Finishes & Finishing Techniques: Professional Secrets for Simple & Beautiful Finish

by Fine Woodworking Magazine

Book Overview

This volume will enable you to get pro-quality finishes every time. Each type of finish and technique is presented in a clear and accessible way. You'll get complete coverage of smoothing and preparing surfaces, changing the color of wood with dyes, pigments, and stains, polishing finishes to a high gloss, spray finishing, and repairing damaged finishes. Some of the finishes are just about foolproof. All finishes in Finishes &...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561582980
• ISBN13: 9781561582983
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

We can all learn new tricks

The book is filled with secrets, tips, tricks and techniques of the all elusive perfect finish.Even after 35 years in cabinet making I found the chapters well researched and extremely informative.Did you ever find yourself saying, "Oh yeah... that's how that works!"? You'll say that a few times when reading this one.

Very Useful Book

I found the book quite comprehensive, including information on how the "pros" do it. I was not interested in obtaining the finish found on most medium-quality furniture (lacquer applied with a hvlp spray gun). I wanted to learn about French polishing, finishing with shellac, dying vs. staining wood - generally, how to create fine hand-rubbed finishes. This book explains how. It also told you where to obtain hard-to-find materials.

Great book for getting started!!

This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to get started in woodworking, or is just unsure on proper techniques of finnishing. Finnishing is often thought of as its own hobby by itself, and with the numerous options and approaches to make beautiful furniture, the confusion ends here with this book. Its easy to understand, takes out the guess work, even also covers such tricky problems as dents and holes, and explains how to fool someone's eyes into thinking that there was never such a defect. Recommended for all ages!