Here is the orange Shellac board and our natural board. Alright, so I am going to let this dry for about three to four hours. I will sand between coats with 320 grit sandpaper and I am probably going to put on a total of about three coats and that should do the trick. Alright, so these results are really interesting. Here is our oil control board and here is the water control board.
Now the interesting thing that I found, it may just be the varnish that I use, but I do not see as much of a dramatic difference between my oil and water boards as you might think. Okay, the water is certainly a little paler than the oil, but if not really as dramatic as some of these others. Now I think I over did it some of this cases, for instance like the dye. The dye was a little bit of an over shot compared to the oil. Okay? It is completely different thing, but, certainly, we are sort of skating in the same roundness far as it looking oil like.
Well, you will notice with the dye though is that we did was really pop the grain. Okay. That dye sits down into those really absorbent stripes there and actually intensifies the grain pattern and by popping that grain sort of gives it that oil look to begin with. So, dye is definitely a viable option for sure. But clearly it is going to take a little bit more work to pin-point and nail down that perfect combination of colors.
Now here is the interesting comparison. Okay, this is the boiled linseed oil and this is just the oil based varnish. And just goes to show you that boiled linseed oil really gives you a lot of intense amber of color in parting of into the wood.
As maple has just turn to very orangey-yellowish very, very light brown color. So, you can certainly get there with that pre-coat of boiled linseed oil, but you are going to have very careful of the adhesion issues and things that we discussed. But the Shellac barrier you should do the trick for you.
But now becomes a three step process just to use water based finish. So although it works, it may not be the best option. Now here is Shellac, okay, the orange Shellac that we got from the Hawk Company was fantastic. I think it turned out great it is probably the closest match to the oil from what I can see from my perspective here.
Then you are only talking a two step process of pre-coat of Shellac and then your water based coat and, you know what? Almost all of my projects is get a wash coat of Shellac on them the waxed Shellac just because if there is any impurities on the surface or anything that is not visible to the naked eye, it is a good idea to make sure you put that Shellac on there, it is a light sanding sealer essentially and it is great base coat for anything that you want to top coat with whether is lacquer, finish or in this case water based. So, Shellac is getting big thumbs up from me. And again here is the water based, so I think what this says is that the water based finishes in general are getting better and better and looking more and more attractive.
I do not really think we have worry about it as much as we might have in the past. Now keep in mind all this changes if you are using a dark wood. Okay, water based finishes do not necessary really look great on dark woods because they have a little bit of a bluish hue and casted them so. Maybe we will delve into that a little bit later.
But from now on lighter colored woods, I think my recommendation to any of this will work but I think what I would probably play with the most would be the dye and the Shellac. Okay. And you can get the best of both worlds by combining this two. Maybe a pre-coat of dye, cover that with some Shellac seal that dye in. Hit it with water based finish and you are going to have a tough time pointing out which one is the oil based finish. This finishes are getting really, really good. So, experiment, have some fun with it, this water based finishes are a pleasure to use in terms of, you know, just having it in the shop. It is just not nearly as offensive to your senses as the oil based stuff.
But I think it is the successful little experiment and it kind of showed you the differences between the base coats and what you should use in your shop. So give it a shot. Let me know what the results are because, you know, this is just one experiment. There are a thousand variations of this that you can do. So, let me know what you wind up doing? Alright, thanks for watching and will catch you next time.
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