I Love The Smell Of Tung Oil In The Morning...

...it smells like victory! Or at least the upcoming completion of a project.

Made a trip down to Woodcraft today to pick up some finishing supplies for the crib. Had to make a stop at the Orange BORG (you know...Same As Lowe's Only Orange) to pick up some rags (old redneck t-shirts as Mike likes to call them) and a drop cloth. After that, it was all bidness.

Here's a picture of the starting of the finishing...

And a before picture, just for reference.

Yes, it looks a little glossier in some places than others. This is only coat one and I haven't hit it with steel wool yet. The first coat is hand-rubbed gloss Arm-R-Seal and the second coat will be the same. The last coats are yet to be determined. I'm not sure if I'm going to go satin or semi-gloss. I'm leaning more towards satin as it will tend to hide wear better than semi-gloss will, but I also like a little glossier finish. Decisions, decisions...

The one thing I'm really pleased with is the way that the finish makes the walnut stand out from the maple. In the "before" picture, the walnut was just sorta there...it was pretty, but didn't really pop out at you. After just the first coat of oil the walnut was really starting to "pop" so to speak. I can't wait to see what it will look like with another few coats of finish. Actually, I'm just hoping the damn thing fits together :)

Posted by Rob at May 15, 2004 12:22 AM