If you are looking for an affordable, light-colored wood that is easy to work with, alder may be a perfect choice. Alder is a common type of softwood that is often used in furniture and cabinetry. It has a uniform texture and a reddish-white or reddish-yellow to reddish color and darkens when exposed to light.…
When it comes to wood staining, you have many different options. I recently had this problem of choosing between oil-based or water-based stains, and whether you can even mix different types of stains. One popular combination is Danish oil and wood stain. But you may wonder whether you can mix wood stain with Danish oil.…
If you love the appearance that odies oil gives a wooden surface, you might wonder if you can give your previously tung-coated projects an odie’s oil top-up. I have tried putting odies oil over freshly cured tung oil as well as on old fading tung-oil-coated projects, and I learned something. You can put odies oil…
It is often said that a human spends a third of his life sleeping. I believe a woodworker spends a third of his working life sanding! At least that’s how the past 20 years have been for me. And one of the greatest mistakes I’ve seen people make is misinterpreting wet sanding. So, can you…
If you’ve been researching food-safe finishes, you’ve probably seen Tung oil mentioned a few times. After all, it seeps deep into the wood and doesn’t sit on the surface. I needed a good food-safe finish for a salad bowl I’m making so I have put together this article that answers is Tung Oil food safe?…
Sanding is an important factor in woodwork to ensure you get a good finish. Lately, I have heard people suggesting to sand after applying stain which is contrary to what I do so I decided to investigate further. Below is what I found out, should you sand wood after staining? Wood should be sanded BEFORE…
