Wish me luck! I am in the middle of the most horrible and infuriating refinishing job. It's our own teak veneer dining table that has suffered over the years from salt scratches, jenga dents, water marks etc.. And to add to the misery there is a centre panel that has not seen the light of day for the last 10 years! other than that; easy!
I have stripped and bleached the top with Oxalic acid to remove some water stains. I have had a **** of a time staining the outer leaves; they do no react in any "normal" way to the stain colours I have put on. It is like working with something out of "harry Potter" "Davids every colour teak" I applied a nice golden orangy/Oak stain and in places the top turned a wonderful vermillian! I thought $%%&! so out came the bleach again and as soon as the bleach hit it turned bright yellow! The centre panel just to be contrary behaves beautifully and is now a lovely golden brown colour whilst the outside leaves are a blondish dirty yellowy sort of mess having been stained and bleached and stained and bleached a few times. I gave up with the staining and decided to go the toner route. I have put two coats of the ultima shellac sealer on to prevent any problems with compatibility with the next steps. I have read copious amounts on the web and am going with "tints all" and or "Transtints" to colour the Target EM8000 conversion varnish. People tell me to increase the air inlet pressure and decrease the material flow to provide a mist coat and gradually creep up on the colour I need. This table will be the death of me and what's more it is stopping work on the new bedside cabinets!!
More on Monday!!!
I have stripped and bleached the top with Oxalic acid to remove some water stains. I have had a **** of a time staining the outer leaves; they do no react in any "normal" way to the stain colours I have put on. It is like working with something out of "harry Potter" "Davids every colour teak" I applied a nice golden orangy/Oak stain and in places the top turned a wonderful vermillian! I thought $%%&! so out came the bleach again and as soon as the bleach hit it turned bright yellow! The centre panel just to be contrary behaves beautifully and is now a lovely golden brown colour whilst the outside leaves are a blondish dirty yellowy sort of mess having been stained and bleached and stained and bleached a few times. I gave up with the staining and decided to go the toner route. I have put two coats of the ultima shellac sealer on to prevent any problems with compatibility with the next steps. I have read copious amounts on the web and am going with "tints all" and or "Transtints" to colour the Target EM8000 conversion varnish. People tell me to increase the air inlet pressure and decrease the material flow to provide a mist coat and gradually creep up on the colour I need. This table will be the death of me and what's more it is stopping work on the new bedside cabinets!!
More on Monday!!!