Brianr24

Very nice!!

That looks awesome. Good thing u were able to salvage it. And it looks great!

U read my mind. I'v actually used shellac as a sealer many times before on furniture. Its been sitting for a few days now I wiped all the poly off it's pretty dry. When I get a chance I'm going to get some spray shellac and try that let thAt dry and try poly again. I only have shellac in the can spray will be easier on this type of work.

Thank you for response. The process is pretty much exactly what I did and I agree the lemon oil gave a great deep look to the wood. I guess the problem occurred when I sprayed with poly (minwax satin) I spray very light coats but after second coat I knew was bad.only thing I could think is to wait longer after lemon oil before spraying. I know in original post I said a few days but I'm trying to think it could been only one night. It was old English lemon oil. Thx again

I made these just out of 1/2 inch plywood for the kids to paint. Half way through they hung me out to dry and I did most of the painting to finish them. lol. Sorry about dbl post. Not sure why.

I made these just out of 1/2 inch plywood for the kids to paint. Half way through they hung me out to dry and I did most of the painting to finish them. lol.

They look great!

Let me start by saying I don't have absolute proof but years ago I knew someone who's job had something to do with manufacturing of these products . I wanna say it was John deer but it was a while back and we were just throwing the bull it wasn't like I was trying to test if he was lying or anything lol. But he wasn't selling me anything and he knew more than me about it. From what I can remember basically he was saying they are the same products built by same workers but with cheaper parts in certain areas.I don't really see anything wrong with this because they are also charging a cheaper price. If any of this is even true. I choose to believe it is. Not only because of what Iv heard but although big box stores have great prices I don't think they are selling an 8. thousand dollar tractor for 3 or 4 grand.this is just my opinion I have no facts. You know what they say about opinions...... they r like a certain body part.....everyone has one and they all stink. Come to think it could've been the Lincoln welders and not the tractors. Aaaaaa I forget

Beautiful job!

Excellent job.

That's a beautiful job! Co worker should be very happy with that.

Yeah I would love to hear from someone who does use it and love it. I would be curious to hear how they're using it. I'm pretty sure Bpardue uses it on all his intarsia pieces. Not sure how he applies in to deal with not drying. His work is Beautiful.

Len I did test on spare piece. I just dint spray it with poly and that's when the problem occurred. I won't trash it it's not that bad. I wiped it down with paper towel its better. I won't do it again tho.

Whoa! That's really nice.

Yes I guess it will be 1rst and last time I try it. Too bad it looked really good and smelled nice much better than other oil finishes getting pulled through a gas heater.

Dgman you are correct. But haven't you ever heard of using lemon oil? The advantage is no toxic fumes or combustible rags. Steve good is big proponent of it and other strollers. Iv used all the oils as you mentioned Danish and teak mostly I figured I would give this a shot since its cold here and heat is on in house. Obviously you are correct and something is wrong. Lol

Hey guys this is 1rst time I tried lemon oil on anything. I loved the way it looked. But I waited a few days and then sprayed it with satin poly. I don't like the look but worse it just seems it won't really dry. Anyone have experienced with this?. Thx

Excellent job! How large is that that it didn't fit on saw? Hard to tell in photo.

Beautiful boxes!! Now can you stuff Jerry Jones in the middle box. While ur at stuff the whole NFL in it and ship it to a far away place.

That's great! I love it.

Very nice!

They all look great.

Wow! What a beautiful job you did.

Another project out of the Kathy wise beginner book.

I would think so too. They look great!