Show Finishing Furniture S Unfinished furniture is popular popular popular lar these days It can be bought in a large number of woods and isn't expensive PATIENCE and care count more than skill when enamel is used for the finish However However However How How- ever there are a few steps its it's best to know if a durable washable finish is to be got got- ten Work should be done in a free dust-free well ventilated room BEFORE any finish is applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied look carefully for splits nail holes or open joints and fill these imperfections with shrinking non-shrinking wood putty to slightly more than full Allow AllO the filler to dry and sand smooth Next sand all surfaces with No 1 1 1 0 O sandpaper Round sharp corners so the finish wont won't chip YOU CAN seal the wood with one coat of shellac diluted di diluted diluted di- di half half and half and with denatured denatured denatured de de- de- de natured alcohol or a prepared filler When dry smooth with witha a No 3 3 3 0 O steel wool Now youre you're ready to start with ith an undercoat at If a single finishing of dark enamel is isto isto isto to be used tint the under under- co coat t. t Use oil color or mix three- three fourths undercoat with one- one fourth enamel Thorough stirring is necessary WHEN applying undercoat brush out well Start painting painting painting paint paint- ing at top Smooth undercoat undercoat undercoat under under- coat with No 3 3 3 0 0 sandpaper after it has dried for twenty- twenty four hours Now apply enamel Flow enamel on and smooth with light cross |