I should probably put this in the "Lack of Finishing Touch" column, but had a strange one happen yesterday and not sure what, if anything, I should do.
I had stained a nicely figured piece of oak (heavy dark rings in the grain - dramatic) to use for a threshold 2 days ago - Friday I believe it was. Sunday afternoon I put on the first coat of poly - using oil based Defthane - when I looked at it last night, it had started bleeding and bubbling up through the grain of those heavy rings - looked like stain coming up, although after 2 days it should have been plenty dry.
I haven't had this happen before - do I just wait, let it bleed, re-sand and start with the poly again? - toss it and start with a new but less heavily figured board - or is there something else I should do?
I had stained a nicely figured piece of oak (heavy dark rings in the grain - dramatic) to use for a threshold 2 days ago - Friday I believe it was. Sunday afternoon I put on the first coat of poly - using oil based Defthane - when I looked at it last night, it had started bleeding and bubbling up through the grain of those heavy rings - looked like stain coming up, although after 2 days it should have been plenty dry.
I haven't had this happen before - do I just wait, let it bleed, re-sand and start with the poly again? - toss it and start with a new but less heavily figured board - or is there something else I should do?
You can't put the finish on until you tune it. And you can't get the darn thing in tune because it leaks air like a sieve. Some guys have the patience and actually seal it, tune it, then sand off the finish, do whatever wood burning they want to do and then stick it in a dip tank of varnish to coat it inside and out. They let oak soak in the varnish for hours and some have elaborate rotisseries to slowly turn the flute as it dries.
