All varieties of wood have their own properties.
Used to construct our homes, furniture and playthings, wood is more than just a building material. It has unequaled depth and beauty when a finish is correctly applied to it. Some types of wood are hard, some are soft, others have interesting patterns in their grains, still others are known to contain an overabundance of "knots." Whatever type of wood you are finishing, you will follow the same steps in the same order. Vary the type of wood, the color of stain, or the type and hue of the protective finish to make your wood finishing project one of a kind.
Instructions
1. Apply stain to a sanded, dust-free wood surface. Brush stain on with a medium size paint brush and wipe off the excess with a soft cloth. Allow the stain to dry for the time recommended by the stain manufacturer.
2. Brush varnish or shellac onto the surface of the wood. Brush fast-drying shellac along the grain and varnish across the grain. Complete the application by brushing lightly along the grain of the wood, to smooth out the shellac or varnish.
3. Allow shellac to dry for approximately two hours and varnish to dry overnight.
4. Gently rub the surface with super fine steel wool, grade 000. This will remove small imperfections and smooth out the surface. Wipe off the resulting dust with a tack cloth or a static-duster. For the smoothest surface, ensure that you remove all the sanding dust.
5. Repeat Steps 2 through 4, for a total of one coat of stain and two coats of shellac or varnish.
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