Category: Woodwork Finishing

Timber these days is becoming harder and harder to source and I am often left buying narrow stock which I need to glue together to form wider boards. This is how tabletops are made and I know a lot of people often wonder, is wood glue strong enough for a tabletop? As a general rule,…

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With wood in high demand, I have found it quite difficult to source the right color wood for some of the more particular projects. Maybe you have this problem or you just applied too much of a dark stain and you have changed your mind. Either way, I will cover exactly how to stain wood…

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If you are a beginner woodworker, you may have come across a situation where you have applied too much stain to your wood. I have certainly done this. A number of scenarios could occur where this may happen, and the method to remove the stain will depend on those scenarios. I will give you some…

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I came across this by accident the other day where I wanted to paint a bird’s nest box that I had built and I noticed that I forgot to remove the glue squeeze out from inside the box. My first thought was, can you paint over Titebond Glue? Titebond Glue can be painted over with…

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This is one thing I find really frustrating. You finish assembling your new timber door and you find that the wood has some dents on one side. These will definitely show through your finish. There are a few ways you can approach how to fix a dent in a wooden door. A compression of wood…

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You just primed some wooden boards for a project. The next step is applying paint, or is it? A buddy mentioned that you better let the wood acclimate before moving on, but you’re not so sure. Do you need to acclimate primed wood? For most woodworking projects and especially hardwood flooring and trims, letting primed…

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