| Blog series by USCJeff | updated 706 days ago | 3 parts | 1303 reads | 10 comments total |
Part 1: Acetone
Just a quick lesson learned. I buy most chemicals in the bulk quantities. I need a little acetone so I was going to pour into a cup to avoid using the large tub of acetone. I learned that acetone in a Styrofoam cup is much like Styrofoam in a camp fire!
Part 2: Long awaited update
It’s been a while since I’ve put some things I’ve learned in writing. I like the idea of blogs as a type of woodworking journal. It seems I see a lot of cool tricks and tips in articles and forget them pretty quickly. I just got to the point in my woodworking self-education that I now understand that finishing is really what makes the difference b/w good projects and great projects. I’ve done a ton of experimenting over the last few weeks and had a wide range of re...
Part 3: Finishing Wisdom #3 - Trial and Error
In my ongoing pursuit of trying to learn how to finish in a manner that doesn’t remind me of my 2 year old’s coloring, I’ve done some more experimenting. I bought a few dozen board feet of white oak for no particular project. I decided to play around and use several finishing methods to see the outcome. I cut some corners here and there as didn’t sand the way I would if it was a real project, but the results were still a decent representation of the methods. Fini...
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