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[GeeDubb]

did Norm stain black walnut with a dark walnut stain? Beautiful wood turned to ugly.

I just don't understand, somebody 'spain it to me

Gary

[Joe Barta]

No idea. Didn't see it.

One man's beauty is another man's ugly. Nothing more complicated than that.

Joe Barta

[Phisherman]

Yeah. Norm does that. Makes a wonderful project using a premium wood, then stains the hell out of it (almost as bad a paint),

[CW]

I was rather surprised to see that myself until I thought about it. This is Norm usual. He doesn't seem to like the natural color of any wood. All his stain jobs are very, very dark and for paint, green seems to be a favorite. He did admit on one show that he was not known for good finishes. He said that the piece he was making that day (I don't remember what it was) was going to be finished different than the prototype. The crew all told him that the prototype was so ugly, he needed to do something different for the show. I've seen him apply a dark stain to cherry and paint teak green.

[ljaques]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:43:39 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Phisherman quickly quoth:

He sands only to 150, stains the shit out of it (to bring out the scratches?), nails things onto it, then swabs poly all over it. Oy vay!

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[Gary in Virginia]

My guess is that it's because he's sponsored by Minwax.

Gary in Virginia

[robo hippy]

I kind of find it funny when I am at shows, and people ask me what stains do I use. " I don't stain anything, these are the natural colors of the woods." "Oh, they are so beautiful"

I don't know where people get the idea that wood has to be stained to look good. robo hippy

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[Leon]

Because most people that stain, stain unfinished pine furniture.

[Morris Dovey]

| did Norm stain black walnut with a dark walnut stain? Beautiful | wood turned to ugly. | | I just don't understand, somebody 'spain it to me

'Cause it was nicer than the avocado latex he had in the paint shed?

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

[Frank Ketchum]

Just take a look at Norm's entire body of work. He almost always smears some black tar crap on what was a nice looking piece of furniture, although I think that it may actually not be as dark in reality as it looks in the finishing room on the show. I can't recall him ever leaving anything a natural color.

Frank

[Swingman]

... and it had five pounds of brads in it, so why not?

[John B]

Never seen the show, but it gets right up my nose when blokes do that sort of thing. Worked for a furniture company once that specialised in making Jarrah side boards and kitchens. They used to make this real beaut piece out of sold Jarrah, then slap Jarrah stain on it, "So as to even out the colour". IMO they should have used merrantie or pine and whacked the Jarrah stain on that. Leave the real stuff for blokes that appreciate real timber and it's many colours and defects.

regards John

[George]

Who make all manner of clear finishes as well. Doubt it.

Norm's still got the carpenter mentality, I think, where he's knocking things together out of #2 common SPF and trying to make it look good. Ever try to match spruce to pine or white pine to red? Takes a heap of color and glaze.

[brianlanning]

Maybe he's color-blind. Seriously. That would explain the unusual paint schemes.

brian

[Dukes909]

I'd have to check which ones but I recall projects finished with Danish oil only.

Cheers! Duke

[nailshooter41]

While Norm is frequently used for target practice with most "almost professionals", I am wondering since he is a paid employee of Morash if he has a choice. Especially since he has said more than once that he makes almost always make three of each piece; one to sell, one for the show, and one for sale/show/Morash.

I guess the other thought would be... gawd forbid... maybe in his own simple, pedestrian way, he likes it. I guess many here would stop watching if they found out poor Norm actually had different tastes than the "experts".

I watch eagerly for each of your shows to show how to finish "correctly".

Robert

[Lee Michaels]

I have to use some proprietary software from time to time that is a graphically intense program. And the guy who does all the graphics is color blind. I have to spend hours changing the colors to something that doesn't give me headaches.

Talk about putting the wrong guy on this particular task.

[dgadams]

Some truth in this. I know, I was one of them. Started out 25 years ago buying home center pine and staining and varnishing everything. Now I use hardwoods and haven't used stain for several years. Finishes of choice are shellac, homemade wiping varnish, and sometimes oil.

Sometimes I like the way Norm finishes his projects. Most of the time I don't. Since they are his projects and not mine I figure he can do what he wants and I'll do what I want.

D.G. Adams

[CW]

It's quite possible.

[CW]

Grow up.