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Custom Cocktail (finished!)
apfelanni:
i find the stained look very appealing. i never stained anything in my life , always used acrylic and resin base tranlucent varnish or just some oil to impregnate the wood. there are so many kinds and brands of stain , i couldnt decide which one would fit the purpose. doesnt ur minwax stuff require some clear coating after the staining procedere ? i know some stains are water based. or is it really a wax / oil based material ?
birch plywood would also have been my first choice . its durable , cheap and soaks fluids better in than hartwood.
popsicle:
I was a little hesitant too, as this was the first time I had stained anything. I used an old thick paintbrush to brush it on while the wood was flat on the table. Like I said I had to wait a long time for it to dry and then took fine steel wool to lightly smooth it out. There were a few instances where I had to reapply stain or brush it around until it looked uniform, but it wasn't a big deal. The biggest pain was having to wait so long for it to dry.. like 8 days in my ultra humid Houston garage. Still way less of a pain than paint, sand, paint, sand, etc.
I used spray polyurethane as a top coat (clear semi-gloss, I think) and put on about a dozen coats. More than a dozen for the control panels, but they've held up well and wipe clean easily, even with little people constantly touching every part of it with their sticky little hands. I wipe the fingerprints off the top daily! How dare these little urchins touch the arcade cabinet I built for them! (yeah, right >:D)
stevodevo:
Still say that's the best looking cocktail I've ever seen... amazing! Maybe someday you can post rough dimensions? How is it for adults to sit at and play? Also, have you tried using it as a card table as you mentioned previously? How did that work out?
Last question, do you take orders? hehehe...
empardopo:
Excellent job! Very, very nice and elegant!
Congratulations!
drventure:
For a first time stain job, excellent work! :applaud:
Nice clean lines, and I think the stained furniture look approach looks much better than an all black traditional look (now, if it was going in a game room, I could see an all black cab...)
And you're playing Warlords on it!