Brian Parker
02-13-2014, 2:08 PM
I'm going to be staining a project that I've been working on once the weather warms up a little as I'll need to leave the garage door open a bit to get the smell out by circulating air with a fan. If memory serves me correct this stain needs to have a minimum air temp of 70 so I can heat the garage to that temp with the door open when it's ~60 out.
Anyway onto the nitty gritty... I purchased some ML Campbell WS2-B10 Stain Base stain (not a water base) and had it custom mixed with a darker pigment (think of light burgundy meets brown). The chairs that we had done with this stain were finished with a conversion varnish and came out great but I don't have that product. After they were done I took the remaining stain and all the paperwork so that I could stain the TV stand that I am finishing up now. I lost the paperwork and can only find a two page MSDS sheet on ML Campbell's website. If memory serves me correct it was a good 10 or so pages with detailed temperature and top coating info. Since I can't find this info I thought I'd rely on the knowledge here. I normally stain and then apply Deft but won't be on this project.
The wood is cherry (not sure if it matters) and I plan on sanding to 120 and applying the stain with a rag. After the stain is dry do I need to apply Zinsser Quart Sealcoat Sanding Sealer? I ask as I bought that for a project and never used it so now I have a gallon sitting around that could be put to use. I was going to use General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Urethane Topcoat on the sides and vertical areas. For the top and shelves portion I was planning on using General Finishes High Performance Polyurethane Water Based Top Coat (both in a satin finish). I read where the HP water base is very hard so it should resist scratching more. I don't want to mess something up and then have to strip, sand, clean, and redo the finishing process due to ignorance. Is anyone familiar with this stain / base enough to tell me if I need to use the sanding sealer at all or under one of those topcoats etc? I was planning on putting 3-4 coats of clear to help it stand the test of time.
I've been searching for help on this and apologize if I missed it but I wasn't able to find anything.
Anyway onto the nitty gritty... I purchased some ML Campbell WS2-B10 Stain Base stain (not a water base) and had it custom mixed with a darker pigment (think of light burgundy meets brown). The chairs that we had done with this stain were finished with a conversion varnish and came out great but I don't have that product. After they were done I took the remaining stain and all the paperwork so that I could stain the TV stand that I am finishing up now. I lost the paperwork and can only find a two page MSDS sheet on ML Campbell's website. If memory serves me correct it was a good 10 or so pages with detailed temperature and top coating info. Since I can't find this info I thought I'd rely on the knowledge here. I normally stain and then apply Deft but won't be on this project.
The wood is cherry (not sure if it matters) and I plan on sanding to 120 and applying the stain with a rag. After the stain is dry do I need to apply Zinsser Quart Sealcoat Sanding Sealer? I ask as I bought that for a project and never used it so now I have a gallon sitting around that could be put to use. I was going to use General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Urethane Topcoat on the sides and vertical areas. For the top and shelves portion I was planning on using General Finishes High Performance Polyurethane Water Based Top Coat (both in a satin finish). I read where the HP water base is very hard so it should resist scratching more. I don't want to mess something up and then have to strip, sand, clean, and redo the finishing process due to ignorance. Is anyone familiar with this stain / base enough to tell me if I need to use the sanding sealer at all or under one of those topcoats etc? I was planning on putting 3-4 coats of clear to help it stand the test of time.
I've been searching for help on this and apologize if I missed it but I wasn't able to find anything.