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Hi,
Can anyone recommend how to get a perfect finish for Jarrah table tops.
I have made a couple of coffee tables before where I have used shellac then ubeauts wax or EEE. However under direct light u can still see what looks like grain streaks. Now I had sanded these tops to something like 1500 grit.
Is there a pore filler or some other techique I need to use to get a mirror like finish?
cheers
Redback
G'day Redback,
As opposed to a rich filler? :D
Try mixing rotten stone with oil, making a paste and rub into the jarah like a filler. Pummice also works.
Timbermate put on weak and sanded off will do as good a job as anything. You can get it in colours and you can mix them to get a match.
Colour Wattyl grain filler to make it darker than the wood, rub it in with hessian, then sand off when dry.
You can colour it for jarrah with umber, should be available from a decent hardware store. (Used to get it from Stimpsons 'till they closed:mad: )
I've been a little disapointed with the water bassed paste fillers of late.... I'm probably expecting more of a filler these days.
If you realy want a fully choked and flat surface on open grained material I've found you have to have several goes as they don't have any sealing or penetration and a lot comes out of the grain with the sanding.
I'm looking for something better.
cheers
AlexS is on the mark, Wattyl (as do others) make wood filler for open grain timber, it comes in several colours the idea is to use a filler the collour of the dark grain which is usually the inside of the wood cell.
It comes as a paste and using hessian is the old tradesman way of doing it,
Wipe it off across the grain as this help stop it being wiped out of the grain holes as they are usually longer than wide.
Wattyl produce a booklet which gives all the directions etc for their products.
Usually you bleach (if needed) then stain then fill then finish with a sealer and clear. You can use lacquer polyurethane or enamel clear just use the appropriate stains,fillers etc for each finish.
Struth, Durwood, I haven't heard of the old filler and hessian way for ages. Once had to do a job with 15 doors all to be filled and then the flat window surfaces. Took ages