Foyer bench project finished in place

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Comment by Jose Antonio Olivares Trevino on August 13, 2013 at 1:20pm

woah! that is a lot of hard work! very nice finish, thanks!

Comment by Brett Johnson on August 11, 2013 at 2:05pm

Hi Jose.  I am certainly no expert and I'm glad to share.  I used the Minwax pre-stain wood conditioner, then their Golden Oak to get the color we wanted.  I know I only did one coat of the pre-stain conditioner, and I'm fairly certain I only used one coat of the stain to get the color we wanted.  I sanded between each coat.  Then I just used the MInwax clear gloss polyurethane, I believe I used a total of five coats on all exterior surfaces and three on the inside surfaces, light sanding between each.  I probably went overkill on the exterior surfaces and could have stopped at three.  

Comment by Jose Antonio Olivares Trevino on August 6, 2013 at 2:03pm

nice job! just one question, what type of finish do you use to make the grain look darker? or maybe you could share the finishing procedure? thanks!

Comment by Brett Johnson on July 12, 2013 at 4:22pm

Thanks Jim!

Comment by james wilhelm on July 11, 2013 at 8:31pm

Brett , very nice job and finish, thanks for sharing , well done , JIM!