Thank you to all who helped me over the last few weeks with my finishing questions, I am pleased with the results and now have a new favorite for walnut finishing.
Working backwards...
The finish for this (only on the outside to prevent funky smells on the inside) started with two coats of oil/varnish (Pratt and Lambert gloss no. 38 + BLO + MS) each wet sanded in as they were applied with 600-grit then allowed to cure for a week. I then mixed up the P&L 50:50 with mineral spirits for a wipe on varnish and applied 6-coats with 24-hours and dry sanding occurring between coat 3&4. That was let to cure for a week before going to wax+MS with steel wool until the gloss what at a level that my wife liked. The drawer sides, insides and carcass insides were all sealed with shellac and waxed for those surfaces that would move.
This was my first big project with exclusively hand-cut dovetails, most of which were half-blind. I opted for through dovetails on the top of the case and an applied moulding to let those labor intensive little triangles show through which was a variation on the wide-dresser that this goes with (which has a continuous top). Other than that it was pretty straight forward case work with what turned out to be a great batch of walnut (I have never seen so many orange and yellow areas or as much feathering).
Thanks for looking!
Working backwards...
The finish for this (only on the outside to prevent funky smells on the inside) started with two coats of oil/varnish (Pratt and Lambert gloss no. 38 + BLO + MS) each wet sanded in as they were applied with 600-grit then allowed to cure for a week. I then mixed up the P&L 50:50 with mineral spirits for a wipe on varnish and applied 6-coats with 24-hours and dry sanding occurring between coat 3&4. That was let to cure for a week before going to wax+MS with steel wool until the gloss what at a level that my wife liked. The drawer sides, insides and carcass insides were all sealed with shellac and waxed for those surfaces that would move.
This was my first big project with exclusively hand-cut dovetails, most of which were half-blind. I opted for through dovetails on the top of the case and an applied moulding to let those labor intensive little triangles show through which was a variation on the wide-dresser that this goes with (which has a continuous top). Other than that it was pretty straight forward case work with what turned out to be a great batch of walnut (I have never seen so many orange and yellow areas or as much feathering).
Thanks for looking!
