Michael Dresdner

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Archive for October, 2009

Water stains in black and white

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Q: I made a cherry rocking chair for a client about 4 years ago. It has a Danish Oil finish. He recently called and told me that his wife had the chair setting next to her ironing board and now has water spots on the chair. He asked what to do to fix the water [...]

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UV protection indoors

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Q: I am using Lawrence McFadden’s wipe on polyurethane gel but my furniture often winds up in sunny locations. Is there any UV inhibitor that can be added to this gel or should I try rubbing on an exterior poly or marine varnish that has an inhibitor? A: The short answer is that it would [...]

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Beauty or a beast?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Q: I’ve heard applying a wash coat of shellac underneath water based dye can reduce blotching on hard maple. Would you recommend this? A: No, for a lot of reasons, but we really need to start by cleaning up the terminology, since in this field, it is very specific. I think you mean water soluble dye, [...]

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