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Thread: Finishings for rimu wood
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26th June 2011, 12:23 PM #1
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Finishings for rimu wood
Hi - hope someone can help. I have just finsihed sanding a rimu wood table. I used Danish Oil to finish it. The colour is very yellow and I was hoping to keep the light natural colour of the wood. Can I get it back to its original colour and would liming white work to maintain original colour?
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26th June 2011, 04:30 PM #2
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I find rimu darkens quite a lot with all oil-type finishes. Maybe a shellac finish might be better? (Never used it myself, but it seems to be quite popular on here).
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27th June 2011, 04:41 AM #3
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Yep, what NZStu said; A light coat of shellac as a base sealer, no flooding as this will fill the pores and won't allow the oil to take up, then very lightly sand with 1000 grit only to de-nib (remove the high spots from the grain raising) then oil.
Cheers, Evan
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29th June 2011, 06:17 PM #4
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Thanks for your input. Will give this a go.
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