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Any Stock Finishers here ? I have a couple questions
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<blockquote data-quote="1snowcat" data-source="post: 2921966" data-attributes="member: 23088"><p>No expert here but, I worked in a custom cabinet shop for close to 10 yrs... The vertical lines are part of the great part of walnut, (desirable) fiddleback, looks like a very good looking hunk of wood you have there! You might sand to 600 or 800 grit before being perfectly smooth but, the marks you speak of will NOT go away ... Hand rubbed oil finish takes lots of coats to fill but, looks amazing when you are done! Good luck and keep sanding and coating it, the best part is if it's not smooth enough to suit you, just keep sanding with a finer grit til you get the desired look you want, biggest mistake people make is trying to jump from 150 grit to 400 rather than going 150, 180, 220, 320, 400, 600, 800 etc...</p><p></p><p>Bonus is you can take it down and redo any part if you aren't satisfied!</p><p></p><p>After you get the finish where you want it (coating wise), find a stock checkering person to lay out the checkering pattern, or try it yourself (a task that is NOT easy especially on your nice piece of wood for your first time) only finish the checkered area a couple coats to seal it up, just dont go overboard and apply too many coats to the checkered area or it will start to build in the checkering and look terrible..This is where a few is good but, too much finish is a BAD thing...</p><p></p><p>Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil fan here also, and scuff lightly using 0000 steel wool in between coats or use 1200 grit between coats and wipe down with tack cloth to remove small imperfections that get knocked off during the sanding process...</p><p></p><p>I forgot to mention, before you lay finish on it you can lightly wet entire stock, and let air dry, which is essentially raising the grain, and re-sanding entire stock after it dries to smooth out the grain again after it was raised by wetting the stock, using your finest desired grit before applying finish to keep the wood fibers from standing up as much after the first coat of finish is applied.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1snowcat, post: 2921966, member: 23088"] No expert here but, I worked in a custom cabinet shop for close to 10 yrs... The vertical lines are part of the great part of walnut, (desirable) fiddleback, looks like a very good looking hunk of wood you have there! You might sand to 600 or 800 grit before being perfectly smooth but, the marks you speak of will NOT go away ... Hand rubbed oil finish takes lots of coats to fill but, looks amazing when you are done! Good luck and keep sanding and coating it, the best part is if it's not smooth enough to suit you, just keep sanding with a finer grit til you get the desired look you want, biggest mistake people make is trying to jump from 150 grit to 400 rather than going 150, 180, 220, 320, 400, 600, 800 etc... Bonus is you can take it down and redo any part if you aren't satisfied! After you get the finish where you want it (coating wise), find a stock checkering person to lay out the checkering pattern, or try it yourself (a task that is NOT easy especially on your nice piece of wood for your first time) only finish the checkered area a couple coats to seal it up, just dont go overboard and apply too many coats to the checkered area or it will start to build in the checkering and look terrible..This is where a few is good but, too much finish is a BAD thing... Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil fan here also, and scuff lightly using 0000 steel wool in between coats or use 1200 grit between coats and wipe down with tack cloth to remove small imperfections that get knocked off during the sanding process... I forgot to mention, before you lay finish on it you can lightly wet entire stock, and let air dry, which is essentially raising the grain, and re-sanding entire stock after it dries to smooth out the grain again after it was raised by wetting the stock, using your finest desired grit before applying finish to keep the wood fibers from standing up as much after the first coat of finish is applied. [/QUOTE]
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