Understanding Wood Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON US EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date: 1994.* Pub: Rodale Press Inc.* Binding and cover condition: Glossy laminated colour photo-illustrated boards showing a brush, pigments and a timber top, re. blue and black titles to face & blue title to white spine strip. No bumps or rubs, minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine, No other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper, probably as issued. ND.* Contents condition: Ex-Library copy with the usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slightly dusty top edge. VG+* Illustrations: Colour and b/w photo's diagrams and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 303 pp. text. viii pp. list of suppliers, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: One in series of American Woodworker series. Take the mystery out of wood finishing. The biggest secret of successful wood finishing is that there is no secret at all. Finishing is not an art, it is a simple process any woodworker can learn. Author Bob Flexner has been finishing wood for more than 20 years. He spent the last six years learning the chemistry of finishing, so you don't need to. In "Understanding Wood Finishing," Flexner has distilled his technical knowledge into the practical information you need to understand how every finish will perform and why. Tips for getting the perfect finish. Tricks for determining what kind of finish you're really buying. A handy chart telling which stains are compatible with which finishes. Step-by-step finishing schedules.* A NEAR VG++ ex-library copy of the 1st./1st, fnl. with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket. (Probably as issued.)*