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Every cabinetmaker knows any piece of wooden furniture isn’t finished until it’s … finished. Whether a wood finish sinks into the pores and hardens or forms a film on the surface, it protects the wood ...

For shellac finish users, good news: Shellac flakes have become more plentiful. Even those familiar with shellac may not know that it starts out as a crusty protective coating secreted on tree ...

You may need nothing more than a thorough wipe-down, a few touch-ups with stain, and a bit of wax to restore the original luster. To revive an old, battered desk, we had to go through all four steps ...

It takes one bad decision to learn an important lesson about wood: The wrong stain can ruin it. For me, that lesson came with the deck my dad built on our house when I was in high school. After a ...

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All wooden items and components have to be finished in order to seal and protect the surface of the wood. Before you get started here are some things you're going to need: Glass paper in a variety of ...