It’s often said that wood finishing is more of an art form than a science. Especially when everything, from humidity to temperature, can effect how a finish turns out. And when it comes to guitar finishes, they are no exception. Even thinly applied lacquers, poly, and oil finishes can get caught out by an age
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Pine is a popular wood for framing thanks to it’s surprising stability. There’s very little that can cause this softwood to warp and twist — not even changes in humidity. Yet, despite this, Pine wood is not a rot-resistant timber. And if it’s exposed to the rainy/heat cycles of the great outdoors, it can start
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Spar Urethane is one of the most water-resistant exterior wood sealers you can easily get your hands on. This wood sealer is so weatherproof that it’s widely used on outdoor decking and garden furniture. So, if you want a durable low maintenance way to protect that coat of paint, why wouldn’t you seal it with
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Wood stains are an easy way to enhance the texture of grain. And a penetrating oil-based stain will give wood a durable coat of fantastic color. Now, stains typically take around 12-24 hours to dry. But what if, after days have passed, that stain is still fairly sticky? Can you seal it with polyurethane regardless?
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Bubbles in wood finishes is one of the most frequent questions we get emailed about here at The Woodwork Place. And it is a wood finishing problem that crops up every so often, regardless of what type of oil-based finish you’re using. From varnishes to polyurethane to oil finishes, air bubbles can sometimes get caught
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We all know that wood finishing can sometimes turn out to be tricky, even at the best of times. Hours of work can become ruined when a finish turns out less than perfect. For example, lets say your shellac finish has turned out exactly as you imagined…except for one thing; it’s pockmarked by little tiny
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It’s not an uncommon wood finishing problem, but it can be the most annoying one to have to deal with. From polyurethane to shellac to oil finishes, all of them can sometimes fall foul of air bubbles marring their smooth final coat. Now usually, as long as varnish dries slowly, air bubbles should pop all
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It’s one of the most common problems with wood finishing. Little air bubbles can sometimes end up marring an otherwise smooth final top coat. And it’s an issue that can often crop up when applying Spar Urethane. Worse still, if those air bubbles still haven’t popped — long after Spar Urethane’s dried — then those
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It was all going so well. You took the painstaking time to apply every coat of polyurethane. And you made sure to lightly sand between each coat to get that really smooth final finish. But, now the final coat of polyurethane has dried and cured, things haven’t quite worked out the way you’d hoped. Instead
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There are only really a handful of wood types that work well as unfinished fretboard material. Why? Well, because fretboards are cut pretty thinly, so they need to be made from wood that’s fairly dense and hard. On top of that, if wood is to be left unfinished, it needs to be naturally durable and
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