What Involves A Quality Wood Finish?
A quality wood finish involves three main steps: sanding, staining, and finishing. If any one of these steps is not done properly, the finish does not look as good as it should.
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Sanding
The manufacturer may do a good job of staining, finishing, and polishing,
but if the beginning surface has any trace of roughness, not enough sanding, or sanding across the wood grain, the stain and finish will only emphasize all the bad points. Areas not sanded probably absorb more stain.
To check for adequate sanding, look at the finish from different angles with the light reflecting onto the wood surface. Is the finish blotchy or cloudy in some areas or does it have dark lines running across the grain? If the wood surface is blotchy, cloudy, or has dark lines running across the grain, the wood surface may not have been sanded smooth before staining.
Staining
A good stain can enhance the natural beauty of wood, add color and
character to wood, make one wood type . look like another, and make different woods look similar. To evaluate the quality of staining, check the wood surface to see if the stain is evenly applied. There should be no dark spots where there is more stain in one area than another.
One side of the furniture piece should not be darker than the other, and the ends should be the same tone as the other surfaces. Sometimes additional color is added to make the furniture look old.
In some cases the wood surface is actually hit with a chain to make dents and nicks.
This is called distressing.
Finishing
Finishes range from high-gloss to low-gloss in varying qualities. A high-
quality finish is satiny smooth and free of rough spots, dust specks, or bubbles. A good way to check the smoothness of a finish is to put a nylon over your hand and run it over the finish. If the nylon catches or snags, it has not been sanded or finished properly. Look for depth and richness in the finish, which comes from several light coats of finish with sanding between the coats. Inspect the finish in good light.
The edges and ends of the wood piece should be coated with the top finish and free from finger marks. Make sure the filled cracks and holes are covered with the top finish. A high quality chair or bench should be finished on the back and on the underside, to reduce the chances of swelling or shrinking.
Poorly finished wood may have any one or more of these characteristics in the finish:
rough, very glossy, cloudy so you can not see the wood grain, splintered edges, scratches, dents, or dust specks. Look for dull spots, which indicate that some areas of the wood were either missed or not given enough coats.
In addition, a poor finish will have “teardrops” around the edges and on the up-and-down surfaces of the wood. Teardrops are formed when excess finish drys on the edges and vertical surfaces of the wood.
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