Finishing Class Syllabus
- Introduction:
- Review the value of finishing wood – why bother?
- Qualities that finishing brings to furniture
- Choosing a finish
- Preparing surfaces for Finishes (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- Prepare surfaces for Sanding
- Glue splotches
- Dents/Holes/Gouges
- Wood putty
- Wax sticks
- Sanding/Scraping/Smoothing (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- Sandpaper
- Overview of Sandpaper
- Minerals
- Grits
- Hand-sanding & Machine sanding
- Scraping
- What are they? How to use them
- Sandpaper
- Prepare surfaces for Sanding
- Changing the texture of Wood (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- Pore filling
- Overview
- Types of pore filler
- How to do it
- Pore filling
- Changing the colour of wood (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- Introduction to dyes & stains
- Pigment
- Dyes
- Wiping
- Oil, water, varnish, lacquer based stains
- Gel, NGR
- Chemical Stains
- Shading stains
- End grain staining
- Wash coats
- Problems and How to Fix them
- Introduction to dyes & stains
- Oil Finishes (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- Overview
- How to apply
- Problems and How to fix them
- Wax Finishes (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- Overview
- How to apply
- Problems and How to fix them
- Introduction to Film Finishes
- What are they?
- Types of film finishes
- Curing
- Evaporative
- Reactive
- Coalescing
- Curing
- Solvents & Thinners
- Compatibility
- Types of film finishes
- What are they?
- Shellac (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- What is it
- How to apply
- Common problems
- Lacquer (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- What is it
- How to apply
- Common problems
- Varnish (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- What is it
- How to apply
- Common problems
- Water-based finishes (lecture, demo, hands on practice)
- What is it
- How to apply
- Common problems
- Finishing The Finish (demo and hands on if time allows(
- Repairing Finishes (Lecture)
- Wrap Up/Clean up