Thread: Silver ash chest finished

Wonderful work as usual!


Ross

Another nice peice to add to your collection.

What makes that blue stain on the wood. I know I look for wood with marks in it to give my picture frames a different look

Junkboy,

The blue stain seems to be due to a fungal infection introduced by boring beetles, which attacked the tree while it was still alive.

Midge,

I might take you up on your suggestion of coming to your place to do some work, if you can suggest a suitably interesting and challenging project, like building a rocker, perhaps

Major,
I still haven't got spray equipment. I keep telling myself that I am not likely to build many more pieces of furniture, so it is not really worth investing in it. But somehow I keep on building just one more piece.

But, actually, Minwax wipe-on poly yields a finish that is very similar to that of lacquer, and is very easy to apply. I think I may well stick with that.

Rocker

Very nice, I like the dovetails and the fiddleback grain in the top and drawer fronts. It's a great feeling when it all comes together.

Originally Posted by Rocker

Junkboy,

The blue stain seems to be due to a fungal infection introduced by boring beetles, which attacked the tree while it was still alive.

Major,
I still haven't got spray equipment. I keep telling myself that I am not likely to build many more pieces of furniture, so it is not really worth investing in it. But somehow I keep on building just one more piece.

Rocker

"Bluestain fungi may invade the sapwood & outer hartwood of FELLED logs & sawn timber of both softwoods & hardwoods. The speed of attack can be very rapid in the warmer months & it is important that there be a minimum of delay between felling of the tree & it's seasoning if it is susceptible to infection."
From Wood in Australia
by K.R. bottle
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Lets face it Rocker, you will never give up making "just one more piece" so go on get yerself a spraygun!!

Hello

I like your chest, very stylish.


I have done some work inlaying Blackwood into Kauri Pine and Finishing with Organoil.

The finish is very striking.

I have done the same thing using Silver Ash into Blackwood using Orgaoil.

The results are identical ie; the Silver Ash is the same colour as the Kauri Pine, what I would describe as Pine yellow.

Do you still belive Minwax is the best for Silver Ash?

Many thanks


Regards


Julian I Duxberry

Julian,

I have not made any furniture for a few years now, so I am not up to date with the latest finishes. But I found Minwax very easy to apply, and it worked for me. But finishing was never my strong point.

Rocker

Originally Posted by Rocker

Here are some pics of my silver ash chest (see Silver Ash chest of drawers- a two-month saga almost finished - Woodwork Forums for the construction details), finished with 4 coats of Minwax satin wipe-on poly. I should have re-read the FW article on wipe-on finishes, and used their technique of applying more finish as dry spots appeared in the first coat, and wiping off the excess after 15 minutes. I wiped it off immediately, so there tended to be dry spots, and I had to apply four coats instead of three. But the finish brings out the curly grain in the timber nicely, I think; and the finish is very easy to apply.

Rocker

Rocker
Very nice excellent workmanship