Posted on alternatives to polyurethane over stain?
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#1 posted 413 days ago |
There are other finishes that could be considered but maple in general (I have no experience with ambrosia maple) is close grained, dense, hard, and really not very friendly to stain. Just about anything you put on it will, like polyurethane, sit on the surface. I suggest you experiment with two finishes: First, use a satin poly. If you have a local paint store like Sherwin Williams, ask them if they can adjust the sheen for you They may be able to flatten it some more. Once your experiment piece has cured—a week maybe—see what you can do to rub it out and reduce the sheen even more. Wet sanding with 600 grit would be one thing I’d try. Another would be 0000 steel wool with some kind of lubricant like natural Watco. Second is wax. Not as good a protectant as poly products, but it gives you much more tactile sense of the wood. Use a good quality paste like MinWax or Johnsons or Liberon—there’s even more to choose from. Be patient in your testing and give your client/bunkie two or three to choose from so she can compare them. Kindly, Lee -- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It" |
