My step-son is making us a coffee table. He is going to inlay some
thin stiping around the top, the apron, and the legs. It's his first
time to try anything like this. He asked me a question I wasn't sure
how to answer.
He is using red oak and he is planning on staining it a light walnut
color. The question is, what to do with the striping so that it
doesn't get stained, too.
My guess is that he should finish the piece and stain it, then route
out the groove for the striping, clean up the edges, then glue the
stiping in, then apply the finish. Is that the best way?
The alternative would be to route out the groove for the stiping and
then stain, but would the glue hold as well after the groove had been
stained?
Thanks for any suggestions.
In case it matters, the finish is to be water-based lacquer applies
with an air gun.
PS: I used to work with nitro lacquer and we always applied a coat or
two of sanding sealer before the lacquer. Is that true for the water
based, too?
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Top Spin <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> My step-son is making us a coffee table. He is going to inlay some
> thin stiping around the top, the apron, and the legs. It's his first
> time to try anything like this. He asked me a question I wasn't sure
> how to answer.
>
> He is using red oak and he is planning on staining it a light walnut
> color. The question is, what to do with the striping so that it
> doesn't get stained, too.
>
> My guess is that he should finish the piece and stain it, then route
> out the groove for the striping, clean up the edges, then glue the
> stiping in, then apply the finish. Is that the best way?
If he wants a walnut color, why doesn't he just use walnut?
I don't think there's any other way to do it. If he did it your way,
he still needs to sand/plane the striping after he glues it in. And
what to do with glue squeeze out?
I think the whole idea of inlay is to use different colored woods to
achieve the effect.
On 26 Jan 2004 12:47:55 -0800, [email protected] (Jay) wrote:
>Try putting some foam weather stripping into the groove. This will
>keep the stain from soaking in and you can glue up afterwards.
Now that's ingenius. I'll suggest that to him. Thanks.
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On 26 Jan 2004 05:27:08 -0800, [email protected] (Larry Bud)
wrote:
>If he wants a walnut color, why doesn't he just use walnut?
Too dark, wrong grain, too expensive, etc.
>I don't think there's any other way to do it.
Other than not using any stain?
>If he did it your way, he still needs to sand/plane the striping after he glues it in.
Yes, the striping would need a light sanding after it is glued in.
>And what to do with glue squeeze out?
Some of the stiping comes with an adhesive on the back. I was thinking
that that would be enough so there shouldn't be any squeeze out.
>I think the whole idea of inlay is to use different colored woods to
>achieve the effect.
Yes, I agree. But is there no way to do stiping in a wood that needs
to be stained?
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