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.
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.
I’ll bet if you are like most of us at D.P. Juza Woods & Fixtures, you’ve often pondered for hours what exactly does a broken toilet and a severed brass hinge screw have in common? Well, maybe you haven’t. However, you would be surprised.
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.
What made this particular project so challenging was that we weren’t going to be replacing entire cabinetry in a typical, mostly square-roomed, full-walled kitchen. This was a dome house built by the owners almost 30 years ago. The main structure was built by having approximately twenty, 4-foot wide walls all adjoined to make a circle.