Woodworker's Journal 2011-35-Winter, страница 10

Finishing Flow Chart

Start

At,

An annotated flow

chart for your workshop's wall

Color Change Required'

Wood Conditioner

Blotch \ YES Likely? /

Stain/Dye Before Pigment

First Sanding

Hand Sand, Clean Off Dust

Finishing, like most other aspects of woodworking, has a logical order for doing things. In this article, I'll bring it all together in an annotated flow chart that shows the order of those steps, which steps are mandatory and which are optional, and what questions you should ask along the way.

I will assume only two things: that you are starting with clean, new wood, and that you have already made samples. The last thing you want during finishing is a surprise, and making samples of your intended finish steps on scraps of the wood you plan to finish will go a long way toward avoiding unpleasant surprises.

In this chart, all mandatory steps are yellow (rectangles), all optional steps are red (circles), and all questions are blue (diamonds). This running text contains a bit more clarification. One thing that should be comforting is that there are only four mandatory operations in a simple finish, half of which are preparation steps involving sanding and cleaning.

The Workflow

Glue spots: Check for glue spots by wetting wood with either water or mineral spirits to make the spots more obvious. Remove the glue by scraping or sanding. First sanding: Hand or machine sand with at least three

10 Finishing Flow Chart