Taunton’s complete illustrated guide to finishing /
Presents full-color illustrated instructions for refinishing wood, and contains over eight hundred photos and drawings that describe sanding and surface preparation,staining and applying topcoats.
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Newtown, CT : [Berkeley, Calif.] :
Taunton Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Part One: Tools
- Section 1: The finishing environment
- A space to finish
- Temeperature and humidity
- Lighting
- Heating and ventilation
- Spraying finishes
- Spray booths
- Storing and dispensing finishing products
- Holding and moving work
- Fire and disposal safety
- Section 2: Tools for surface preparation
- Sharpening
- Section 3: Finishing tools
- Brushes
- Spray equipment
- Part Two: Surface preparation
- Section 4: Preparing flat surfaces
- Flattening by hand
- Power tool flattening
- Smoothing veneer
- Preparing edges
- Section 5: Preparation of curved and complex surfaces
- Simple profiles
- Moldings and carvings
- Sanding moldings
- Turnings and shapings
- Section 6: Fixing defects
- Preventing problems
- Repairing damage
- Filling gaps
- Knots and cracks
- Disfiguring fillers
- Part Three: Coloring wood
- Section 7: Stain basics and application
- Hand-applying stains
- Spraying stains
- Dye concentrations
- Specialty colors
- Fixing stain problems
- Section 8: Glazes, padding stains, and toners
- Applying glazes
- Distressing
- Padding stains
- Toners
- Section 9: Natural dyes, chemical stains, and bleaches
- Natural dyes
- Chemical staining
- Bleaching
- Whitening and ebonizing
- Section 10: Controlling color
- Controlling stain
- Unifying color
- Selective staining
- Color matching
- Part Four: Fillers and sealers
- Section 11: Filling pores
- Finish as a filler
- Oil-based fillers
- Water-based fillers
- Partially filling pores
- Section 12: Sealers
- Sealer basics
- Specialty sealers
- Part Five: Finishes
- Section 13: Choosing a finish
- Evaluating a finish
- Brushing basics
- Spraying
- Special situations
- Section 14: Reactive finishes
- Oils and varnishes
- Conversion finishes
- Paint
- Section 15: Evaporative finishes
- Shellac
- Lacquer
- Section 16: Water-based finishes
- Hand Rubbing out finishes
- Rubbing out by hand
- Rubbing with power.