The end of end tables
October 18, 2013 4 Comments
Last week before a trip to Dallas, I finished off the end tables. They are now proudly setting in my family room on either end of my sofa. The following photos are of the end tables just after being waxed.
I love these end tables! Would you mind sharing your finishing recipe? By the way, I shared this on my site: http://woodworkingdaily.com/152/the-end-of-end-tables
Sean, The finishing regime is as follows.
1. sanding the surface with 120, 180, 220 grit sandpaper.
2. One coat of boiled linseed oil wet sanded into the surface with 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper.
4. four coats of satin Pratt & Lambert 38 thinned with 50% mineral spirits so it can be wiped on.
5. wet sanded with 1500 grit Mirlon to remove dust nibs.
6. four more coats of the thinned P&L.
7. another round of wet sanding with 1500 grit Mirlon.
8. One coat of natural Liberon Black Bison wax.
Absolutely stunning work! After exhaustive research, I plan to purchase P&L 38 to finish a vintage Danish teak table we recently purchased. Two questions, if you don’t mind. When you wet sand after the 1st 4 coats of P&L, do you use water or mineral spirits? Lastly, why the wax as a last step? I assume the P&L 38 makes for a fine finish without the wax and figured the wax might make touching up more difficult down the road. Thank you and best wishes!
An inspiration! Beautiful work!
I will have to give your technique a try ASAP :)