Great Wood Finishes makes finishing easy. You can achieve beautiful, professional-looking results with Jeff Jewitt's proven methods. Detailed step-by-step instructions lead you through each technique. You'll also discover how to get just the look you want, from Arts & Crafts to colonial cherry to a modern whitewash.

• Over 400 photos illustrate each finishing step
• Time-saving tips and charts on how to avoid or solve common mistakes
• Pro-level advice that even beginners can follow
• Thorough discussion of tools and materials

Introduction

1 Your Tool Kit

Surface-preparation tools
Brushes
Rollers, pads, and foam brushes
Rags and cloths
Spray equipment

2 The Right Stuff

Wood putties and fillers
Stains
Bleaches
Paste wood fillers
Glazes and toners
Finishes
Waxes and polishes

3 Surface Preparation

Using planes and scrapers
Sanding
Checking surface preparation
Correcting defects and blemishes

4 Coloring the Wood

Preparing to stain
Pigment stains
Dye stains
Changing color
Bleaching
Color problems and their solutions

5 Filling Pores

Oil-based fillers
Water-based fillers
Getting the color right

6 Glazing, Toning, and Shading

Glazing basics
Toning and shading

7 Applying Finishes

Glazing basics
Toning and shading
Finish basics
Oil finishes
Varnish
Shellac and lacquer
Water-based finishes
Special situations

8 Rubbing Out

To rub or not to rub
Choosing materials
Thin finish rub-out
Thick finish rub-out
The satin look
The gloss look

9 Cleaning and Repair

Preventative maintenance
Cleaning and appearance maintenance
Fixing gouges and dents
Fixing scrapes and scratches
Rings and water spots

10 Specialty Finishes

Arts and crafts
Liming and pickling
Oil, shellac, and wax
Early American maple
Ebonized finish
Antique pine
Lightly distressed paint
Heavily distressed paint
Whitewash
Decorative filled-pore finish
Blond mahogany
Filled-pore mahogany
Colonial cherry
Pearled ash

Resources

Index

Customer Reviews from Amazon

Good information. Been finishing wood for 30 years, and looking for a reference book that can help me keep things straight.

Very nice layout. Great pictures. Jeff knows what he is talking about. I do lots of woodworking, but not much refinishing, and this book as been a great help.

This was the book I was looking for. I work with a lot of different type of woods and this book makes finishing of woods understandable and easy. A must have book for those who want perfect finishes.

I have only just scratched the surface (no pun intended) of the information in this book but it's been a great introduction to wood finishing. Before this book what I knew about wood finishing I had read off the cans of stain I had bought. This book did a great job of laying out all the different products available for finishing wood. Plus how to properly prepare the surface and which tools to use. Now when I go to the hardware store, I know what I need to buy for my intended result. This book gave me a big boost in confidence to try finishing techniques I wouldn't have considered before.

Great guide for specific techniques, I used one of the recommended finishes for Cherry and couldn't be more pleased with the results. I never would have tried a dye stain under a glaze without this book.

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