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re: Post your Woodworking Projects
Posted on 5/6/19 at 10:31 am to TIGERBAIT84
Posted on 5/6/19 at 10:31 am to TIGERBAIT84
I finished up this toy chest/blanket over the weekend. It’s 3/4” maple plywood. I am trying to figure out a good finish to put on it. I want to keep the natural wood look, maybe just deepen the grain pattern and protect it.
Any recommendations?
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Posted on 5/6/19 at 11:01 am to Drunken Crawfish
Minwax Polycrylic in the sheen of your choice. Will keep the wood look and enhance the grain pattern. Will only slightly darken it. It's water based so it's easy to work with.
This post was edited on 5/6/19 at 11:02 am
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:16 pm to Drunken Crawfish
Oil based will almost always accentuate the grain better than a water-based finish. You could use a wipe-on varnish (I like general finishes Arm-R-Seal), or just a poly. You can also mix your own varnish with BLO, poly, and a thinner (malouf). One that can really get the grain to pop on finer pieces is BLO, 100% tung oil (not your box store tung oil finish), and POLY/varnish.
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