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This article is mainly about creating your own table or counter top or tops. The items introduced here will also be of assistance if you are working on a glass table top replacement. While creating your own table or counter top this article will assume that the style, type and size of the structure has already been determined. The only choice to be made at this point is the actual finish that makes this special top. There will be 2 finishes considered here. First is a structured wood finish followed by a glass plate covering a chosen top such as photos, badges, bottle tops and hobbies etc.

Structured Wood Finish:

Structured finish is regarding the wood design(s)s. The top can be built like a breadboard with strips of wood attached. The strips can be cut at the desired width and length and attached together. The sides and ends of this layout can be rounded off or cut at a right angle and then have the wood finished properly. Another option is to cut wood in angles and make designs with the angle cut wood, attach them and then on to the finish work. A third option could be a design inside surrounded by a different wood outside border then the wood finish.

Glass Plate Covering:

The glass plate top has a base which holds the items to be displayed. This base is usually a ¾" plywood that is attached to the base. The glass top can be held in place with a wood frame all around, a wood siding to the table which holds the glass frame or even a metal frame to make the top secure when covering a valuable item(s).

There will be some base covering of the plywood to 'hold' the display. This may be a cloth material of choice, painting of the wood or even part of the item displayed. To display photos or anything that could be explained in writing, it might be helpful to prepare a written comment about each piece. Photos can be described, badges explained and even stamps identified.

Bottle caps can be displayed in a desired pattern like style of fluid, color of the cap, name on the cap etc. Coins if chosen to display may be labeled or left unidentified as chosen. For coins there are display panels which can be used to hold the coins. There are metals that are not coins to be displayed which also are provided often with a display panel.

If you are in the DIY mode for the top being made, you are providing an additional chore to your janitor service in the home. Once the top is complete, there will be remaining the task of maintaining the looks of the top. This puts itself into a permanent position on the janitor service list.

Voin Long has purchased and sold, built and remodeled many houses and made and repaired furniture of many styles and types over several years. For these articles covering house building or remodeling or furniture work refer to this first reference for more information: counter or table top For additional information regarding DIY home janitor service refer to: janitor service

Wood Finishing And Painting

Changes in the art of wood-finishing has come about through the rapid progress in the development of quick-drying, very permanent, nitrocellulose lacquers which are new finishes derived from the realm of magic and mystery.

Present-day lacquers contain varnish-gums in addition to nitrocellulose, and dry so quickly that they are practically dust-proof; yet they set slowly enough so that they can be applied with little training by use of either a brush or a spray-gun.

The student wood-finisher in the school, the arts and crafts painter in the home who wishes to refinish old furniture, door toppers, or woodwork, and the professional painter will all find new and helpful hints and much practical information about lacquer and its use.

While it is true that the emphasis has been placed on new materials and processes, mention should be made of the fact that the entire field of wood-finishing, including wood-filling, shellacking, and enameling has changed.

Many microscopic studies have been made of the reaction of various finishes, especially wood-fillers, in the pores of several kinds of wood. Many technical difficulties were encountered in attempts to prepare photomicrographs of wood filler in the pores of wood, but nevertheless some interesting information was secured.

Some new and very valuable paint-pigments, such as lithophone, titanox, and "extenders," such as asbestine, are now used rather extensively in the paint trade since they were developed. For many purposes these new materials can be used to advantage. The person who applies paint at the present time has a wide field to choose from in selecting pigments, extenders, colors, drying-oils, and thinners, and needs information about these materials.

Another very fundamental characteristic of wood-finishing is that it is treated as a science as well as an art. It is for this reason that a rich background of related science is given in connection with the descriptions of the materials and the methods of using them.

The chemical formulas of the substances described are usually given, and some of the chemical and physical reactions of the materials are pointed out for the benefit of the amateur, the apprentice, or the master painter who may lack a thorough scientific background for his trade.

Experts gather information about wood finishing with meticulous care through visits to some of the best paint, varnish, and lacquer factories in the United States in order to obtain up-to-date, reliable information. A very careful study has also been made of the writings of scientists on this subject, on everything from finishing wooden bar rails to wood fireplace inserts.

In the industrial-arts departments of schools, wood-finishing and painting have often been taught in connection with woodworking, but at present there is a strong tendency toward the establishment of separate courses in which the informational aspect of wood-finishing and painting can receive proper attention.

The industrial-arts departments of 30 years ago gave little attention to wood-finishing, and attempts were made to finish articles in dusty woodworking shops; now separate rooms, after the universal practice of industry, will be found in all schools where serious work in wood-finishing is done.

The science and art of wood-finishing can be more clearly understood through a study of wood as a material. There is a book entitled "Wood and Lumber" which can be used to advantage in schools when related information and a scientific background are desired in order to give a more intellectual trend to shop work which may be too largely manual or manipulative to be educational and vocational in the best sense.

About the Author

Allison Ryan is a freelance marketing writer from San Diego, CA. She specializes in do-it-yourself home improvement from finishing
wooden bar rails
to custom moulding on window and
door toppers
. For the best in the hardwood moulding industry, check out
http://www.ferche.com/
.

What is the best varnish or other wood finish for interior use, cabinets, floors?

One person told me that polyurethane was the best wood finish in the world. Then I read that polyurethane doesn't adhere well to wood, doesn't adhere well to itself so multiple coats don't work well, doesn't adhere to anything, has a natural color which is a cold blue-gray and doesn't get the warm yellowing with age characteristic of traditional varnishes, can't be repaired if damaged (you need to sand it off and start over). But it repels water and alcohol just great. Who is right?

I dont know who is right..But I would go to a large paint store and ask them what product is best for your needs...Good Luck

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