere (can't remember where) about wet sanding and using the slur
produced by the sanding to fill in the natural low places inherient
with the oak grain. Any help would be much appreciated.

ding on exposure consider French Polish with shellac and pumice.

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:43:56 GMT, Arjay wrote:

Epoxy gives a very glossy finish but can yellow when exposed to the sun.



"mike hide" wrote in
:

Then give her a mirror finish go to the nearest glass place and get a
mirror cut to fit the top....mjh



"BumHead" wrote in message
...
I'm refinishing an old oak table. Been working on it for months.
Posted pictures of it last fall. Top, top skirt and legs are
stripped. Still have a frame piece and the lower shelf to strip.
Top is glued back together.....it is tounge and grove boards that
were held together with animal hide glue. Looks good, but wife wants
a mirror finish on the top. How do I do that with white oak. Read
somewhere (can't remember where) about wet sanding and using the slur
produced by the sanding to fill in the natural low places inherient
with the oak grain. Any help would be much appreciated.

First word was meant to be Considering. Have read many times that
white oak is much easier to French Polish it as it has closed grain
instead of open like red oak.

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:53:51 -0400, wrote:

ding on exposure consider French Polish with shellac and pumice.

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:43:56 GMT, Arjay wrote:

Epoxy gives a very glossy finish but can yellow when exposed to the sun.



"mike hide" wrote in
m:

Then give her a mirror finish go to the nearest glass place and get a
mirror cut to fit the top....mjh



"BumHead" wrote in message
...
I'm refinishing an old oak table. Been working on it for months.
Posted pictures of it last fall. Top, top skirt and legs are
stripped. Still have a frame piece and the lower shelf to strip.
Top is glued back together.....it is tounge and grove boards that
were held together with animal hide glue. Looks good, but wife wants
a mirror finish on the top. How do I do that with white oak. Read
somewhere (can't remember where) about wet sanding and using the slur
produced by the sanding to fill in the natural low places inherient
with the oak grain. Any help would be much appreciated.