Intro To: How To Apply A Professional Finish Using Waterlox - SOLID WOOD DOOR SERIES - Video 1

This is the first video in a detailed series featuring important aspects of finishing, sanding, gluing and clamping a traditional solid wood door. http://AskWoodman.com/

Video One is an introduction of sanding and finishing techniques seen in videos 2 through 6. Woodman shares his views on dust collection, pre-finishing before assembly, Waterlox tung oil, and his sander of choice. He also emphasizes the importance of cleaning your surface to ensure a great finish.
Watch videos 2 through 6 for detailed demonstrations.
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Be sure to check out the other videos in the Solid Wood Door Series. The complete series starts with explaining how to build a stunning tung oil based finish using Waterlox Original. It also shows detailed instruction for how to prep the surface, how to glue and clamp mortise and tenon joints using PC7 and various clamps, how to make blow out repairs, and multiple sanding techniques and philosophy. As a bonus, you'll see my very unique door holding system that spins effortlessly on a rotisserie style mechanism to ensure perfect finish application.
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[Janiceteed]

How would you prep the surface if it was an old door with a pre-existing but worn-out finish? Would you need to remove all the old finish first? If so, what is the best way to do that? (I'm totally new at this, so . . . . )

[askwoodman]

@Janiceteed It would depend on the type of old finish and its condition. Why don't you email me a picture of your door and tell me interior/exterior and what look or functionality you hope to achieve. My email is askwoodman @ gmail. I just need a little more info to come up with strategy that can work for your situation. Allan

[yoheff988]

3 questions:

1. If you use few coats, will it build up the thickness of the oil finish to a thicker layer.

2. I want to apply Tung oil to a guitar neck, (the wood on musical instruments can not be wet it any way)

how long would it take the few coats of Tung oil to dry out completely?

3. Over time, playing a guitar will build up dirt from sweat and so on...

my question is: will the Tung oil prevent the dirt and sweat to penetrate the wood?

[askwoodman]

@yoheff988 Waterlox is specially processed tung oil. Pure tung is a sticky mess and would be a horrible choice for a guitar neck. The more coats the better. Six coats is the magic number for long term protection and beauty. Dry to the touch in 12-24 hours. Full cure 30 days. There is not a better finish for applying a freshen up years down the road after you have played thousands of hours. Watch the whole series and you will see everything you need to apply a lifetime finish to your guitar.

[MichiganMaker]

I love the idea of squeezing the can. Have you thought of a video of nothing but tips like that and the pantyhose trick. Thanks!

[askwoodman]

@MichiganMaker Thanks for watching and making that suggestion. I do need some shorter videos also with just quickie tips. I am aware of how long winded and involved my videos are, but I have such hard time knowing what details to leave out.

[rutherebud]

I came upon you video and the waterlox product. I have wood kitchen cabinets that need to be spruceup. Could you suggest a product that would clean the wood and then could I use even tung oil or waterlox?

[spelunkerd]

I love the solid feel to a heavy, natural wood door. You've given me an idea, to upgrade some of the doors in our house, so this series is perfect.

[yoheff988]

I thank you for your reply.

[askwoodman]

@Turkeydoodlers Yes I am very detailed in all my videos, but as we all know, woodworking is all about the details. My goal is to save people time and money by sharing my experience and techniques. In this short Intro video I don't actually start putting the finish on, but tell important details about getting ready and not wasting any finish. Perhaps you'll get more out of videos 2 though 6. Thanks for watching!