Reply by Dan Krager

Posted on Birch

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#1 posted 12-19-2012 12:54 AM

I’d like to know myself. The best results I’ve had are from many coats of shellac, or a few coats of oil base polyurethane. In this soft wood there is nothing but the finish gonna hold that bark on. Very fragile.
DanK

-- Dan Krager, Olney IL http://www.kragerwoodworking.weebly.com One should always prefer the probable impossible to the improbable possible.

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