According to what the "Better Half " wants. Chair sitting behind it is a "Trash Pile" find, needs a seat pad to go on the plywood "seat".     One coat of Minwax Ebony, just painted on, no wipe-off.   She even liked the blotchiness!    Might go back and redo them edges, IF she allows me to....

Was finished outside, on the front porch.    That way, the neighbors can smell the stuff, instead of it stinking up my house.   Now, my daughter wants one, as well....( just never ends, does it)

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

Nice!

I have never used Minwax's Ebony finish.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Steve, the black finish looks cool and old, are you going to leave it flat like that or is there still some clear that is going over it?

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Homes For Our Troops and Wounded Warriors Project

No idea yet on "final " finish.    Haven't been told, yet....

Plywood was a luann plywood, blotches worse than the Pine did.   She is after a "lived in" look, almost a Primative Look.  She has a "Pantry Cupboard"  and a Chimmeney Cupboard in the kitchen done the same way.     Jst those two were done with a paint that costs  a lot more than a small pint of stain...

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...