Because I colored the two different materials differently it was tricky deciding in what order to color and assemble the shelf. I ultimately decided to color all the parts before assembly, which in turn led to some other details to deal with. Namely, getting good glue adhesions between mating pieces. I didn't think glue would have adhered well to oiled wood so this was easy enough to address with some blue tape.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Finishing but not Finished
One of the big dilemmas with this project was matching the color between the solid oak and the plywood. I tried a number of things from staining, boiled linseed oil, amber shellac and combinations of all of them. I finally decided on a mix of two different stains for the plywood and just a coat of BLO on the solid wood. This is a very short explanation of what a hassle color matching was. Next time I'll be going straight to using dye instead. I'm not too familiar with dye but I understand that this would have been a great application. Well, live and learn right.
Because I colored the two different materials differently it was tricky deciding in what order to color and assemble the shelf. I ultimately decided to color all the parts before assembly, which in turn led to some other details to deal with. Namely, getting good glue adhesions between mating pieces. I didn't think glue would have adhered well to oiled wood so this was easy enough to address with some blue tape.
Because I colored the two different materials differently it was tricky deciding in what order to color and assemble the shelf. I ultimately decided to color all the parts before assembly, which in turn led to some other details to deal with. Namely, getting good glue adhesions between mating pieces. I didn't think glue would have adhered well to oiled wood so this was easy enough to address with some blue tape.
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