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Finishing

Discuss the finishing processes and materials used to achieve the perfect finish.

 

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Subforums

  1. Finishing Tips

    Use this sub-forum for Finishing to submit your tips and tricks related to this sometimes complicated subject.

    • 103 posts
    lew
    Refinish or reburbish this finish
    lew,

  2. Finishing Book Reviews

    Please use this forum to enter your book reviews related to Finishing.

    • To fill in the title field of your book review, please use the same title as the book you are reviewing, thank you.
    • 8 posts
    kmealy
    Furniture Repair and Refinishing
    kmealy,

  3. Finishing Archives

    This forum was moved from our old community to our new community, the software change made much of our old content disheveled and the layout looking poor. But we are keeping this forum intact, as we slowly but surely move the old content, to our active Finishing Forum.

  1. Reduced size repairs

    Smallpatch,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
    HARO50
    HARO50

  2. Cherry Finish

    skiler,
    • 24 replies
    • 6.5k views
    Gene Howe
    Gene Howe

  3. TGIF: Watch those dates! Tuesday, December 12, 2017

    kmealy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  4. Warm Brown on Douglas Fir

    Michael Thuman,
    • 8 replies
    • 16.3k views
    Michael Thuman
    Michael Thuman

  5. TGIF: Wood Bleach Tuesday, Dec 5, 2017

    kmealy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  6. Spraying shellac?

    Gene Howe,
    • 13 replies
    • 8k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  7. What's the difference?

    Gene Howe,
    • 2 replies
    • 847 views
    Gene Howe
    Gene Howe

  8. Huh. A $40 way to make worm holes

    kmealy,
    • 11 replies
    • 2.7k views
    HARO50
    HARO50

  9. TGIF: Drips, runs and errors Tuesday, November 28, 2017

    kmealy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  10. TGIF: Metamerism Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017

    kmealy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  11. TGIF : Chatoyance Tuesday, November 14, 2017

    kmealy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.9k views
    steven newman
    steven newman

  12. What would you like to see in a finishing class?

    kmealy,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.5k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  13. Can you stain glue?

    kmealy,
    • 13 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Gene Howe
    Gene Howe

  14. a scroll sawed motorcycle

    Smallpatch,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
    lew
    lew

  15. TGIF Silicone Oil contamination Tuesday, Oct 31,2017

    kmealy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    lew
    lew

  16. Finishing the Finish Oct 26, 2017

    kmealy,
    • 3 replies
    • 696 views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  17. Aging wood

    kmealy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    lew
    lew

  18. Sculpted Clock Complete

    Smallpatch,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.5k views
    John Morris
    John Morris

  19. TGIF Cold weather finishing Tue. Oct 17, 2017

    kmealy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  20. Finishing for 2017

    kmealy,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    p_toad

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