Hiya Folks,
Been thinking long and hard the past few days about how I plan to finish a
log bed I am nearing completion on.
It's out of pine logs that were draw knifed and now being sanded. I don't
want to stain it but was thinking that maybe
a touch of amber to elicit that old pine look might be nice. Thinking I
was going to try tung oil as I've never used it
although I just read Flexner's piece on tung oil and it just doesn't sound
very appealing (durability, etc...). Thought about
shellac as that's just about my favorite finish but lord, I really don't
want to pad a whole bed's worth . Thought about
Watco Natural (Varnish/Oil?) and that's probably still in the running.
I've got a conventional sprayer that I've never used
for anything other than latex and just got a Critter so thinking about
trying to spray the shellac. How hard is this? Are there
any other suggestions for how to finish this thing? I will be making
matching end tables etc... so whatever I do will have to be
repeated a few times. Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
cc