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Cherry - Finishing, Staining Suggestions
Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light
and dark/stained finishing techniques? -- Rumpty Radial Arm Saw Forum: http://forums.delphiforums.com/woodbutcher/start - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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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. -------------------------------------- PESSIMIST: An optimist with experience -------------------------------------------- www.diversify.com - Web Database Development |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... 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. -- -Mike- |
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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 |
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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? |
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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! -- Rumpty Radial Arm Saw Forum: http://forums.delphiforums.com/woodbutcher/start - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... 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. -------------------------------------- PESSIMIST: An optimist with experience -------------------------------------------- www.diversify.com - Web Database Development |
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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"? -------------------------------------- PESSIMIST: An optimist with experience -------------------------------------------- www.diversify.com - Web Database Development |
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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 |
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Rumpty wrote:
Anyone care to share your finishing suggestions for Cherry? Natural/light and dark/stained finishing techniques? -- Rumpty Radial Arm Saw Forum: http://forums.delphiforums.com/woodbutcher/start - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 |
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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. -------------------------------------- PESSIMIST: An optimist with experience -------------------------------------------- www.diversify.com - Web Database Development |
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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? -- Rumpty Radial Arm Saw Forum: http://forums.delphiforums.com/woodbutcher/start - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 |
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