UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING

They even allow you to make cheap, uninteresting woods like poplar and soft maple resemble higher-quality woods like walnut and mahogany (Photo 5-1). You probably think of staining as simply applying a colored liquid to bare wood. Staining is this, but it is also much more. It includes glazing, toning, and shading, all ways of applying a colorant so that you can still see the wood through the ... ................
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