[OldBoatMan]

>>>>>FREE DRAW!!!! <<<<< deadline Feb. 14/14

Hendrik Varju is a well known furniture designer/craftsman who operates "Passion for Wood" near Toronto, Canada. He also offers woodworking courses and seminars and has been widely published in woodworking magazines in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. In 2007, Hendrik started producing DVD courses and he has offered to provide some of them as prizes in Lumberjocks' contests. You can see the full list of all of Hendrik's DVD courses here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds.htm.

This week, the prize is Hendrik's fifth DVD course called "Surface Preparation and Staining". It is 9 hours long and focuses on all the surface preparation you need to do before staining and finishing, as well as staining information and techniques for hand application. It also has a long and detailed bonus section on tuning and sharpening card scrapers and scraper planes. You can read more about this 5-DVD set here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds-surface-preparation-staining.html. It is valued at Cdn. $94.95 + taxes and shipping.

To enter to win this contest, just post a comment giving your answer to this question: "In your opinion, what is the #1 pitfall most people fall into that prevents them from achieving a successful stain application on a furniture project?" Post a comment by Feb. 14th and Hendrik will choose his favourite answer. Then we'll let you know how to claim your prize. Hendrik will ship it directly to your home at no cost to you.

The item most often missed is the one that is simple to do but requires the most discipline. Examine the wood carefully for variety, grain and surface condition. Then formulate a plan that uses the materials and procedures most appropriate to the wood being finished.

 

[TheJBitt]

>>>>>FREE DRAW!!!! <<<<< deadline Feb. 14/14

Hendrik Varju is a well known furniture designer/craftsman who operates "Passion for Wood" near Toronto, Canada. He also offers woodworking courses and seminars and has been widely published in woodworking magazines in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. In 2007, Hendrik started producing DVD courses and he has offered to provide some of them as prizes in Lumberjocks' contests. You can see the full list of all of Hendrik's DVD courses here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds.htm.

This week, the prize is Hendrik's fifth DVD course called "Surface Preparation and Staining". It is 9 hours long and focuses on all the surface preparation you need to do before staining and finishing, as well as staining information and techniques for hand application. It also has a long and detailed bonus section on tuning and sharpening card scrapers and scraper planes. You can read more about this 5-DVD set here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds-surface-preparation-staining.html. It is valued at Cdn. $94.95 + taxes and shipping.

To enter to win this contest, just post a comment giving your answer to this question: "In your opinion, what is the #1 pitfall most people fall into that prevents them from achieving a successful stain application on a furniture project?" Post a comment by Feb. 14th and Hendrik will choose his favourite answer. Then we'll let you know how to claim your prize. Hendrik will ship it directly to your home at no cost to you.

My failings always boil down to impatience. Maybe I didn't prep the surface well enough, or maybe I didn't understand how the wood species would react to the stain. Either way its because I was too impatient to be done, and I didn't put in the time to work it or learn it.

 

[tefinn]

>>>>>FREE DRAW!!!! <<<<< deadline Feb. 14/14

Hendrik Varju is a well known furniture designer/craftsman who operates "Passion for Wood" near Toronto, Canada. He also offers woodworking courses and seminars and has been widely published in woodworking magazines in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. In 2007, Hendrik started producing DVD courses and he has offered to provide some of them as prizes in Lumberjocks' contests. You can see the full list of all of Hendrik's DVD courses here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds.htm.

This week, the prize is Hendrik's fifth DVD course called "Surface Preparation and Staining". It is 9 hours long and focuses on all the surface preparation you need to do before staining and finishing, as well as staining information and techniques for hand application. It also has a long and detailed bonus section on tuning and sharpening card scrapers and scraper planes. You can read more about this 5-DVD set here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds-surface-preparation-staining.html. It is valued at Cdn. $94.95 + taxes and shipping.

To enter to win this contest, just post a comment giving your answer to this question: "In your opinion, what is the #1 pitfall most people fall into that prevents them from achieving a successful stain application on a furniture project?" Post a comment by Feb. 14th and Hendrik will choose his favourite answer. Then we'll let you know how to claim your prize. Hendrik will ship it directly to your home at no cost to you.

Just in case you didn't realise it, but the contest ended on the 14th and the winner was already announced (see post no.37). Congratulations Kevin!

 

[exelectrician]

>>>>>FREE DRAW!!!! <<<<< deadline Feb. 14/14

Hendrik Varju is a well known furniture designer/craftsman who operates "Passion for Wood" near Toronto, Canada. He also offers woodworking courses and seminars and has been widely published in woodworking magazines in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. In 2007, Hendrik started producing DVD courses and he has offered to provide some of them as prizes in Lumberjocks' contests. You can see the full list of all of Hendrik's DVD courses here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds.htm.

This week, the prize is Hendrik's fifth DVD course called "Surface Preparation and Staining". It is 9 hours long and focuses on all the surface preparation you need to do before staining and finishing, as well as staining information and techniques for hand application. It also has a long and detailed bonus section on tuning and sharpening card scrapers and scraper planes. You can read more about this 5-DVD set here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds-surface-preparation-staining.html. It is valued at Cdn. $94.95 + taxes and shipping.

To enter to win this contest, just post a comment giving your answer to this question: "In your opinion, what is the #1 pitfall most people fall into that prevents them from achieving a successful stain application on a furniture project?" Post a comment by Feb. 14th and Hendrik will choose his favourite answer. Then we'll let you know how to claim your prize. Hendrik will ship it directly to your home at no cost to you.

The two main things,
1.Mask of all glue joint problem areas.
and then after sanding.
2.Seal the surface with a good oil based surface sealer.

 

[RMP]

>>>>>FREE DRAW!!!! <<<<< deadline Feb. 14/14

Hendrik Varju is a well known furniture designer/craftsman who operates "Passion for Wood" near Toronto, Canada. He also offers woodworking courses and seminars and has been widely published in woodworking magazines in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. In 2007, Hendrik started producing DVD courses and he has offered to provide some of them as prizes in Lumberjocks' contests. You can see the full list of all of Hendrik's DVD courses here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds.htm.

This week, the prize is Hendrik's fifth DVD course called "Surface Preparation and Staining". It is 9 hours long and focuses on all the surface preparation you need to do before staining and finishing, as well as staining information and techniques for hand application. It also has a long and detailed bonus section on tuning and sharpening card scrapers and scraper planes. You can read more about this 5-DVD set here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds-surface-preparation-staining.html. It is valued at Cdn. $94.95 + taxes and shipping.

To enter to win this contest, just post a comment giving your answer to this question: "In your opinion, what is the #1 pitfall most people fall into that prevents them from achieving a successful stain application on a furniture project?" Post a comment by Feb. 14th and Hendrik will choose his favourite answer. Then we'll let you know how to claim your prize. Hendrik will ship it directly to your home at no cost to you.

In my opinion it would be lack of patience. Since I started wood working I've learned that you can't rush things. The finish prep being the main one. I used to paint cars for a living and a wise man once told me that "98 percent of a good paint job, is what's underneath of it." I think the same holds true with finishing wood. And that takes patience. I've gotten into a hurry before and ruined a nice project. It's not fun. Bless you guys ,rmp….

 

[woodtek]

>>>>>FREE DRAW!!!! <<<<< deadline Feb. 14/14

Hendrik Varju is a well known furniture designer/craftsman who operates "Passion for Wood" near Toronto, Canada. He also offers woodworking courses and seminars and has been widely published in woodworking magazines in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. In 2007, Hendrik started producing DVD courses and he has offered to provide some of them as prizes in Lumberjocks' contests. You can see the full list of all of Hendrik's DVD courses here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds.htm.

This week, the prize is Hendrik's fifth DVD course called "Surface Preparation and Staining". It is 9 hours long and focuses on all the surface preparation you need to do before staining and finishing, as well as staining information and techniques for hand application. It also has a long and detailed bonus section on tuning and sharpening card scrapers and scraper planes. You can read more about this 5-DVD set here: http://passionforwood.com/woodworking/dvds-surface-preparation-staining.html. It is valued at Cdn. $94.95 + taxes and shipping.

To enter to win this contest, just post a comment giving your answer to this question: "In your opinion, what is the #1 pitfall most people fall into that prevents them from achieving a successful stain application on a furniture project?" Post a comment by Feb. 14th and Hendrik will choose his favourite answer. Then we'll let you know how to claim your prize. Hendrik will ship it directly to your home at no cost to you.

First and foremost is the fact that preperation of the material is not done properly. Some wood workers hates sanding, but it's soooo part of the process. Lastly is the fact that wood is like people, each one with its own needs. We often don't read the instructions on the product to marry it perfectly to the wood species that we want to stain.

Mistakes should be part of the learning curve.