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This mission coffee table was my first serious project. Had a heck of a time getting the finish right. I think I sanded the whole thing down 3 times. Oh well, learning experience! All white oak, qtrd. 2”x2” ceramic tiles in each corner.
Regarding the finish: I was trying to used a gel stain, and it just wasn’t working out. Ended up with using a dye, which is what I use primarily now.































19 comments so far
brunob
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posted 606 days ago
Well, your hard work paid off. Beautiful.
-- Bruce from Central New York
teenagewoodworker
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posted 606 days ago
wow that is wonderful. the finish came out beautifully too.
Grumpy
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posted 606 days ago
Very nice job Pashley. Excellent effort for a first project.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Scott Bryan
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posted 606 days ago
Very nice post. I am a fan of mission style furniture. You did a good job on this.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
WoodRivWW
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posted 606 days ago
Pashley,
Lovely work!
Please describe what you tried and what you learned from your finishing experiments.
Thanks.
-- Hailey, ID
Dominic Vanacora
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Very Nice work, but don’t take it too serious, its enjoyabe and fun so its not work. Unless you want it to be. Nice projects they came out perfect. I like the corner tiles. Nice touch.
-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.
Napaman
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posted 606 days ago
looks great….did you carve the corners???
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
ND2ELK
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posted 606 days ago
Beautiful job on the table. Tiles in corners is a nice touch. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Thos. Angle
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posted 606 days ago
Excellent! Nice touch on the corners.
-- Thos. Angle
Douglas Krueger
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posted 606 days ago
Patrick,
Nice first project and don’t fret, woodworking is all about experimenting and learning; I never make mistakes, only experience numerous educational opportunities (Hardknocks U).
The clean lines of Mission furniture have an appeal all their own.
-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles
GaryK
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posted 606 days ago
Looks like you did a real serious job on it too! Very nice.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
rikkor
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posted 605 days ago
Very nice. I like the details on the corners. Did you carve them?
griff
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posted 605 days ago
Very nice table , corners looks great
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
Jon3
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posted 605 days ago
A mission finish can be tricky, especially if the idea of ammonia fuming is as scary to you as it is to me.
Your table looks like it came out great though.
Cedrus
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posted 595 days ago
A very beautiful table. The grain on top looks like the Japanese ‘jin-di-sugi’ finish. Nice! You color and grain matched perfectly!
-- Cedrus of British Columbia
pashley
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posted 595 days ago
Thank-you very much. :)
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grovemadman
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posted 581 days ago
This is a really nice table, I like the mission style furniture myself… simple yet it has character. Great Job!
-- --Chuck
jeanmarc
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posted 520 days ago
Very nice table.Very Nice work
-- jeanmarc manosque france
BillF
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posted 481 days ago
Very nice. I like mission style pieces myself. I’m also going to try using dyes on the end table I’m working on now. Thanks for the post.
-- Master of my domain (My wife says so).