For staining, varnishing, polyurothaning, etc, what does PrepHole prefer?
Brush vs foam pad?
Oil vs water base?
Any other opinions?
For staining, varnishing, polyurothaning, etc, what does PrepHole prefer?
Brush vs foam pad?
Oil vs water base?
Any other opinions?
oh...oops
shellac vs laquer vs polyurothane?
>shellac
polish one piece
>laquer
spray a bunch of stuff fast
>poly
the finish needs to be strong. Also not as bad as it gets credit for
Hard wax oil is the hype of social media wood polishers these days. It's expensive and can probably be matched by other products with a similar detailed finishing process.
Foam brush oil based stain an poly
oil based poly takes too long to dry, imo. what makes it better than water based?
I've heard that water-based isn't durable ad doen't create as smooth of a surface, but I don't really know. Oil-based definitely gives you a great end product--my parents did their floors with it in the 1980s and they still look and feel god tier. Does anyone know how durable water-based really is?
Boiled linseed oil.
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it depends on the surface/application my Black
do I want protection? is it nice wood or cheap pine? do I want to keep the look? is it a high traffic area? what does the wood around it look like?
>not using real tung oil
ngmi
Stinks really bad when it self combusts in your trash can. At least the smell was so strong it woke me up but I spent like 30 minutes looking for the source before finding it, the smoke was invisible.
why did you put boiled linseed oil in your trash can
burn the rags or set them outside to dry
Based. I thinned some with turpentine and did a few benches and a small deck recently.
Pussy
I use water based everything, I apply all of it with a wadded up sock. It works great, sometimes people talk shit and then they try it and they convert.
shellac, shellac, shellac. you can put whatever you want over top, if it sticks to wood it sticks to shellac
gotta be dewaxed shellac though
I had to stain and poly 30 4'x8' farm tables that I built for a company. I used a gel stain that I didn't like (not my choice). Just splatted it all over the top with a putty knife, then smeared it (neatly, with the grain) with a rag,used a chip brush on the inside angles, let it dry for a couple of days, then used a painter's pad for the water-based varathane. I could do an entire table, top, sides, legs and all (tapered square legs) in about 8 minutes. 2 coats with an hour in between and they were good to go.
YMMV
Personally, I would have used oil-based stain and good ol' varnish, but that's just me.
iron and vinegar for staining wood with low tannins
ammonia fuming for staining wood with high tannins
shellac for shiny
boiled linseed oil for wear surfaces
linseed oil paint for ugly wood
beeswax polish goes on top of anything
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