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[papasmerf]

Either do the edges first, or the top, doesn't matter......and let it dry, use 320 grit to sand it back very lightly, wipe off the dust, and do it again...it'll get smoother and smoother each time.

Psmerf: I was going to suggest oil to her but never done it myself and didn't know the durability of the oil finish, considering what got her into this mess in the first place....

BTW: why isn't studely helping with this project since he was the root cause of it?

the advantage to oil stains is it penetrates the wood.

strip the piece

you begin the stainning process by prepping the surfaces by rubbing it with linseed oil. Do this in several application until the oil stops soaking into the wood. Next thing you do is sand the entire surface with 200 grit auto paper. Apply you first coat of stain rub it in with the grain.
to avoid the edges from becoming darker you rub a bit of linseed oil on right before you stain it. let that coat dry and sand with 400 grit auto paper. Remember to use cheese cloth to remove all the dust each time you sand. Some will say use 0000 steel wool for this process but myself I never liked it. Repeat the same steps you used for the first coat.

Now that the second coat is dry you sand with 600 grit auto paper and seal with tongue oil, again using a lint free cloth. Do this for two coats remembering to sand and wipe the dust between each coat.

The advantage of this process is you can sand, stain and seal areas that have been damaged without redoing the entire piece.

Now if you want a nice hard shine to say a side board or dinning room table use a hand rubbed coat of carnauba wax.

 

[papasmerf]

also polish wood finished this way with LEMON OIL.

Some day ask me how to remove years of wax and patina from a piece without refinishing

 

[Guido]

It's really no big deal. "Un-exclusivizing" might have been a better word. I just realize this is never gonna be more than it is, and why stay in an exclusive situation at that point?

I might keep him as a FWB, but I want my options open again.

Good for you, have fun life is too short.

 

[SillyGirl]

lol true...but there's probably a setting that allows them to set a "banned" series of letters without being able to set different instances.....kind of like how the allies bombed germany into submission: they didn't just aim for the factories etc, they just hit everything........

That's exactly what it is, and this isn't the only board that uses it. It doesn't seem unusual to me.