Post #121431 by Aaron's Akua on Sun, Oct 24, 2004 4:43 PM

Er, Okay... How about "Staining will commence next week"...

Small setback... After all that sanding, I thought "I've got to get all this dust out of this guy before finishing". So of course I hit it with a high powered water hose. You can see in the photo that it's still a bit damp.

Two minor problems with this: 1) Damp wood probably won't work well with the oil based stain that I bought. and 2) I noticed that all of the wood swelled up, raised the grain, & a few new cracks appeared. I was pissed!

So, today I went out & bought an air spray tip for my compressor, and spent about an hour going over all of it with 100 and 150 grit all over again, spraying it off with air intermittently.

Sometimes you just gotta laugh! Time to put away the sandpaper & pour a cold martini.

Thanks for the props Ben & Swampy, I'm gonna call it a day!

After couple of days when I'm sure all of the moisture is completely gone, I'll do the 2-tone & post a few picks.

Cheers!
(and I mean that)

Aaron