Complete Woodfinishing

by IanHosker (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  With this essential guide to professional finishing techniques, learn to enhance the natural beauty of the wood's grain, texture and surface marking. Find out the best ways to protect the wood from a variety of things that can destroy, damage or disfigure it. From sanding, staining, bleaching, and preparing the surface, to wax and oil polishing, French polishing, varnishing, and painted and decorative finishes, you'll choose a finish to suit your project. . ..very informative...should be in your library.... -- Carver's News. 192 pages (72 in color), 100 b/w illus., 8 1/4 x 10 7/8.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.54

  This is the definitive book on all kinds of woodfinishing. It is a complete guide to the craft, cutting through the mystique and providing a thorough grounding in every aspect of finishing wood - from classic French polishing to modern techniques - to its best advantage. Staining & Bleaching; Wax & Oil Polishing; French Polishing; Varnishes; Paint; Colouring; Modern Synthetic Lacquers; Limed Oak; Refinishing; Timber Protection; The updated and expanded edition of Ian Hosker's highly successful full-colour-illustrated text, with new safety information and additional colour photographs. Category Bestseller: First edition was published in 1993 (ISBN 0-946819-33-5) and has reprinted five times, in 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000. The standard work for woodworking students, hobbyists and professionals, by a design & technology lecturer at Sidmouth College.