Any thoughts on a top coat (please don't say shellac) for a sealer after
many coats Woodmasters tung oil? Do you think wax is the best option?
If I'm happy with my finish, I was thinking about duplicating this for
an end table. I don't like wax for a top coat for a table... I've always
used poly or lacquer.
Big missing link here... it's curly maple. I personally have always used
veneers for curly maple. For some reason (other than a higher quality,
bookmatched, expensive look) it has always looked sleek. Also, simply
BLO and lacquer has proven effective to get the look I wanted out of
veneers.
I wanted my product to look more like a guitar finish, but rustic. I also
wanted the grain to be random, and have the flames matching from board
to board, more than the grain pattern. Selecting these boards was a
bit tricky, since they were rough cut, but I matched it up how I wanted
it to look, thankfully.
Trying to wrap this up... I sampled poly and lacquer (and shellac; but
do not use this for a table!) over my finish. It seems to make the
grain more 2 dimensional again. I can't seem to keep the "pop" like
the veneers kept.
Thanks for any thoughts and input,
Carl
By the way... don't know if I'd use Woodmasters again; Woodlox doesn't
disappoint. If it's not broke, why fix it?
Well, I wanted to try something off the shelf from my local hardware store...