Greetings - I am new to this august gathering of woodworking wisdom. My families heritage (the tradition broken by the loss of m Grandfather during world war 2) was in creating wooden musical instruments such as violins.
My wife and I recently purchased an old (150 years) Michigan home. We are intent on refinishing some of its cherrywood features, such as the staircase pictured herein. What would help us most is a layman's type step-by-step guide on how to go about refinishing and preserving the homes antique cherrywood. We do not want to alter the woods color, what we do want is a smart means of presenting its natural beauty at its best, and preserving it for many decades to come.
The stairs are as you see them in the pictures sanded to 150 grit. I plan on sanding them again with 220 grit--hoping that that will be adequate.
Advance thanks,
Michael
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