Bob Nieman
05-27-2005, 10:44 PM
I have been commissioned to make some shelves for the local public library. I have to try and match existing shelves. The original shelves are solid wood, probably birch. I need to keep to a budget (and am not prepared for gluing up wide panels). So far I have some really nice birch plywood (not baltic, but not home depot either) that I am edging with maple (tongue and groove, 3/4" wide). So far so good, but I will soon need to start finishing them.
I pretty much need to keep to what is readily available in my little corner of the world. Min-Wax "driftwood" is the closest stain I could find. I intend to use the pre-conditioner (although the existing shelving is pretty blotchy), then the stain (testing on scraps first, of course). I was thinking about some boiled linseed oil after the stain, because the maple has some nice figure to it. I haven't seen anything that mentions using BLO after stain--is that OK?
(that's the question I have for y'all)
I'll be putting poly over it (I need something that will hold up to abuse). I am just doing this for the cost of materials.
Thanks,
I pretty much need to keep to what is readily available in my little corner of the world. Min-Wax "driftwood" is the closest stain I could find. I intend to use the pre-conditioner (although the existing shelving is pretty blotchy), then the stain (testing on scraps first, of course). I was thinking about some boiled linseed oil after the stain, because the maple has some nice figure to it. I haven't seen anything that mentions using BLO after stain--is that OK?
(that's the question I have for y'all)
I'll be putting poly over it (I need something that will hold up to abuse). I am just doing this for the cost of materials.
Thanks,