Finally!!! The last part of the refinishing series is here!! Seems like I’ve been wearing the same shirt for weeks now. In this video, I give a brief overview of my spray finishing techniques as well as provide a few tricks of the trade.
Refinishing Pt. 1
Refinishing Pt. 2
Refinishing Pt. 3
Refinishing Pt. 4
Refinishing Pt. 5
Refinishing Pt. 6
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21 Responses to “3- Refinishing (Pt. 6)”
G’day,
I’ve been enjoying your movies, but the last one was more waffling than anything else, it didn’t really show anything.
Keep up the good work, but more instruction and less waffle would be better.
Gidday MArc
I have looked foward to your show over the past few weeks and have been really enjoying it. WELL DONE!!!
I now consider myself a fan of your show!!! Keep focused on your vision & imparting great information for all of us keen to learn.
Thank you for being a part of keeping the craft well and truely alive!!!
Looking foward to more from the WoodWhisperer
Regards Lou :-)
Great stuff! I have many videos to watch before I catch up with all of them, but just wanted to post a note and congratulate you on your work. Thanks for this stuff.
Wow! Where have I been. Goggled “edge tape” and found your site. I intend to go through your entire archive list. Thanks for your (and your wife’s) efforts. Ray
You are awesome. You should have a show on cable. I would definitely watch. Keep up the good work!
Do you use catalyzed lacquer? Pre or post-catalyzed? also what brand do you use and where do you get it? What’s the difference between a 3 and 4 stage hvlp turbine and what does a stage mean?
Thanks
jdog
I used Sherwin Williams Pre-Cat CAB Acrylic for that project. And the only real difference between 3 and 4-stage is the power level (air flow). I am not too familiar with the construction of the motor and fan assemblies myself so what 3 and 4 mean in terms of the motor, I couldn’t really tell you.
Man.. I was waiting for you to show off how easily the table leaf mechanism worked! After the two person struggle in the first vid.. lol
Ha! I was waiting for the climactic leaf opening at the end, and then: nada! I feel like I have blue-eyes now, what a tease! Seriously, great vids, I’m looking forward to going through the rest. Your mixture of entertainment and information is great and the fact that you can call ‘em as you see ‘em makes this way better than any TV show.
So was I! What I expected to see was Marc going flying accross the screen with Nicole looking at him arms crossed and head cocked looking on in disbelief.
Again, all refinish watched, great job, learn a lot, thanks.
Hi Marc!! Great videos, you don’t know how much I’m learning. Thanks. I’m also improving my English vocabulary…anyway: I had never heard about SHELLAC (I’m new in woodworking and I didn’t know the word), I´ve been searching around and I’ve found out that is really good for finishing, specially for using it with baby’s toys:
http://www.brightestyoungthing.....h-shellac/
My question is: Why isn’t it more used and known? and is it very shiny? As much as varnish? Can’t it be used for the whole table? Why is lacquer better?
Thanks a lot.
Hey Simon. There are many woodworkers who use shellac as their primary finish. Its an old finish, that has generally fallen out of favor amongst woodworkers simply because of the availability of more durable varieties of varnish. Varnish is generally more forgiving and beginner-friendly to apply. But in my world, shellac is an incredibly useful finish although I am guilty of never using it as a final topcoat. I just always preferred lacquers and varnishes.
Yes it is very shiny and can be buffed to a super gloss, which you will see referred to as a French Polish. So in that way, it can be even “shinier” than varnish.
It can indeed be used on an entire table, but you do want to be sure this table won’t see a lot of spills and alcohol. Obviously, alcohol will dissolve the finish.
Lacquer, depending on which type you use, may not necessarily be better. But the type of lacquer I use (pre-catalyzed CAB acrylic), is simply more durable.
Marc,
Enjoyed the refinishing video with your project. would like to see you working on a veneered piece? I am looking forward to the Webinar with Charles Neil. Like your approach. who’s the techno geek who keeps the site going. Have a afamily heirloom that a client wants redone. Not quite the quality of material as in the mahogany table, but it is important to this family. got a few different things to look at when I do this. You aren’t originally from Massachusetts are you. Heard a little “Norm” in your discussions LOL.
Hey Thomas. Veneers can be a little tricky since you have a major risk of either burning through the veneer or causing it to life. Hopefully you can just scrape the finish off and give it a light sanding and call it done. But each piece tends to play by its own rules. You never quite know what you are going to encounter until you get in there.
Glad you are looking forward to the Charles Neil collaboration. We are very excited about it too!
And believe it or not, I am the techno-geek who keeps the show running. From the site, the blog posts, the filming, the editing….I do it all.
And I am actually from NJ, so you might hear a little of that accent once in a while. :)
Wow, another geek turned woodjock, and so successful at it too! I worked in Dell’s engineering dept for years, then web consulting, and now I’m effectively a tinker into robotic and… woodwork!? Is this becoming a trend?
Amazing results with the refinishing work. I think I would actually call it more of a rebuilding job. It looks like a new piece!
just rekindled my interest in wood working a few months ago and this set of videos made it possible for me to remove a marred finish from my living room end table that had driven my wife crazy. I corrected it and now I am King of the castle again. (as long as I keep dust and noise from my shop out of the house)
Really enjoyed the web site and have been working my way through the podcast starting at number one
Can’t wait for the new ones
Walt
Did you apply a stain after filling the pores and resanding?
If the legs were also mahogany would you need to fill the pores there also?
If I recall correctly on this one, I didn’t put any stain on the top at all.
And the legs are really optional. But if I was going for a high gloss finish, I would also do a pore fill on the legs.
Thanks for the tips Mark
I finished watching this series of pod-casts a little while ago, i have some old furniture that has been handed down from my mom and her parents, it is good to know that it is possible to refinish them. Maybe when i get some free time, i can work on refinishing one drawer (front only, of course) at a time.
I really appreciate the effort you put into the videos for us.