22- Live Finishing Q&A
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During the filming of our last podcast I decided to do a quick finishing Q&A with the chat room. I was able to get it all on tape and that’s exactly what this is. Random questions and quick answers. Enjoy.
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10 Responses to “22- Live Finishing Q&A”
Since when do we give Spags crap in the chatroom? much?
Great stuff Marc – a very natural stream of Q&A.
do you have a dedicated finishing room? Can you share how it is set-up? Love your website – TXS
Boy do I wish I had a finishing room. At this point, my finishing room is the back of my shop. One day though, we plan on converting part of our back patio to a finishing room. And of course I will document the whole process.
This was a cool way to get the ustream people over to the site. And if you could push up the patio to finishing room project, that’d be great…save me from my own mistakes. Just kidding, I know how busy you two are already…but..:)
great stuff Marc. i found the website this past weekend so i sat with a couple of six-packs and watched all of the videos. one area of woodworking in which i am weak is finishing so this latest video helped a lot. is there any possibility that you might do a video on air compressors and spraying finishes in depth? perhaps with topics such as choosing good and compatible equipment to proper mixing of the finish and what to look for when the finish leaves the gun, i.e. too thin/too thick.
Hey Marc, could I ask what finish you would recommend for timber cupboards and drawers in my workshop? The timber is dressed pine. I’m thinking some thing strong, durable and needs little love!
Hey Geoff. I actually use my shop furniture as a place to test out all kinds of new finishes, because I consider the surfaces “sacrificial”. But if you’ve built something nice and you want flat out protection, I don’t think you can beat good old polyurethane. Arm-R-Seal is my favorite.
What type of finishing steps is used on a typical Stickley piece made of quarter sawn white oak. I am always amazed when I see those pieces.
The classic way to do this would be with Ammonia Fuming. But these days, its become less and less necessary to deal with the harsh chemicals. There are many dyes out there that will mimic the Stickley look without putting you at risk. Here’s a great article by Jewitt that should explain the process in detail:
http://www.homesteadfinishingp.....3-2009.pdf