Cherry - Finishing, Staining Suggestions
 

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?



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Rumpty

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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:19:51 -0400, "Rumpty"
calmly ranted:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?

Waterlox Original, satin, 4 rubbed coats. Degloss with Liberon
0000 steel wool and Johnson's wax as needed.

Thou shalt not stain cherry, Rumpty. You know that, you heathen
bastid. ; If you want it darker, expose it to a wee bit of
sunlight or a UV lamp.


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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:19:51 -0400, "Rumpty"
calmly ranted:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?

Waterlox Original, satin, 4 rubbed coats. Degloss with Liberon
0000 steel wool and Johnson's wax as needed.

Thou shalt not stain cherry, Rumpty. You know that, you heathen
bastid. ; If you want it darker, expose it to a wee bit of
sunlight or a UV lamp.


Sherwin Williams. Roll or brush on depending on the texture desired.
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-Mike-

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:19:51 -0400, "Rumpty"
wrote:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?


For lighter finishes, I prefer spraying tinted lacquer or shellac
toner coats to avoid blotching. To bring individual boards closer
together, I'll use light colored Solar Lux dyes as the first step. A
dewaxed shellac barrier coat goes on after the dye, over the whole
piece.

For darker finishes, I'll Solar Lux the whole thing with a yellow or
pink dye, depending on the original wood color, barrier coat it, and
add a Behlen's (or Mohawk) wiping pigment stain, which is again
followed by a barrier. These steps should leave the wood lighter than
desired. The final color is arrived at with toners.

Practice with samples to get the dye / pigment combos that work for
you. It's weird dyeing a piece pink or yellow, but it works out well
in the end.

Stay away from medium and dark colored dyes at the beginning to avoid
blotching.

Barry

I like Danish oil.


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:19:51 -0400, "Rumpty"
wrote:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?

Thou shalt not stain cherry, Rumpty. You know that, you heathen
bastid. ; If you want it darker, expose it to a wee bit of
sunlight or a UV lamp.


Are you calling my customers bastid's? If MY bastid customer wants a dark
stained cherry, that's what they get! Next time you can't pay the mortgage,
tell your mortgage company, I DON'T STAIN CHERRY!

LOL, thanks! VBG!

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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:19:51 -0400, "Rumpty"
calmly ranted:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?

Waterlox Original, satin, 4 rubbed coats. Degloss with Liberon
0000 steel wool and Johnson's wax as needed.

Thou shalt not stain cherry, Rumpty. You know that, you heathen
bastid. ; If you want it darker, expose it to a wee bit of
sunlight or a UV lamp.


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PESSIMIST: An optimist with experience
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www.diversify.com - Web Database Development

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:54:09 -0400, "Rumpty"
calmly ranted:

Thou shalt not stain cherry, Rumpty. You know that, you heathen
bastid. ; If you want it darker, expose it to a wee bit of
sunlight or a UV lamp.


Are you calling my customers bastid's? If MY bastid customer wants a dark
stained cherry, that's what they get! Next time you can't pay the mortgage,
tell your mortgage company, I DON'T STAIN CHERRY!

LOL, thanks! VBG!

If you need mortgage money (mine's paid off), run a class
enlightening the heather bastids about darkening cherry
-without- condemning themselves to an eternity in Hell.
$100 a head should cover their "insurance".
Can I get an "Amen"?


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Phisherman wrote in message . ..
I like Danish oil.


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:19:51 -0400, "Rumpty"
wrote:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?

I was gonna use Tung Oil on a project I'm doing now. Bad choice?
Where does one get WaterLox?

-Jim

Rumpty wrote:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?



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Rumpty

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I generally let the piece stand in the direct sun for several days (rotating
frequently) to develop a nice, deep color. My usual finish is then Deft
satin lacquer, sprayed on. I put several coats on, sanding all but the last
with a green ScotchBrite pad. I like the feel of this product, and it seems
to protect the wood quite well.

Walt

On 12 Oct 2004 12:56:44 -0700, (jim ryan) calmly
ranted:

Phisherman wrote in message . ..
I like Danish oil.


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:19:51 -0400, "Rumpty"
wrote:

Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?

I was gonna use Tung Oil on a project I'm doing now. Bad choice?
Where does one get WaterLox?

I got mine at Hine. Oops, no, that's an old LoCal ad.

www.waterlox.com is the mfgr, but I got mine from Russ at
www.woodfinishingsupplies.com both times I ordered it. Click
on Oil & Varnish, then page down a bit.

I'm going to get a gallon of medium sheen and a pouring lid
next time, then decant into smaller quart cans.


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How does spraying Deft, primarily designed to be applied by brushing,
due to it's formulation, work for you? Any reason you don't use a
traditional nitro lacquer in lieu of Deft?

David

Walt Novinger wrote:

Rumpty wrote:


Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques?



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Rumpty

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I generally let the piece stand in the direct sun for several days (rotating
frequently) to develop a nice, deep color. My usual finish is then Deft
satin lacquer, sprayed on. I put several coats on, sanding all but the last
with a green ScotchBrite pad. I like the feel of this product, and it seems
to protect the wood quite well.

Walt