Daniel Rabinovitz
05-23-2005, 3:56 PM
Three step stools made of hard maple sides with cherry steps
Sanded to 150 grit
Raised grain with distilled water
Dye - custom mix = medium walnut with liquitex yellow oxide acrylic artist color
Used rag with gloved hands to schmear the dye into the pores.
Grain was raised slightly by water based dye. But didn't do anything about it.
Coat of BLO cut 50% with thinner - waited two weeks for it to dry - wanted to make sure.
Coat of Zinser Blond dewaxed shellac cut 50% with alcohol
Now, used maroon scrub pad to knock down grain.
First coat of water based polyurethane
Second scrub down with maroon scrub pad
Second coat of water based polyurethane
Sanded to 150 grit
Raised grain with distilled water
Dye - custom mix = medium walnut with liquitex yellow oxide acrylic artist color
Used rag with gloved hands to schmear the dye into the pores.
Grain was raised slightly by water based dye. But didn't do anything about it.
Coat of BLO cut 50% with thinner - waited two weeks for it to dry - wanted to make sure.
Coat of Zinser Blond dewaxed shellac cut 50% with alcohol
Now, used maroon scrub pad to knock down grain.
First coat of water based polyurethane
Second scrub down with maroon scrub pad
Second coat of water based polyurethane