Mdotflorida
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Recently, I have been helping my neighbour make himself a workbench. He has an idea to take up woodworking now he has retired and has been using my shop for this project to see if he is interested enough to start getting his own workshop together.
He didn't want anything fancy, no hardwood etc. and we've constructed a really solid, 6 foot x 2.5 foot bench. The base is made out of softwood with ply cabinets and full extension drawers. The top is again pine, 2 inches thick with a 1 inch MDF top. He picked up a good Record vice on Ebay and is really pleased with the way things have turned out.
He wants to finish it with something really hard wearing for both the MDF top and the base. He does not want to change the colour much.
Can anybody suggest a finish that might work ?
Jeff
He didn't want anything fancy, no hardwood etc. and we've constructed a really solid, 6 foot x 2.5 foot bench. The base is made out of softwood with ply cabinets and full extension drawers. The top is again pine, 2 inches thick with a 1 inch MDF top. He picked up a good Record vice on Ebay and is really pleased with the way things have turned out.
He wants to finish it with something really hard wearing for both the MDF top and the base. He does not want to change the colour much.
Can anybody suggest a finish that might work ?
Jeff