I started to work on my poly finish today. I started with 320 grit lubed with mineral oil. I cut through the finish and removed some stain. OUCH!
I tried to patch the area that was removed with more stain, but it didn't look good. I had to sand all the poly and stain off back to bare wood.
I just finished restaining with my dye stain.
Question: would it look funny to do the top in another clear coat and have the rest of the table in poly?
I've got Miniwhacks poly on my desk top and drawer fronts. I hate using the slow drying poly, so I invested in Enduro water borne poly and applied that to the rest of the desk. All surfaces look for all intents and purposes to have been coated with the same materials. You can get sand through with the Enduro. I prefer dry sanding so that I can see what I'm doing...
I suspect that you might be thinking of something else? If you want the top to be durable, the experts warn against shellac and lacquer. Only safe choices seem to be poly or CV... not that I'm any expert, but I made a lot of phone calls to coatings reps, and read all the required books such as Flexner.
dave
stoutman wrote:
Sorry for being ignorant but what is CV?? Hope its not something i should know but i am very new to this
conversion varnish. It uses nasty catalysts. solvent is xylene, and it gives off formaldehyde fumes. I got talked out of it when inquiring about it at Sherwin Williams pro coatings division. So I shoot Enduro waterbased poly, shellac, or poly (messy to spray)
dave
Mojo wrote:
Context is everything.
I sent my onversion arnish to the university, when applying for a job. There's a iriculum itae joint in my car, I applied onstant elocity finish to my latest project.
And, some messages in USENET newsgroups are nothing more than athartic enting.
only lists SIXTY possible meanings for "CV", and does -not- include "conversion varnish" in that number. In the context of the article which prompted your question, -none- of those 60 possiblilities are appropriate.
BTW, first time _I_ ran into that acronym, I assumed it was "catalyzed" (or "catalytic") varnish.
Ahh, thought this was about the sequel to the Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston movie.
Joe
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