Red oak dining room table
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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.
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
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.
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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http://toolsofourfathers.wordpress.com/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 :
All – thank you for the encouraging comments.
David – wax is the final finish. Sorry if my English grammar confused you, I’m an American.
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
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http://toolsofourfathers.wordpress.com/
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