Search:

If it has stained the actual wood you will have difficulty taking the marks out. You can get them out with oxalic but that will bleach the veneer and leave you with white marks. You can try cabinet...

I would grain fill and french polish it. For carved or very detailed areas, mop the polish on. Finish with steel wool and wax for a rich, soft lustre.

Good old turps gets my vote.

It is much cheaper, and you get a better colour match, if you make your own and add pigments to suit.

For what it is worth, I would never bother with iron on veneer (unless it is for edging on a cheap job). I can speak very highly of vacuum bagging veneer, which has resulted in a 100% success rate...

Have to agree with Rosser about the reviver. Be extremely careful in the application because, I strongly suspect, it has meths in it which will eat through polish if left too long on the surface...

Thanks Neil, I'll pick some up from you. Do you have an outlet in NSW or is mail order the best option?

Bigshed,

My use of the word "true" was in an historical context, as I thought I made clear in my last post. I also said any distinction between "true" and synthetic pigments was largely...

I'm just being a bit of a purist here. In the old days pigments were derived primarily from natural sources such as dirt (inorganic pigments) and plants (organic pigments) for painting and colouring,...

Feast Watson make a nice product called "Fine Buffing Oil" which would do a lovely job on your bench. Apply it in a circular motion using a rag to really rub the stuff into the grain then buff it off...

True pigments are available from antique restorers and polish suppliers online but you can get by with the range of oxides etc available from your local hardware store (Bunnings have a good range)....

You will need to take it back to the wood again before you prepsolv it.

Sanding won't remove silicon, unless you really take off a lot of material. The stuff is impossible to remove unless you hit it with a solvent. Wipe it down with Prepsolv on a clean rag. Use a...

Re the colour: Try using wet and dry with turps to take out as much of the oil as possible and see if that gets you close to the colour you want.

Re the shine: You should be able to get a...

Did you do any anti-silicon preparation before you applied the shellac? If the table has ever had a "Mr Sheen" type product on it, the polish won't take.

Both options are certainly open to you. I would prefer going with mahogany so that you have consistency of grain but the staining option will work.

I haven't used the Ubeaut hard shellac and defer completely to Neil's opinion of its appropriateness for the job. I would be interested to know how it goes, so please let me know how it stands up, if...

Ben, I don't think I would be using shellac on a work bench. Even a hard shellac will give you a very easily damaged surface. I would be inclined to either wax it, or oil and wax it, or just oil it....

You can apply shellac over the oil with no problem. If it has dried and you have sanded back, have a go with white polish and a soft rubber. If you don't like the result, it is easy to take the...

Sorry I missed your last post, so my reply was unnecessary. Problem solved. Well done.

Hi Eurostat. You can take off the white polish easily enough with methylated spirits. Rosewood is oily and can lead to adhesion problems with many finishes but shellac will cope beautifully, so I...

G'day all. Wattyl used to sell a product called "Crystal Veneer", which I am told by those who should know was about the best reviver they have ever used. Wattyl have deleted the line and it is now...

thanks eddie

Richard,

Have had a look at the FelderUSA site and it offers right and left hand bits and a number of other different types of bits for the mortiser. Should I use left or right hand bits?

Richard,

1 What size bits do you generally buy?
2 Have you tried the Rotozip spiral bit, which only seems to come in one size?
3 What is the optimum diameter for the shaft of the bit? Does...

Richard,

When you say "any size bit", does that mean that the actual diameter of the mortising bit is unimportant (because the felder table moves in 3 planes)? I

Thanks Richard and Luckyduck.

I am very happy with the Felder 731c. It is an excellent machine and I thought the mortiser would be of the same standard (which I'm sure it is). Just having a bit...

Thanks Bazza, I see now. Will have a go at building it. :U

Bazza,

Love your DP table. How do you lock the back fence closed?

Thanks Boban but felder at emu plains don't actually carry the bits in stock (I hope this isn't an indication of the popularity of the mortising unit!).

Hello. I'd be very grateful if anyone can tell me where to buy bits for the mortiser on the felder 731 combo machine. Also, does anyone have opinions on the pros or cons of the mortiser attachment?...

Hello all. If anyone can tell me where I can find a supplier in Australia of acid metal dye, I would be grateful. For that matter, I would be grateful for any thoughts on the best type of dye to...

Hi all. I can't seem to find anywhere in Sydney that sells non water based dyes, universal tint colours, etc. Would be very grateful for any recommendations of businesses that sell same. Even if you...

I thought pine might be a little prone to warping but it seems to have the general nod of approval.

I want to build a second bench, more for assembly and planing long jobs than for fine work. I was thinking of using some sort of cheaper wood, rather than furniture grade wood. I'd be grateful for...

Dan,

I thought so too but, after some net browsing, I was confused. The Festool site seemed to be describing another line of circular saws as "pendulum saws". Maybe I got this wrong :)

Thanks Dan. I will go ahead then.

I have been trying to decide on a circular saw system but Festool seems to offer too many options for me to make a decision easy. Can anyone please recommend the model of saw best suited to make...

I am setting up a 130m square work shop with a concrete slab floor. I want to build a wooden floor over it with enough clearance for 4" dust extraction pipes and enough strength for heavy lathes etc....

I am setting up a 130m square work shop with a concrete slab floor. I want to build a wooden floor over it with enough clearance for 4" dust extraction pipes and enough strength for heavy lathes etc....

They strike me as excessively pricey and I am not one to skimp on tools. There are plenty of cheaper substitutes that do as good a job, in my opinion.

Never mind gumby. found it.

Gumby, could you point me to where the videos are lurking. Can't seem to find them.

Thanks Gumby

Gday again. Can anyone please recommend a good finishing course? Does TAFE run anything like that in NSW that would be worth doing? Are there any other finishing courses which you would highly...

What is the best way to apply finish to achieve a professional job - brush, rubbing/wiping or spraying? I have little knowledge of finishing although I have read the Ubeaut finishing book, so am not...

Hi all. I have spent weeks making a walnut jewellery box. The thing is beautiful but the walnut has lots of swirling grain of different colour and it looks pretty ordinary against the regular colour...

Thank you both. I thought that I might be out of luck. Guess I will live with the wax and hope the panel retains its looks over time :)

G'day all. I have buffed Alnatique Wax into a veneered panel surface on a jewellery box that I am making. In order to preserve the burl grain and colour, I would like to seal the surface with some...

Thanks all.