You know what I don't like?

Ultradog MN · Aug 27, 2017

Staining and varnishing.
Here's a couple of photos of the trim I'm installing in the new addition (finally).
It matches the style I put in the living room after I gutted and redid that a few years ago.
The photo with the blue paint is the baseboard in the living room. The new part will be the same.

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da.bees · Aug 27, 2017

Go's to prove"what's poison to some is food for others". Staining and varnishing is therapy for my state of mind. BTW,you did a good job.

K Effective · Aug 27, 2017

U-Dog- have you tried lacquer finish? I did all the trim for our house when we remodeled in lacquer. Spray on with a UHVLP sprayer, you can do a door, one side, all four edges, wait five minutes, flip it over and do the other side, wait and repeat, two coats dry in half an hour-DONE. I picked up a HF small sprayer for some add-on pieces in the garage this summer, less than $20 and works fine, nice finish.

larry@stinescorner · Aug 27, 2017

nice job!Its really gonna be nice!/////(you didnt mention squash,,does this mean you finally have
seen the light,,and like squash////????

Steve@Advance · Aug 27, 2017

Nice!

Those are the same doors I'm putting in as I remodel. Want to eventually get them throughout the house.

HenryO · Aug 27, 2017

10 years ago I was involved with build a new church from scratch. It is 12000 square feet and all the wood was done in lacquer. It was all sprayed. It did a great job including the cathedral ceiling and walls. Looks like new today. Saved many man hours of labor that went for other stuff in the church

Dean · Aug 27, 2017

I don't like it either but your work sure looks good.

Dean

SweetFeet · Aug 27, 2017

Have to agree with you, Ultradog.

The only thing worse...
Is refinishing OLD woodwork (which I need to do, but keep procrastinating).
Kinda figure if I wait lonnnng enough... I'll get out of doing it altogether. LOL

You and your bride's new addition will look beautiful with that trim!

farmerjohn · Aug 27, 2017

When I built my house I took my brothers advice to do NO staining, just let the wood show its natural colors. Saved a lot of work but still had to
varnish it but it looks great.

Stroby · Aug 27, 2017

Me too. I live near St Louis and when we built our home, the lumber yard hooked us up with a company that you send your doors and trim to, they stain/finish it, then send it back to you ready to install.
Along with some touch up material. Loved it.

greenmech · Aug 27, 2017

Looks good! Ron Mn

8NHENRY · Aug 27, 2017

Looks very nice, and I feel your pain. We decided to replace our trim as well and have been staining and clearing a lot of wood.

fixerupper · Aug 27, 2017

Well I will be the odd ball here. I don't mind it if I am not pushed for time. The last two projects ended up with 10 coats of urethane with a sanding between each coat. I did one coat per day. When it was done the finish was about five coats thickness. I have better luck brushing with a fine hair brush, not foam or spray. One bit of advice is to buy a high quality brush that doesn't shed bristles while you work. There is nothing more frustrating than to brush a perfect flawless job on a table top only to find a bristle stuck in it.

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