Comments on: Rough Stuff No. 1 – An Introduction to Sandpaper http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/rough-stuff-no-1-introduction-sandpaper Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Fred Taylor http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/rough-stuff-no-1-introduction-sandpaper/comment-page-1#comment-117962 Fred Taylor Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:27:18 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2492847#comment-117962 Gio - You are too deep into it now. Just go ahead with your original finish schedule and hope for the best, especially if you live in a drier climate than I do. Just get it covered in finish as soon as possible to prevent moisture from getting to it. Interesting choice of stain. How did you come up with that? Thanks for writing. Fred Taylor Gio – You are too deep into it now. Just go ahead with your original finish schedule and hope for the best, especially if you live in a drier climate than I do. Just get it covered in finish as soon as possible to prevent moisture from getting to it. Interesting choice of stain. How did you come up with that?

Thanks for writing.

Fred Taylor

]]> By: Gio http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/rough-stuff-no-1-introduction-sandpaper/comment-page-1#comment-117910 Gio Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:44:16 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2492847#comment-117910 I've finished staining my furniture using iron oxide (vinegar and wool solution). I have the color that I want and was ready to coat it with a water-based polyacrylic. Problem is that I used steel wool to buff off the rust particles from the solution, which it worked but your article says never to use steel wool on bare wood. Too late. What can I do? Should I switch to an oil-based top coat? Do they even make oil-based top-coats that don't yellow. Appreciate your help! I’ve finished staining my furniture using iron oxide (vinegar and wool solution). I have the color that I want and was ready to coat it with a water-based polyacrylic. Problem is that I used steel wool to buff off the rust particles from the solution, which it worked but your article says never to use steel wool on bare wood. Too late.

What can I do? Should I switch to an oil-based top coat? Do they even make oil-based top-coats that don’t yellow.

Appreciate your help!

]]> By: Fred Taylor http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/rough-stuff-no-1-introduction-sandpaper/comment-page-1#comment-27550 Fred Taylor Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:02:26 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2492847#comment-27550 Dan - The only use for a wire brush is to remove paint from the deep grain of oak. Even then only a brass brush like a bar-b-que grill brush should be used so as not to scar the wood too bad. But even that will marks that will eventually need to be removed or they will show in the finished product. Fred Taylor Worthologist www.furnituredetective.com info@furnituredetective.com Dan – The only use for a wire brush is to remove paint from the deep grain of oak. Even then only a brass brush like a bar-b-que grill brush should be used so as not to scar the wood too bad. But even that will marks that will eventually need to be removed or they will show in the finished product.

Fred Taylor
Worthologist
http://www.furnituredetective.com
info@furnituredetective.com

]]> By: Dan Bill http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/rough-stuff-no-1-introduction-sandpaper/comment-page-1#comment-27545 Dan Bill Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:23:21 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2492847#comment-27545 RIGHT. thanks! I wonder if using a wire brush on bare wood is okay if done carefully? RIGHT. thanks!

I wonder if using a wire brush on bare wood is okay if done carefully?

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