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Finishing Tips

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

Tips Rules

Please read and follow these guidelines before submitting your tips:

  • Please stay on topic related to the original tip submitted.
  • Please do not submit another tip within the same tip topic that was created by another member.
  • Please do not get into the back n forth, regarding how you would've performed the same operation, in other words please stay away from, "what you should of done", "what I would have done", "here is my method" etc etc. It defeats the purpose of individual tips created by each unique woodworker.
  • If you have a different way, or improved way to perform a tip that was already entered by another woodworker, please submit your own version in a separate tip topic.
  • Title your tips accordingly, the title should reflect what the tip is.
  • In addition to the tags you will be using for your tip, please always include a tag "tip".
  • Please submit images with your tips.

  1. Thinning Latex

    Ron Altier,
    • 7 replies
    • 2k views
    smitty10101
    smitty10101

  3. Finishing support

    Gerald,
    • 2 replies
    • 963 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  5. Making brushes with high density foam

    Woodman,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.6k views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  6. Shake, Rattle & Spray

    Grandpadave52,
    • 16 replies
    • 2.4k views
    HARO50
    HARO50

  7. Pigment stains vs. dye

    kmealy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  8. Matching color

    kmealy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    lew
    lew

  9. Removing blush

    kmealy,
    • 1 reply
    • 5.1k views
    lew
    lew

  10. Making Wood Figure "Pop" using Ferric Nitrate with Mark Thomas

    John Morris,
    • 1 reply
    • 4.6k views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  11. Mission Oak Finish

    kmealy,
    • 12 replies
    • 5.3k views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  12. A neat little trick

    Gene Howe,
    • 2 replies
    • 985 views
    kmealy
    kmealy

  13. a staining tip for the woodworker

    Smallpatch,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Gunny
    Gunny

  14. Small Item Finishing Tip

    Smallpatch,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Artie
    Artie

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