As I mentioned in my previous post I bought some new stain so I tried it out last night. I bought a couple of little cans of polyurethane when I did my first ever stain and poly job on my sons step stool. I have a little can of Minwax Oil-Modified poly that I used on the step stool and a Varathane water based poly. Since I am using a water based stain I figured that I would try the water based poly too.
The seat and shelves really warped when I cut down the 1x10 to size so now the dividers dont fit correctly. They are sitting on the crown in the middle and dont touch at the front or back so I decided to glue and tack in some supports on the sides. I am using the dividers since they are sanded down to 120 grit like everything else. I am going to sand one more of them to 220 grit to test more staining. When I stained the step stool it was only sanded to 120 and I was really happy with the choice it turned out.
The seat and shelves really warped when I cut down the 1x10 to size so now the dividers dont fit correctly. They are sitting on the crown in the middle and dont touch at the front or back so I decided to glue and tack in some supports on the sides. I am using the dividers since they are sanded down to 120 grit like everything else. I am going to sand one more of them to 220 grit to test more staining. When I stained the step stool it was only sanded to 120 and I was really happy with the choice it turned out.
I put supports in for the shelves just to play it safe. I apllied glue and then just tacked them in with 1.25" brads in my nail gun.
I flooded the sample with stain and let it sit for 10 minutes.
The piece on the left is the one I flooded with a brush and let sit for 10 minutes. The one on the right I apllied the stain with a rag and just worked it in for a few seconds and then wiped right off again. It is a little liighter and less blotchy.
This is with 1 light coat of the Varathane water based poly. The directions on the can of stain said that I could apply poly after 1 hour. I waited 1.25 hours and put it on at 11:45 PM.
I lightly sanded the pieces down with 220 and then wiped them down with a clean towel and then a tack cloth.
Rabu, 30 Maret 2016
3rd coat of poly and sanding mishaps
?I lightly sanded the hall tree with 220 last night and applied a 3rd coat of poly. Even with being careful I managed to sand through the poly and some of the stain in a few spots. I have been trying to be careful to not make the coats of poly too thick and I think I have been making them a little too thin. I am leaving the light parts there for now as I think it gives it a little character. I was planning on putting a 4th coat on just the top shelf and seat but I think I am going to put an extra coat on the whole thing.
I am going to oversand some of my test pieces down to bare wood and see if I can put some brown stain on it and make it look weathered. If that turns out well I may redo some of the hall tree at a later date.
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