Wood Finishing and Refinishing Questions
Wood Finishing and Refinishing Questions
Q&A / Wood Finishing and Refinishing Questions /If you have a question about stains, clear coats or stripping paint then this is the place for you. Included in this category is cabinets, fiberglass doors and how to clean off those pesky paint splatters.
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- Furniture Refinishing Questions - Questions about furniture finishing and refinishing.
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- Milk wash on a finished wood ceiling. - I want to milk wash my stained pine t&g ceiling. Do I need to remove the old stain before using the milk wash?
- Staining new fir/oak to match old oak - Hi, I am in the process of getting replacement windows for my 1920's home, which will also likely require replacing the trim as well. The original trim and doors are oak (I think red) with a deep reddish-brown finish which I'm guessing is some com...
- Exterior wood polyurethane - These are a pair of paneled unpainted garage doors that I can't get a nice finish to stick. Brutal sun shrinks and cracks and peels the Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane. The wood had been stripped and sanded before application and was peeling back wi...
- Didn't use conditioner on pine wall before staining... - I got in a hurry trying to finish our basement. We have drywall painted, then we have one wall that is a wide planked pine with a stone fireplace. I didn't condition the wood first (I read that part after I stained and didn't like the result...)...
- Finishing a wood exterior door. - We have a knotty alder front door. It is south facing w/ a short overhang which does not do much to protect it. We are replacing it for the 3rd time due to cracks (thank goodness we're not paying for it). The door is probably sealed with a uret...
- Mismatched stain results. - I made a white oak mantle (stained with Minwax golden oak). A month later built 2 side cabinets out of white oak stained with same can of Minwax. Mantle is a golden shade while the cabinets are not. Any fixes???
- Why did varnish remove my stain? - Can you help me? I recently purchased new wood front doors. I sanded them, stained them, waited a week, then applied marine spar varnish to the top layer. In application, the varnish took off/bleached much of the stain. The original stain color wa...
- Stain over varnish. - I accidentally put stain over recently applied varnish. Will it dry or do I need to remove it?
- Finish on table is sticky. - I have a rustic dining set that I bought at a more expensive furniture store. At some point in time the finish became sticky - so any cloth placed on the table would stick to the surface then leave an imprint in the finish. I would like to refinis...
- Restaining light paneling in RV. - Have RV with light blond paneling. I want to darken to an oak or little darker color.
Is it possible? What do I use?
- Black stain from the rain. - Thank you for the great pro information.
Our problem is that the previous owner of the house we just moved in has let one of the outside doors take the rain and there is now black stains on the bottom. I read on a French website (I'm from there....
- Brush or Roller for Urethane - What to use to apply polyurethane or acrylic urethane?
- Best method to strip a redwood ceiling. - A customer asked me about stripping a 50 year old redwood tongue and groove exterior porch ceiling. It looks like old dried out varnish and there is stain underneath, which will also have to be sanded to restore to original color. My question is w...
- Acrylic indoor colored urethane. - Is it possible to apply an acrylic indoor colored urethane over older acrylic natural colored urethane that has darkened in color(pine wood)to receive a white washed effect?
- Staining outside door. - I want to re-stain my front door. The top half looks fine because it doesn't get the sun like the bottom half. Do I need to strip the stain off my outside door completely even though the bottom half is the only part that needs to be stained due to...
- Clear coat peeling on front door. - My front door is stained and urethaned the stain seems to be still in good shape, mostly peeling on bottom of door where water hits sometimes. Can I just put urethane on bottom of door and blend it?
- Staining and sealing clear coat. - We have a house on the beach and wanted to know if it is alright to stain and put a clear coat on the exterior doors and gates? Is there going to be any problems down the road?
Thanks
- Tung oil refinishing. - About 15 years ago I replaced my interior doors with pine 6 panel doors. I finished them with Tung oil and they came out beautiful.
After 15 years I think I need to refinish them. There are a few scratches and gouges I would like to get rid of...
- How well do some of these wipe-on refinishers really work? - This is my first time here. My cabinets and all my woodwork need some sprucing up. Does anyone really know how well some of these wipe-on refinishers really work and how things look afterward? I am afraid things will end up looking worse then b...
- Darken already stained trim. - I want to darken my walnut stained wood door and trim. Could I rub with dark paint and wipe to give it a rustic look? Or should I lightly sand and go over the existing stain with a black stain to give it the brown/black finish I'm looking for?
- Re-poly T&G cathedral ceiling. - What is the best way to re-poly a T&G ceiling to minimize drips and what is the best poly to use?
- Water based urethane over oil based urethane? - How do I apply this new water based urethane over what I have been using for years?
- Wood cleaning after stripping and prior to refinishing - I've removed several layers of paint and what I believe is shellac from 50 year old doors and trim. After stripper has fully dried I've sanded the wood surfaces, yet there is a gummy residue left on some areas of the wood surfaces. How do I remov...
- Best finish for new clear pine interior on windows. - With all the new products out there, it is hard to find a finish that is best for new wood windows. The windows are nice, fiberglass outside and clear pine inside. What should I use to stain and seal the windows interior? Taking into account windo...
- Staining Dark Wood Ceiling With Whitewash - I have a large room that has a wood beam ceiling that I hate. I would like to know what would be the easiest way to whitewash the ceiling. Could I just use a latex paint and paint it on and then rub it off? I can not tell if the stain is oil based...
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