FinishingWood Finishing Techniques and Advice
Speed up drying with a lacquer additive
Monday, 09 March 2009 15:30
It’s winter and it’s cold. All finishes dry and harden slower in cold temperatures. Some, such as conversion varnish, don’t cure properly at all.
Start planning if you’re going to finish
Thursday, 05 February 2009 15:45
Finishing can be a very challenging step in creating anything made of wood.
Test to see if your bond is inseparable
Tuesday, 30 December 2008 21:05
No occurrence in finishing is worse than having layers of finish peel or chip from each other or from the wood, especially after a job has been delivered and installed.
Spot finishing can be win-win situation
Tuesday, 02 December 2008 17:23
Finishers are generally familiar with blushing in lacquer, a cloudy white appearance in a lacquer coating caused by a reaction with moisture. What many don’t know, however, is that water and alcohol spots or rings are chemically identical to blushing, and can be removed the same way. Even the marks left by a hot pizza box placed on the conference table can be treated similarly.
Proper spray gun pressure is quick, easy
Tuesday, 04 November 2008 17:10
If you run your spray gun off a compressor, you know you have an infinite range of pressure you can use. Too little pressure, however, and you don’t get the best atomization — you get orange peel. Too much pressure, and you waste material because of excessive bounce-back.
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