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Item: Finishes & Finishing Techniques
Code: 111
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Description: The best woodwork in the world can be let down by a sub-standard finish. This collection of articles from Fine Woodworking is the book to go for if you want to go further with your finishing techniques. A chapter on preparation covers sanding, grain filling, sealing and filling. Colouring wood by dying, staining, fuming and bleaching are outlined. There are several articles on hand finishing followed by four on spray finishing. 'Special' finishes such as aged, painted, food-safe are also included. Perhaps the best finish of all (for those who hate finishing) is the short discussion of the no-finish finish - just leave your work to acquire its time-created colourings and patina.

Contents:
Surface preparation
    - Sanding in stages
    - Fill the grain for a glass-smooth finish
    - Sealers - secret for finishing success
    - Using wood putty
Coloring Wood
    - Changing the color of wood
    - Dry-brushing wood stains
    - Mix your own oil stains
    - For vibrant color, use wood dyes
    - Glazes and toners
    - Fuming with ammonia
    - Using wood bleach
Hand finishing
    - Finishing brushes
    - A hand-rubbed oil finish
    - Two-day lustrous oil finish
    - Padding on shellac
    - Padding lacquer
    - Making a case for varnish
    - Rubbing out a finish
    - Rejuvenating with wax
Spray Finishing
    - Taking the spray-finish plunge
    - Which spray system is right for you?
    - Build a HVLP turbine with a vacuum motor
    - Techniques for blemish-free spraying
Water-Based Finishes
    - New water-based finishes
    - Using waterborne finishes
Special Techniques
    - Finish cherry without blotches
    - Making wood look old
    - Creating an antique painted finish
    - Better painted furniture
    - Repairing a worn finish without refinishing
    - Burning in invisible repairs
    - Which finishes are food safe?
    - A case against finishing

Softcover, 201 pages, full colour, lots of good photos
From Fine Woodworking magazine
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