About this item
This is the essential guide for everyone who loves to build but hates to finish. Expert finishing instructor Teri Masaschi takes the mystery out of finishing, and helps you to avoid costly and frustrating mistakes. She shows how to choose, use, and apply the perfect finish in Foolproof Wood Finishing, Revised Edition.You ll learn step-by-step as you work your way through 51 proven and easy-to-follow finishing exercises. Discover how to determine the best finish for your project, prepare wood, fix minor defects, avoid uneven results, and circumvent common wood-coloring pitfalls. Also included are more than 20 recipes for creating timeless looks such as deep antique cherry and nut brown mahogany. To keep things from getting too serious, you ll get a laugh from amusing anecdotes culled from the author s many years of finishing experience.
About the Author
I've spent a lifetime working on furniture - and it isn't over yet. At the age of 14, I had a part-time job working for a fine arts dealer. One day she sent me out with an antique Queen Anne rosewood chair (the surface covered with smoke and soot) and a bucket of denatured alcohol. As I washed it down, the gunk drizzled off and revealed gleaming rosewood underneath. My life was forever changed. Since then I've learned a wide variety of skills not only in woodworking, but in finishing. Most people fall into one or the other - but rarely both. I'm a curious blend, I suppose!