Hi
I'm making a jewellry box which is veneered in a walnut burr veneer. This is my first attempt at veneering, and using extramite to glue the veneer seems to be bonding well and setting nice and hard.
The burr veneer has a few small cracks/imperfections which in some cases have allowed a tiny amount of glue to come through to the external surface. In other cases it is more like small pitting on the surface.
I'm not sure if sanding it will remove these imperfections or if it's advisable to use some sort of grain filler (never done this before).
Once sanded, I'm thinking of keeping the finish simple using Danish oil, since I think an oiled finish would be better than a varnish, but don't feel like trying to master the art of french polish on this project!
Any advice/comments on what grain filler (if any) I should consider would be appreciated. Also should I be concerned about the extramite which has seeped through the cracks, or will this sand clean? Will Danish oil give a pleasing finish? - generally any advice would be very much appreciated!
Many thanks to everybody on this forum - You are certainly a great bunch of people with an incredible amount of knowledge!
Kind regards
Paul
I'm making a jewellry box which is veneered in a walnut burr veneer. This is my first attempt at veneering, and using extramite to glue the veneer seems to be bonding well and setting nice and hard.
The burr veneer has a few small cracks/imperfections which in some cases have allowed a tiny amount of glue to come through to the external surface. In other cases it is more like small pitting on the surface.
I'm not sure if sanding it will remove these imperfections or if it's advisable to use some sort of grain filler (never done this before).
Once sanded, I'm thinking of keeping the finish simple using Danish oil, since I think an oiled finish would be better than a varnish, but don't feel like trying to master the art of french polish on this project!
Any advice/comments on what grain filler (if any) I should consider would be appreciated. Also should I be concerned about the extramite which has seeped through the cracks, or will this sand clean? Will Danish oil give a pleasing finish? - generally any advice would be very much appreciated!
Many thanks to everybody on this forum - You are certainly a great bunch of people with an incredible amount of knowledge!
Kind regards
Paul