Hi everyone,
I have a solid pine coffee table top that I stained about 6 days ago.
I wanted a dark stain so I laid it on pretty heavy (minwax jacobbean).
Well, the entire board is really dry & colored nicely, but there's one
knot that is still slightly sticky. It's been in the sun several times
and I've had a fan blowing across it, but still no luck.

So my question is this: if I use a spray on satin finish (prob. about 3
coats), would this very slightly sticky spot show through the clear in
the end? Will it somehow trap oxygen under the finish and create a
white mark/s underneath, or should I not worry about it?

Please post any advice, Thanks!

John

Sounds like you have a pitchy knot. It is capable of staying sticky for
years. You can try to cook it out with a hot iron over several layers
of absorbent cotton material and then wash it with Turpentine, mineral
spirits or other solvent. I made a banister rail that had pitch pockets
that I coated over with Shellac. They are still a little tacky, but not
objectionable.
Bugs

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Hi everyone,
I have a solid pine coffee table top that I stained about 6 days ago.
I wanted a dark stain so I laid it on pretty heavy (minwax jacobbean).
Well, the entire board is really dry & colored nicely, but there's one
knot that is still slightly sticky. It's been in the sun several times
and I've had a fan blowing across it, but still no luck.

So my question is this: if I use a spray on satin finish (prob. about 3
coats), would this very slightly sticky spot show through the clear in
the end? Will it somehow trap oxygen under the finish and create a
white mark/s underneath, or should I not worry about it?

Please post any advice, Thanks!

John


The knot will not dry out anytime soon. Generally, pine knots hold pitch
for years. Several others will offer their remedies, here is one of mine.
Clean the knot carefully with lacquer thinner. Varnish over the area then
re-stain to match the rest of the board.

Dave

Thanks for the reply! Those sound like good suggestions, but it took
me SO LONG to get it to where the finished color was almost perfect.
I'd hate to strip it again if there was any possible way around it.

If it means anything or not... the original board was already finished
at one point with a semi-gloss finish. So I'm thinking that if the
knot was wet already, it would have messed up the original finish? I
guess I just wanted to be sure at least the stain was dry before
finishing it. Honestly, I didn't even think of the knot being wet to
begin with.

John

Thanks for the suggestion Dave, that sounds like a decent fix, but
prob. would be hard to match considering I painted the stain on so
heavy...maybe not.

So what will the end result be if I just spray over the problem knot?
I REALLY didn't want to have to mess with the finish again since it was
such a pain to match in the first place (yes, I know it's almost
impossible to match the rest of the table, but I got close enough for
my purposes).

John