Red oak dining room table
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Eddy Flynn.
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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.
2 July 2013 at 11:38 am #14388In 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
11 August 2013 at 1:02 pm #16414Done! 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.
11 August 2013 at 7:09 pm #16431Love 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/12 August 2013 at 10:50 am #16468Great 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 :
16 August 2013 at 8:26 pm #16650All – thank you for the encouraging comments.
David – wax is the final finish. Sorry if my English grammar confused you, I’m an American.
16 August 2013 at 9:14 pm #16651I 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.
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http://toolsofourfathers.wordpress.com/17 August 2013 at 12:31 pm #16666fantastic table love the dove tail stretcher, that will see many generations sat at that i think .
Eddy .. Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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