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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | Next | (show all) samfromclaremont Member Registered: 08/16/12 Posts: 9 help with finishing       #6035330 - 08/19/12 05:26 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   I've been building a small coffee table for outdoor use out of laminated pine. I put a golden oak stain on it, two coats, and I would like to put a finish on it that will keep the table clean and allow me to clean it. I am not exactly sure what to use, any suggestions. Post Extras:       Richard D. Off his rocker Registered: 01/28/07 Posts: 6289 Loc: Los Angeles Re: help with finishing [Re: samfromclaremont]       #6035350 - 08/19/12 05:55 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Exterior paint. -------------------- RD Post Extras:       cputnam Member Registered: 01/28/03 Posts: 3719 Loc: Southern California Re: help with finishing [Re: samfromclaremont]       #6035423 - 08/19/12 07:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Ask for oil based tint base at a good paint store. It dries pretty clear. Standard wood finishes fail in the sun very quickly - it's the UV that kills them and the wood. -------------------- Thanks, Curt ----------------- "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." -- Soren Kierkegaard Post Extras:       JR1 Member Registered: 09/09/10 Posts: 6539 Loc: Teller country, Co, USA Re: help with finishing [Re: samfromclaremont]       #6035432 - 08/19/12 07:26 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   The oil tint bases are not all that available any more, but GF 450 works very well. -------------------- homo homini lupus Post Extras:       AzFred Member Registered: 04/17/03 Posts: 2080 Loc: Arizona Re: help with finishing [Re: samfromclaremont]       #6035465 - 08/19/12 08:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   If you plan to leave it out year round AND Clearmont is the one in California, the sun could be a problem. Thompsons water seal is a prety good solution for doors and fence gates. Film coats may blister, recoating every year or so and wiping the waterseal down is a pretty good option. -------------------- Never Give Up Post Extras:       JR1 Member Registered: 09/09/10 Posts: 6539 Loc: Teller country, Co, USA Re: help with finishing [Re: AzFred]       #6035497 - 08/19/12 08:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Thompsons water seal is OK but I can't recommend it basted on my experience. -------------------- homo homini lupus Post Extras:       Richard D. Off his rocker Registered: 01/28/07 Posts: 6289 Loc: Los Angeles Re: help with finishing [Re: AzFred]       #6035596 - 08/19/12 09:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Thompson's is crap. -------------------- RD Post Extras:       fredhargis Member Registered: 08/21/03 Posts: 5619 Loc: Waynesfield, Ohio Re: help with finishing [Re: samfromclaremont]       #6035709 - 08/20/12 06:05 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   If you do choose to go with the untinted paint, be sure to get the highest number base they have, that would be #4 for most brands...and it needs to be the oil base. -------------------- Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy...(Benjamin Franklin) Post Extras:       AzFred Member Registered: 04/17/03 Posts: 2080 Loc: Arizona Re: help with finishing [Re: Richard D.]       #6035861 - 08/20/12 08:50 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Curious? The brand or the concept? No argument, but 30 years of success on west facing Arizona doors. Not always Thompsons BTW I would not use or even consider the product for interior furniture of any kind. THX! -------------------- Never Give Up Post Extras:       Richard D. Off his rocker Registered: 01/28/07 Posts: 6289 Loc: Los Angeles Re: help with finishing [Re: AzFred]       #6036823 - 08/20/12 11:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Just as a deck sealer, in my experience it is inferior to anything else I have used. -------------------- RD Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | Next | (show all)

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