krzys Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Can somebody share his ideas or experiences for the possible finishes of raw birch corns please ? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I've done raw birch Heresys. I wanted to keep them light so I used Minwax Natural Stain, drying time then I finished with a water based Polyurethane applied with foam brush. dodger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auto_xer Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Dodger, How was the finish after that? Did they stay fairly light? I am about to finish a birch component rack and I wanted something very natural - only a little gloss over the light birch. I had read that the polyurethane will "amber" the finish slightly. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaffstone Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I used Watco Danish Oil on a pair of raw birch La Scalas. Nice gold finish when done. Work is really easy; saturate the wood with the oil, wait for it to soak in as much as possible (about an hour) then wipe off excess. Repeat a couple of times over the next few days and you're done. No varnish runs or puddleing to worry about. This is not a high gloss finish though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwc Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I have corns in raw birch. I think I'm going to paint. Black laquer vs piano black. jc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS Button Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 JW, If you paint your Corns, I'll start listening to Rap. BS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwc Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 BS My wife isn't to hip regarding the stained speaker idea. She likes the Black. She wants any addition speakers to match the La Scalas and the Glass Black McIntoch. That why I may consider "piano black". Sorry this picture is so big jc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dflip Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Don't worry about painting them. Mine were originally painted black and I decided to make them a stained tone, Minwax Early American. The finish was okay, but they still would look better in black (Birch). Afterall, it is only Birch which does not have great grain to begin with. It isn't oak or walnut, so why worry about covering up the grain. Birch can only look so good, even if it is done well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mobley Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Birch resonds well to grain conditioners, which minimize the blotchy effect you can end up with when using stain on birch. The darker the stain, the better the conditioner works. I would bet that more raw birch heritage products have been stained walnut than anything else. I did see a pair of LSBR that had been stained in Cherry awhile back, really looked nice, which I would not have expected. They were well done, probably by a pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS Button Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 ---------------- On 2/25/2005 9:13:04 PM jwcullison wrote: BS My wife isn't to hip regarding the stained speaker idea. She likes the Black. She wants any addition speakers to match the La Scalas and the Glass Black McIntoch. That why I may consider "piano black". Sorry this picture is so big jc ---------------- Drats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmo Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I have a pair of raw heresys and I am going to paint them yellow or orange just because I can. Or I might paint them red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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