Ethans Choosing Guide To Keep To When Shopping For Unfinished Wood Furniture

Staining unfinished wood furniture can be pretty easy once you know what to do.   Here are some tips that you will find very useful. 

Gently sand the whole piece to remove any dirt or pencil marks which occurred during shipping plus remove the dust with a tack cloth or damp rag.

 If staining a soft wood, apply a sanding sealer so it accepts the stain more evenly. Let dry as directed plus sand as above. 

 Apply the stain along with a foam brush and let as much of it soak into the wood as possible before wiping the excess off. Repeat the step till the desired depth of color is achieved. 

Once the stain dries (approximately twelve hours), apply 2 coats of floor varnish or polyurethane to provide the surface durability. Be sure to permit the finish to dry between layers; sand gently and take away any dust prior to brushing on the next coat.  

 The majority of unfinished furniture is ready to finish.  Sanding is a precautionary step.  If you see burrs or routing fuzz, they need to be sanded out. Best recommendation is to inspect the furniture; if rough sand a whole lot, if not sand a little (if you overly sand, you'll polish the wood and the stain can not take).  

All sides of solid wood furniture must be sealed. If you don't the bottom will dry out plus be at the mercy of cracking or warping.     Poly may even be wiped on along with a rag which works well for turned leg chairs.  You additionally can brush on plus wipe off with your hand. Foam brushes work the best; they are low cost plus  disposable plus leave no brush marks.  

 Polyurethane's can continue to harden over 30 days. We recommend you use your furniture gently till a month has passed.   Work on 1 surface at a time long even brush strokes. Work in a well ventilated area.  Follow Makers Labels plus precautions.   Select unfinished wood furniture here.

Polyurethane is the hardest finishing material on the market to the consumer (they use it on Gym floors).  You are able to use water based polyurethane's over oil based stains if you let the oil based stained furniture dry for 2 to four days. There's a large difference in qualities of water based polyurethane's ("General Finishes" plus "Zar" are the ideal we discovered plus we have found NO water based stains that we would recommended - they all raise the grain of the wood)  where as most name brand oil based polys are pretty equal.