Main Restorations Software Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Everything Else Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements Monitor/Video GroovyMAME Merit/JVL Touchscreen Meet Up Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing Woodworking Software Support Forums Consoles Project Arcade Reviews
Automated Projects Artwork Frontend Support Forums Pinball Forum Discussion Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board controls.dat Linux Miscellaneous Arcade Wiki Discussion Old Archives
Lightguns Arcade1Up Try the site in https mode Site News

Unread posts | New Replies | Recent posts | Rules | Chatroom | Wiki | File Repository | RSS | Submit news

  

Author Topic: Need help with sealing wood cabinet  (Read 1207 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

vader

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 733
  • Last login:January 19, 2025, 08:25:22 pm
  • I can't breathe in this thing !!
Need help with sealing wood cabinet
« on: December 12, 2007, 04:00:25 pm »
Finally have my cabinet built and stained, but need to seal it with some kind of polyurethane.  I'm looking to have a nice medium gloss to it and need for it to be able to stand up to saltwater since my fish tank will be near it.  I used Minwax gel stain ( honey oak ) and put 5 coats on.  Came out good, now need to protect it.

What does everyone recommend and best way to apply it.

Thanks

WaRpEd

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 272
  • Last login:December 03, 2022, 12:00:41 pm
  • The older I get the better it was!!
    • Warped products
Re: Need help with sealing wood cabinet
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2007, 09:13:08 pm »
Since you used Minwax stain I'd stay with their Polyurethane.
A good quality brush is all you will need to apply the poly.
Make sure to use a tackcloth and a dust free well ventilated area.
The Marine poly does hold up better in wet enviroments than the water based.
Thin coats of poly are prefered to a heavy coat which can run or sag.
Take your time time and you'll get good results.
Good luck with your project and post some pics.
Cheers

There are three kinds of people in the world those that can count and those that can't.