Stories from Grandpa’s Workshop: My Favorite Recipes

Highland Staff All, Community, custom woodfinish, Finishing, make your own woodfinish, Safety, Tool Tips, Woodworking Tips

For the November 2021 issue of Wood News Online, Bob Rummer discusses his favorite recipes for wood finishes and how making your own finishes can help you fine tune and achieve truly customized results: We often focus on woodworking skills like planing and sawing and marking as the hallmarks of a woodworker. But there is […]

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Webinar: Painted Furniture with Aspen Golann

Aspen Golann Finishing

Sign up now! Join furniture maker Aspen Golann for a look at her painting process, including her techniques for airbrushing in details.

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Workshop tip: Easy way to hide damage

FineWoodworking Filling Sealing And Priming, Finishing, Fixing Mistakes, Preparing A Surface, Surface Prep

Glue mixed with dry chips and dust gives a seamless patch.

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Workshop tip: Food vacuum sealer makes glues and finishes last longer

FineWoodworking Adhesives, Clamping And Gluing, Finishing, Finishing Products, Shop Storage, Storage

By excluding air, these sealers extend the life of your products.

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How To Ruin a Project in 5 Easy Steps!

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My first time staining something was a little over a year ago. Prior to that, the only experience I had wielding a brush involved off the shelf paint by the gallon in generic white, grey and greyer grey that went on a wall. My wife tasked me with replacing the rickety floating shelves she picked […]

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