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Hey,
If you have a stain colour already in mind, I would try a filler with similar colour. After two coats of the stain I really do not think you will notice it.
Regards,
Golden
Hey,
If you have a stain colour already in mind, I would try a filler with similar colour. After two coats of the stain I really do not think you will notice it.
Regards,
Golden
I would test the stain first on a scrap piece with a filler section. I agree that with a dark enough second coat it could hide but then again you hate to go through this much effort and not have the finish coat come out as good as possible. Another trick is to put stain in the sealer top coat as well to even things out and hide any flaws. Do two or three boards and try different techniques and then sit back and evaluate and then choose the best of the bunch.
Wow, thanks for all the great comments everyone, I really appreciate the encouragement and advice!
Thanks Ashley :)
Thanks beagrie07 :) It's interesting that this kind of product isn't really readily available isn't it? ATX has been a standard for long enough that you'd think SOMEONE would have been able to make something like this available commercially...
Thanks Anthony - wouldn't that be something? I'd love to quit the day desk job and just work in the wood shop all day! The main hindrance, if I'm not mistaken, is the shipping cost. You know this beast is going to weigh over 200 pounds, right?
Thanks jebuchanan :)
Mm yes, pre-drilling the ends before the nail gun probably would have worked, but in the end, I did only crack maybe 2-3 ends, which wasn't that big a deal overall.
WartHog, linnemeyernere, Golden, crazyeyeschase, thanks first off for your encouragement, and also for your suggestions with regards to staining with wood fillter.
I have been working with about a dozen test pieces in the past few weeks trying different stains and techniques to get the colour I am looking for - however - looks like I forgot to test the wood filler at the same time. I figure, once I find the colour I want, I will purchase several different colours of wood filler and do some testing to see what comes out best after the stain.
Thanks again :)
I'll have a real update in the next few days - I've been swamped at work and have been too tired to do much work on the desk besides my stain testing!
Filler excepts stain at a different rate then the wood will. Normally it's slower, so I would carefully drop stain on the fill marks and allow to sit for 1-3 and 5 minute tests and then stain the rest of the board twice applying and taking off as needed for an even coat then steel wool and add a little stain to your finish coats or first finish coat rubbing with dbl. OO wool or finer in between final clear coats
Before you stain make sure you sand everything and go over it with a damp rag after that.
Sanding closes the pores of the wood and when you wet the wood down with water it opens those pores back then when you sand the pores take in more stain giving it a better look.
Thanks for the tips linnemeyerhere
Thanks crazyeyeschase, always appreciate the advice
Received a nice package in the mail a couple weeks ago that I've been meaning to show off...
What could it be?
Woohoo!
That's:
4 x 2 GB of 1600Mhz CL7 Ballistix RAM from Crucial and
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For the server system, I am almost definetely going with a Xeon processor - which motherboard is still in the air.
Aren't they so nice?
[Can't wait to open them up and test them out! It'll have to wait for now, however.
So here's a distraction - my cat! She's going to have some kittens soon!
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nice cat
shame about the advertising
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