Joe McMahon
12-02-2011, 7:58 PM
I just received a Beall polishing kit. My question is this:
When do you polish? Say for example I turned a cherry peppermill and was planning on using some Watco dark walnut, oil based stain on it, would I stain it before or after polishing? I ask because if it is first polished, then the pores are more closed and it shouldn't absorb the stain as readily. If I stain first, won't the polishing remove the stain?
When do you polish? Say for example I turned a cherry peppermill and was planning on using some Watco dark walnut, oil based stain on it, would I stain it before or after polishing? I ask because if it is first polished, then the pores are more closed and it shouldn't absorb the stain as readily. If I stain first, won't the polishing remove the stain?