Building a display case for a good friend for his knife collection.
Cedar he supplied. To be finished with clear poly. Anything special
I need to do to cedar before applying the poly?

BumHead wrote in
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Building a display case for a good friend for his knife collection.
Cedar he supplied. To be finished with clear poly. Anything special
I need to do to cedar before applying the poly?


Cedar can be a bunch of different woods. Who knows what you have?

Some cedar doesn't let some finishes cure particularly quickly.

DAMHIKT.

Test on scrap.

Patriarch

BumHead wrote:

Building a display case for a good friend for his knife collection.
Cedar he supplied. To be finished with clear poly. Anything special
I need to do to cedar before applying the poly?


Testing on scrap is always good advice. If there appears to be a problem
with the oil in the cedar letting the finish cure, try a coat of ultra
blond shellac as a sealer on the cedar. It will darken the cedar a bit and
add just a hint of yellow, but nothing you could not live with. Since
shellac is the universal bonding agent, the poly will have no problems
going on over the shellac.

Deb

Cedar, yeah I would guess it had better be sealed up.
I don't think he wants to keep them in a humidor.
Just my initial thought.
Does he like mahogany?

John

BumHead wrote:

Building a display case for a good friend for his knife collection.
Cedar he supplied. To be finished with clear poly. Anything special
I need to do to cedar before applying the poly?