I'm refinishing a mahogany dining room table top. I plan to strip the old varnish, sand thoroughly, stain, and cover with a high-gloss polyurethene.Question: Which is better, oil-based or water-based polyurethene?

If you really want a top notch finish, use the oil base. If it is mahogany, no stain is needed, just the natural beauty of the wood.Thin the first coat about 25% with mineral spirits Sand with 220 gritApply second coat, then sand with 220 gritApply third coat and sand with 20Apply fourth coat, let it cure a minimum of 2 weeks. sand with 400 gritSand with 600 gritRub with pumiceRub with rottenstoneWaxAdmireYes, it is worth the time to do it right

Polyurethene? ? ?

Aug 07, 2010 21 Replies

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ransley 15 years ago

you put on scads

Or he is like me, and it will sit in his basement till the can rust away.

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mm 15 years ago

But his profit is in polyurethane. Try to spend that when your shopping.

If it's too heavy to carry you can carry a Polyurethane Debit Card.

But the store has to have a Polyurethane Modem or it won't work.

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