Wood Finishes & Wood Finishing Techniques
Books and DVD's About Wood Finishing Techniques and Selecting & Applying Fine Wood Finishes to Your Woodworking Projects

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Wood Finishing Techniques

Complete Illustrated Guide to Finishing
A Visual Reference That Demystifies The Wood Finishing Process. The art of finishing is best learned with complete, visual step-by-step instructions - and that is exactly what it offers you. With over 850 color photos, you'll be able to demystify the process of finishing -- and get the look you want for all your woodwork. It provides an in-depth coverage of tools and materials and covers all of the key processes. You'll learn about everything from surface preparation to color matching. Especially valuable is the coverage of advanced and special techniques, not usually covered in general finishing books, including detailed information on adjusting color, disguising defects, toning, glazing, spray finishing and rubbing out a finish. This comprehensive finishing reference is the most complete and detailed book on the subject - and you will find it incredibly valuable no matter what your skill level.

Finishes and Finishing Techniques
Get Professional Quality Wood Finishes Every Time. This volume will enable you to get pro-quality finishes every time. Each type of finish and technique is presented in a clear and accessible way. You'll get complete coverage of smoothing and preparing surfaces, changing the color of wood with dyes, pigments, and stains, polishing finishes to a high gloss, spray finishing, and repairing damaged finishes. Some of the finishes are just about foolproof. All offer professional-looking results.

Great Wood Finishes
A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Wood Finishes. Great Wood Finishes makes finishing easy with over 400 color step-by-step photos. You can achieve beautiful, professional-looking results with Jeff Jewitt's proven methods. Detailed step-by-step instructions lead you through each technique. You'll also discover how to get just the look you want, from Arts & Crafts to colonial cherry to a modern whitewash.

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Hand Applied Finishes - Book and DVD
Protecting and Beautifying Wood Furniture with Hand Applied Finishes. A well-applied finish can add the crowning touch to any piece of furniture, yet finishing is a skill that many woodworkers find difficult to master. Superb finishes have been produced for years using simple tools like brushes and pads. This book & DVD takes you through the steps necessary to apply finishing materials by hand, detailing each process, the materials used, and the correct technique. You'll learn how to set up a safe and suitable working environment, how to prepare the surface of the wood for finishing, and how to choose the right stain to color the wood. Step-by-step techniques for six classic hand-applied finishes: shellac (including French polishing), oil, varnish, lacquer, water-based finish, and milk paint. Each technique is clearly and concisely explained, with many sharp photos and detailed drawings to accompany the text.
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Identifying Wood
How To Accurately Identify Over 180 Types of Hardwoods and Softwoods with Simple Tools. With just the naked eye and a hand lens or elementary microscopy, you will be able to identify over 180 domestic and tropical hardwoods and softwoods by following the straightforward techniques in this book.

New Wood Finishing Book
A Wood-Finishing Classic, Updated and Expanded. With new, full-color photos and design, expanded information, and updates on technological advances in finishing, The New Wood Finishing Book is a must-have reference. If you finish wood, you'll want to own the updated and completely revised version of the highly acclaimed The Woodfinishing Book. Michael Dresdner, a nationally known finishing expert with over 20 years of experience in the field, focuses on finishes that amateur woodworkers and finishers use -- not fussy, unattainable finishes. He successfully demystifies the art and science of finishing with clear and up-to-date information, including coverage of spray finishing and the new generation of water-based finishes.

Refinishing Furniture - VHS
Practical Wood Finishing Techniques That Work. Bob Flexner gives you a working knowledge of the practical and decorative aspects of refinishing. He shows you when to rejuvenate an old finish, how to remove a finish that has failed and how to refinish all of your fine furniture. You will learn about: Reviving a finish, Stripping, Preparing the surface, Staining, Sealing, Glazing, Finishing with oil, shellac or lacquer, and Adjusting and repairing finishes.

Sanding and Finishing Hardwood Floors - DVD
Whether you want to refinish an old floor or sand and coat a new one, this video workshop is your practical guide to a beautiful surface. Don Bollinger has been teaching pros and first-timers his proven techniques and trade secrets for almost two decades. In this tape, he sands and finishes oak strip flooring in his own living room, kitchen, dining room and hallway, showing you step by step how to achieve a durable, blemish-free surface.
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Spray Finishing
Learn Modern Spray Finishing in Step-By-Step Detail for A Beautiful Wood Finish. Takes the mystery out of equipment, finishes, methods of application, coloring wood, specialty items, cleanup and troubleshooting, and explains technological breakthroughs such as water-based finishes and HVLP (high volume, low pressure) systems. You'll learn how to achieve a perfectly sprayed finish. Learn how to choose the right system and how each system works and gives a variety of techniques for using them. You'll discover how to set up spray booths and rooms for maximum efficiency, how to choose the right equipment, including compressors, spray guns, filters and complete systems. Charts, sources of supply and a handy material, equipment and application reference are also included.

Spray Finishing and Other Techniques
Learn to Get A Flawless Spray Finish, Choose and Use the Right Equipment, and Prepare Finishes for Spraying. Improved finishes and tools have put spray finishing within the reach of any woodworker. In this book, expert woodworkers and professional finishers share their advice on how to get a flawless spray finish, from how to choose and use equipment to preparing finishes for spraying. In addition there are articles on other non-traditional finishing methods such as rubbing out finishes with auto body compounds, spraying paint, and making the most of new water-borne finishes.

Traditional Finishing Techniques
Time-Tested Wood Finishes and Techniques for Every Woodworker. A beautiful hand-rubbed finish can make even the simplest woodworking project look superb. In this book professional woodworkers and finishers share the secrets of brushing on varnish, padding on shellac, and rubbing out a silky oil finish that everyone will long to touch. These time-tested finishes and application techniques require no special tools and can be learned by anyone with a minimum of patience.

Water Based Finishes
Safe Application Methods for Water Based Wood Finishes. Water-based finishes are safe and environmentally friendly. Now that recent improvements have made their performance comparable to standard solvent-based finishes, they are fast becoming the finish of choice. Water-Based Finishes is the first book dedicated to using water-based finishes successfully. Professional woodworker Andy Charron explains how to choose the right finish and discusses the best methods to apply the finish for perfect results every time.

Wood Finishing Fixes
Quick Answers to Over 175 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Selecting and Applying Wood Finishes. Finishing is one of the most popular and challenging woodworking topics. This accessible book by finishing pro Michael Dresdner uses a Q&A format to address the most commonly asked finishing questions in a logical way. You'll find this book is long on solutions, not theory -- so it wont take hours to digest. You'll want to keep this essential guide on hand throughout the finishing process -- from sanding to final polish.

Wood Finishing Basics - DVD
Achieving Beautiful Wood Finishing Results in the Home Workshop. In this DVD, finishing expert Michael Dresdner shows you what you need to know to become a proficient wood finisher, starting with classic surface-prep problems and their solutions -- how to recognize and remove dents, how to recognize and fill gouges, how to pre-raise wood grain to get the best results under waterborne finishes, and, most important, how to sand wood.

The Wood Finishing Video - VHS
Quick Answers to Over 175 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Selecting and Applying Wood Finishes. Michael Dresdner visits three woodfinishing experts who teach you how you can achieve beautiful results in your own home workshop. You'll see how to apply stains and glazes to both softwoods and hardwoods. You'll learn about polyurethane varnish and the new water-based varnishes. You'll also see how to wipe on finish with a rag and how to spray. The heart of the tape shows you how to brush on a flawless varnish finish.

Wood Finishing - DVD
A Master Woodworker Covers Essential Wood Finishing Techniques. Nothing completes a woodworking project like a beautiful, durable finish. In this 105 minute video, expert cabinetmaker Frank Klausz shows you how to choose the right finish and how to apply it. You'll look over the shoulder of a master woodworker with 30 years of experience as he walks you through each key part of the finishing process.
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