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Welcome! / Forums / General Woodworking Discussions / Finishing / Red oak dining room table

  • This topic has 12 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 7 months ago by Eddy Flynn.
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  • L.F. (Larry) Gelder, Aiken SC
    2 July 2013 at 9:39 am #14385

    I’m building a rustic, red oak dining room table with my son-in-law. The oak was milled from a tree in our yard and has been air drying for about 10 years, prior to our use. He and my daughter prefer a natural finish. Any suggestions for finishing the table top? Should we use a grain filler to fill pores/grain? Suggestions appreciated. I’ll post a pic later.

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    Steve Follis
    2 July 2013 at 11:38 am #14388

    In the last video episode of the Coffee Table, Paul gives a pretty good discussion about finishing the table top and filling the pores on oak.

    Personally I would avoid using a “pore filler”, but I would build up the finish so that it fills or seals the pores on the table top, otherwise food stuff will end up in there. Grandbabies could spill their milk or orange juice and fill those pores for you.

    Memphis, Tennessee

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    L.F. (Larry) Gelder, Aiken SC
    11 August 2013 at 1:02 pm #16414

    Done! Base finish is two coats of shellac and then wax. Top finish is two coats of shellac, two coats of tung oil, and then wax.

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    Steve Follis
    11 August 2013 at 6:16 pm #16429

    Wow!!

    Nice job Larry, very impressive!!

    Memphis, Tennessee

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    Mark Armstrong
    11 August 2013 at 6:50 pm #16430

    Love the waney Edge 😉

    Dagenham, Essex, England

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    Charles Cleland
    11 August 2013 at 7:09 pm #16431

    Love the way you used narrower book matched boards on the outside edges, with those live edges it makes it look as one extra wide plank. Well done!

    Washington State, USA
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    David Gill
    12 August 2013 at 10:50 am #16468

    Great job Larry,I like the design, all the better for being made from your own tree, I was not aware you could put a shellac finish on top of a wax coat I always assumed that wax was the final finish.

    Wigan, Lancs. England :

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    L.F. (Larry) Gelder, Aiken SC
    16 August 2013 at 8:26 pm #16650

    All – thank you for the encouraging comments.

    David – wax is the final finish. Sorry if my English grammar confused you, I’m an American.

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    Charles Cleland
    16 August 2013 at 9:14 pm #16651

    I think I’ve decoded it…confused me at first too. The finish on the base OF the table is two coats of shellac then wax. (The legs, stretchers and rails)

    The finish on the table TOP is two coats of shellac, two coats of tung oil, and then wax.

    I think everyone was interpreting it to mean that the whole table had the same finish of two coats of shellac then wax then another two coats of shellac, two coats of tung oil, and then wax.

    Two separate parts, two separate finishing regimens.

    Washington State, USA
    My own humble blog:
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    L.F. (Larry) Gelder, Aiken SC
    17 August 2013 at 2:50 am #16654

    Sorry for the confusion…

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    cpetersen1970
    17 August 2013 at 3:09 am #16655

    Very nice, Larry! Love the live edge look.

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    JerryH
    17 August 2013 at 9:44 am #16663

    Very smart looking table Larry, fantastic job.

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    Eddy Flynn
    17 August 2013 at 12:31 pm #16666

    fantastic table love the dove tail stretcher, that will see many generations sat at that i think .

    Eddy .. Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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