Finishing

Solvent-Resistant Spritz Bottles

January 28, 2022 By George Vondriska & filed under Blog, Finishing, Shop Tips, Uncategorized.

Unlike most off-the-shelf spray bottles, this robust sprayer can handle the solvents you commonly use in your shop.

Fuming Tent Construction

May 13, 2020 By Gary Coyne & filed under Blog, Finishing.

Kitchen ammonia is too weak to efficiently fume your woodworking projects. However, working with 26-30% ammonia can be dangerous. This fuming tent construction plan provides a safe environment to fume your Arts & Crafts furniture. It’s easy to assemble and knocks down to put away when not in use.

How to Safely Fume Your Furniture

May 11, 2020 By Gary Coyne & filed under Blog, Finishing.

If you want your craftsman furniture to stand out, nothing beats the beauty of fuming your wood instead of staining your wood.

How to Create a Simple Veneer Book Match Without Special Tools

January 14, 2020 By Charlie Kocourek & filed under Blog, Finishing.

Applying veneer to your projects is a great and easy way to dress them up. But the real fun begins when you start book matching. Interesting and beautiful panels can be created by different book matched configurations. So, what is book matching? Book matching is when two identical sheets of veneer are placed alongside each…

An “Authentic” Arts and Crafts Finish

September 19, 2012 By Seth Keller & filed under Finishing, Skill Building.

There is actually no single, authentic, “Arts and Crafts finish,” rather many different schools of thought and technique that comprise the totality of the discipline. It seems that people are looking for that radiant, reddish chocolatey finish when uncovering an antique Stickley chair at a garage sale. In my research, I found the original Stickley…

Finish Both Sides of a Door in One Setting

February 3, 2011 By David Munkittrick & filed under Finishing, Skill Building.

Here’s a great way to finish doors large or small. This neat little trick allows me to finish both sides of a door in one setting. It also holds the door horizontally so there are no worries about runs and drips in the finish. The set up is easy. Just screw a hanger bolt in…

Wood Staining Techniques: Stretch That Stain

August 28, 2008 By Seth Keller & filed under Finishing, Skill Building.

Wood Staining Techniques: How to turn that chunky old stain into a finish you can use. A client of mine dropped a large suitcase down her stairs and snapped a spindle on the railing. I was confident the spindle was a stock item at a home store, but I needed to match the stain and…