Hi everyone,
I'm working on two pieces of furniture for my baby boy's room who will be arriving in a few months. One is a dresser that will act as the changing table. The other is a tall book case. For the dresser, the carcass will be made of hard maple, and the drawer fronts will be made of curly maple. For the book case, everything will be hard maple, but the front edges of the shelves will be curly maple.
I built two end tables a while back and used Minwax Polyshades because it was the only thing that wouldn't blotch (or so I thought at the time). I hated the stuff and don't want to go back. For these pieces, I would like the hard maple parts to be a somewhat medium dark color. I want the curly maple to really contrast and be a more natural color, while it's grain pops.
Can anyone help me with a finishing method for the two types of wood? I don't have a spraying system. I hear a lot about BLO and such, but I don't know what that is. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tim