Finishes and Finishing Techniques: Professional Secrets for Simple and Beautiful Finishes





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by: Taunton Press, Fine Woodworking

Topics include: padding lacquer, waterborne finishes, waterborne products, red oak panels, unmixed oils, super blond, blond shellac, synthetic steel wool, vinyl sealers, based finishes, universal tinting colors, ground stain, paste wood filler, tung oil finishes, tinted wax, pigmented stains, based putties, external mix, alcohol dyes, woodworking catalogs, grain fillers, water soluble dyes, shellac flakes, pore fillers, surrounding finish

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Book Description Finishing often seems to require more alchemy than skill. This book takes the magic and guesswork out of finishing by collecting the best recent material on finishing written by experts ranging from finishing chemists to America's best amateur woodworkers. These are practical solutions and accessible finishes, enabling anyone to get a great looking finish every time. Chapters include surface preparation, hand finishing tools and techniques, coloring wood, and special techniques. This is a must-have reference for weekend refinishers and woodworkers alike.

Surface Values: Finishes & Finishing Techniques is part of Taunton Press' essentials of woodworking series. It is the first of two compilations from Fine Woodworking that cover a wide variety of finishing techniques and styles. This wide spread of material, and the variety of opinions that a collection of articles can present make this a valuable resource for the woodworker, although I think that a good introductory book is still a necessity. Fine Woodworking articles are written for practitioners with a certain amount of experience and confidence, exploring a lot of the variations that are possible. This can be overwhelming for someone who just wants to put a nice finish on that all-important first project. The structure of the book is straightforward - sections on surface preparation, coloring wood, hand finishing, spray finishing, water-based finishes, and special techniques. I found the special techniques particularly interesting in that it provided an approach to blotch free cherry finishing that has become the basis for most of the finishing I do. There are also some articles on aging, antiquing, and repairs. And even an article on not finishing at all which is a bit eye-opening. This is all good, well-written material, but don't expect to absorb it in one sitting. When you are contemplating a new project this is one of the best resources for finding solutions and coming up with a new approach rather than the same old rubbing finish.

Reviews:

Great Book for Your Shop Library: If you are reading these, you're probably like me - looking for a good finish book that's easy to read and follow and that has good pictures to help. Well this is the book! This is a great resource book on all aspects of finishing wood. Jeff covers everything from different ways to prepare the wood to the various ways to color wood, fill the pores, and finally to the application of the top finish. The book has hundreds of beautiful pictures which he uses in addition to the very descriptive verbal explainations of each process. I like the addition of the special "summary tips" on each subject and the highlighted "Pro and Con" list on each process. In the last chapter he has a step by step outline of how the information covered in the previous chapters can be applied to a specific project. I don't think that you will regret purchasing this book. I use mine frequently. Hope this helps you make a decision. Happy woodworking!

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