At DP Juza Woods and Fixtures, satisfying your project vision is essential. This includes achieving your choice of cabinet color and finish. Our finishing department is key in making any custom cabinet color or finish to match your vision. Why Do We Finish Wood? Finishing wood: Finishing wood sanitizes, preserves, stabilizes, and adds unique aesthetics … Read more
There are jobs, projects or even moments that will define the life of any business. Crossroads, of sorts, that if met with great expectations will catapult a business to the next level or, if not met, could spell the beginning of the end for any business.
With all the options available, how do you choose a finish? We’ll walk you through some of the decisions that go into our custom finishing work.
A common misconception is that a special finish is required to seal wood. While commercially prepared wood is indeed available for purchase, the first coat of any finish can be used as sealer as well.
First and foremost, the most obvious quality of any stain is color. Chances are, the last stain you may have chosen was because of the color – not because of its chemical makeup. But not understanding the differences in stains and how each wood takes stain can lead to problems later on down the road.
Sanding is arguably a woodworker’s least favorite part of the job. But oddly enough for many woodworkers, it is a step that often becomes wasted effort. We see a common attitude that “the more you sand, the better the finish will be”.
Finishing wood requires a lot of skill, patience, and knowledge. With all the variables that apply to this part of our process… Why do we even finish it? Put simply, it stabilizes and adds unique aesthetics to the finished product.
It can be tricky to sand the wood edge AND the veneered sheet stock smooth of a joined edge without sanding or burning off the veneer. Nothing will ruin a day more than over sanding and consequently ruining a work in progress because you sanded just a little too much. We’ve got a simply solution to help prevent this.