I've just finished making a coffee table out of cherry. The top has
some excellent grain and I want to show it off as much as possible.
The bad news is my wife had me s-s-s-s-stain it. "American Cherry ".
(Actually, it looks real nice, but there's something about staining
this wood that just ain't right). Anyway, having lost that battle with
the Mrs., now comes the moment of truth of putting a top coat on it.
The requirements (also from the Mrs.) a

-show off the grain
-keep as much of a satin sheen as possible

Any suggestions for the final finish?

Flame resistant suit is now deployed for having the audacity to stain
this beautiful wood. But, this was a fight I wasn't going to win.

Try Waterlox satin. Should meet all of your requirements

On 14 Jan 2005 07:18:53 -0800, "
wrote:

I've just finished making a coffee table out of cherry. The top has
some excellent grain and I want to show it off as much as possible.
The bad news is my wife had me s-s-s-s-stain it. "American Cherry ".
(Actually, it looks real nice, but there's something about staining
this wood that just ain't right). Anyway, having lost that battle with
the Mrs., now comes the moment of truth of putting a top coat on it.
The requirements (also from the Mrs.) a

-show off the grain
-keep as much of a satin sheen as possible

Any suggestions for the final finish?

Flame resistant suit is now deployed for having the audacity to stain
this beautiful wood. But, this was a fight I wasn't going to win.
Finishing formula:

Strip it, sand it down, put a coat of oil on it and show it to SWMBO.
If she doesn't like it, replace SWMBO.
TWS

Waterlox satin is fine, but I see better grain and calrity with
Waterlox original. With either, you can adjust the sheen to the level
you want with steel wool and minwax paste wax,

wrote:
I've just finished making a coffee table out of cherry. The top has
some excellent grain and I want to show it off as much as possible.
The bad news is my wife had me s-s-s-s-stain it. "American Cherry
".

You know, I hate to say it, but some of my fellow wood workers are real
pussies. **** her. If she wants a stained Cherry Coffee table, tell
her to get off her ass and build one.
After you do that, can I have all your stuff after you get kicked out?

I think staining it is fine. You probably want to put some Tung oil on
first to hep pop that grain a bit more. I don't think you can put a
water finish over that though.

I would do hand wiped poly finish. Just get some oil based gloss poly.
Mix it 50% with mineral spirits. Apply with a foam brush and wipe down
with a smooth lint free rag. I'd do 2 coats. Then super light hand
sand, or even wet sand with 400 or 600. Apply final coat. Apply wax
with 0000 steel wool and then buf to the sheen you want.

Of course try on samples that are stanied and sanded the same as the
real piece to start.

On 14 Jan 2005 09:53:51 -0800, "Larry Bud"
wrote:


You know, I hate to say it, but some of my fellow wood workers are real
pussies. **** her. If she wants a stained Cherry Coffee table, tell
her to get off her ass and build one.
After you do that, can I have all your stuff after you get kicked out?
ROTFLMAO!
TWS

On 14 Jan 2005 08:27:22 -0800, the inscrutable "Rob Ritch"
spake:

Try Waterlox satin. Should meet all of your requirements

....once deglossed with 0000 steel wool and paste wax.
(Satin is still waaaaay too shiny for my tastes, so I use
Original and degloss from there.)


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I think staining it is fine. You probably want to put some Tung oil on
first to hep pop that grain a bit more.

Oil based stain is just oil with pigment. What would be the point of
putting unpigmented oil on first?

"toller" wrote in message
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I think staining it is fine. You probably want to put some Tung oil on
first to hep pop that grain a bit more.

Oil based stain is just oil with pigment. What would be the point of
putting unpigmented oil on first?


So his wife will say, "Oh, that's beautiful" and he won't have to put the
stain on???

wrote in message
oups.com...
I've just finished making a coffee table out of cherry. The top has
some excellent grain and I want to show it off as much as possible.
The bad news is my wife had me s-s-s-s-stain it. "American Cherry ".
(Actually, it looks real nice, but there's something about staining
this wood that just ain't right). Anyway, having lost that battle with
the Mrs., now comes the moment of truth of putting a top coat on it.
The requirements (also from the Mrs.) a

-show off the grain
-keep as much of a satin sheen as possible

Any suggestions for the final finish?

You stained cherry, so it's already finished.

Build another table without staining it and ask the question again.

- Owen -

Have read that WB is fine over oil based stuff as long as it is fully
cured.

On 14 Jan 2005 10:20:26 -0800, "SonomaProducts.com"
wrote:

I think staining it is fine. You probably want to put some Tung oil on
first to hep pop that grain a bit more. I don't think you can put a
water finish over that though.