The Coach Joey.F Home Field Project 95% Complete

[GrandMasterKC]

....next up 3) 50x 24 Boards then it's a wrap

[GrandMasterKC]

to stain and then assemble is a challenge...again thanks to the board makers that share their wisdom on to make these boards work.

[the french guy]

staining and varnishing is always a challenge, because, from a brand, a color, the result can vary a lot !

One good tip on that work is to use a big soft laquer brush. You can gently sand the board between the coats with very fine sandpaper too.

Don't forget to varnish (clear acrylic varnish, to avoid time yellowing) the board frame (if your stain is not a varnish too), because simple stain is quite fragile.

Personaly, I use nothing but acrylic or aquarethane products : they are a little pricey, but easiest (IMHO) to use than slovant based products. ANd it smells a lot less.


Good luck for the next steps, it's a huge and impressive board you're making


dimitri

[GrandMasterKC]

out after clear coating...usualy I clear polyurathane the natural color and 1 coat it is done...this one it seems hard to attain the smoothness and color continuity. After this keeping it constant clear coat poly the natural wood. Thanks Coach

Originally Posted by the french guy

staining and varnishing is always a challenge, because, from a brand, a color, the result can vary a lot !

One good tip on that work is to use a big soft laquer brush. You can gently sand the board between the coats with very fine sandpaper too.

Don't forget to varnish (clear acrylic varnish, to avoid time yellowing) the board frame (if your stain is not a varnish too), because simple stain is quite fragile.

Personaly, I use nothing but acrylic or aquarethane products : they are a little pricey, but easiest (IMHO) to use than slovant based products. ANd it smells a lot less.


Good luck for the next steps, it's a huge and impressive board you're making


dimitri

[the french guy]

staining depands of the nature of wood too : some wood are more soft than other, and take the stain better. So sanding the wood before staining it help the stain to go inside the "raw" wood too. Going inside the wood, that is the key, because stain has to go inside, it's not like a varnish or a paint.

Diluting the stain for first coat can be a good idea too, in this purpose...

but no real magic formula, since stain coating power may vary depanding of the color, even in the same brande range !

for the varnish, I use acrilic again...but i don't have any basement or garage, I have to work in my gameroom/workshop so I try to find products drying fast and without (too much) odors...

[GrandMasterKC]

Originally Posted by the french guy

staining depands of the nature of wood too : some wood are more soft than other, and take the stain better. So sanding the wood before staining it help the stain to go inside the "raw" wood too. Going inside the wood, that is the key, because stain has to go inside, it's not like a varnish or a paint.

Diluting the stain for first coat can be a good idea too, in this purpose...

but no real magic formula, since stain coating power may vary depanding of the color, even in the same brande range !

for the varnish, I use acrilic again...but i don't have any basement or garage, I have to work in my gameroom/workshop so I try to find products drying fast and without (too much) odors...