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Wood Grain Profiling: By Eye
Wood finishing is misunderstood. Rightly so. Every species has its own traits that affect product and process to be used on it. The best way to learn about wood is to work with it, on as large a scale...
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Oil Finish on Cherry
How Oil Finish Looks on Cherry wood. This stair finishing project is from a new construction project we did a few years ago. I had the pleasure of applying clear oil finish to the very curvacious...
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Can your sandpaper do this?
Sanding wood for stain application is a high level test for an abrasive Festool Granat Abrasives Can. No kidding. In mid 2011, we began testing Festool Granat abrasives, which are designed for paint...
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Make the Holes go Away…
Color putty filling is a skill in which many finishers are weak. It’s not about just filling a hole, it’s about blending color tones to match the exact grain pattern that the hole is in. This is one...
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Exterior Paint Prep with Festool Sanders Today, Todd was gracious enough to let me tag along as the oil finisher on a mahogany deck that he has been carefully cleaning up for a pre-winter maintenance...
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Better Than New with Ipe Deck Oil
For a few years now, we have been sharing our tips on ipe deck oil finishing. Rule number 4 discusses the importance of maintaining the ipe deck annually. This picture show’s one of our annual ipe...
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Wood Finishing Tips from the Topcoat Woodsnobs
“Fear of Clear” Todd and I frequently team up on wood restoration projects of all flavors – interior and exterior. Sometimes we are presented with antique quality pieces to work with. If clear finish...
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When Paint Problems Happen
Overuse of caulking is a common paint problem. I spend a lot of my time as a professional painter fixing paint problems that were caused by people. Sometimes their choice of paint was a problem. More...
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A new resource for IPE enthusiasts
[6/23 Update: Fastest route to IPE community is the free guest registration; upgrade options available] Due to the overwhelming response our ipe content has enjoyed on topcoatreview.com, the topic now...
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Wood Snobbery
What do we do when we aren’t finishing things or testing products and creating content to share? The answer is pretty simple, we are on the road teaching others how to do, well, all of the above...
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