Hey folks!
I was wondering if you guys could settle a bit of a debate. Do you finish wood before it goes up or in place?
MY buddy says always before. His example: cabinets. finished in the shop and then hung completed. I say in place. My example: a stained door jamb. You would have to stain it in place in order to avoid having to deal with staining raw plugs in an already stained jamb.
Any help settling this one? I’d appreciate it.
Edited 8/7/2002 2:37:04 AM ET by bastid e
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I can't imagine finishing a door jamb in place. too hard to get the finish down in all those cracks.
It seems easier to me to do it on a set of sawhorses. That way it's all at a comfortable height, the stuff doesn't run, and it's easier to get the stain into (and out of) the cracks.
But - Like roller skating in a buffalo herd - "You can be happy if you've a mind to".
Education is going to college to learn to express your ignorance in scientific terms.
to put my example more specifically:
i replaced a carpenter on a major renovation who had been fired. all the trim was solid cherry and the jambs were stopless as they were for shoji. basically we hung them with screws, ditto for all the trim, and plugged over the countersinks. the guy they fired had treated everything with potassium bichromate prior to hanging. once everything was up he realized he still had to treat the plugs which looked stark white against the orange of the bichromated cherry. my first directive upon reaching the site on my first day was hit every piece of cherry with a belt sander (and a scraper for the corners) to get off the bichromated surface, then plug, then re-treat. sucky.
as for getting into the nooks and crannies, i don't often paint and prefer wiping varnishes. just slop it on and wipe off the excess ten minutes later. a good clean rag will get the excess in the corners.
thanks for the help, guys. now to go in tomorrow and admit defeat. yay me.Remember when War was just a card game?
Buffalo herd- What?
I have done it in place , take off the door stop and stain that, and the caseing on horses. The jamb can be done in place . Otherwise if you hang the casing . then stain . it will shrink and you will see the unstained gaps.
I try to do everything i can before hanging , like prime and sealing ,on all sides Maybe even first coat of paint . Then I'll put the finish on when it is hung
"I was born in the country, razed in the city, I'm a natural born shaker from my hips to the ground"
Guess you don't remember the old Roger Miller song:
"You can't roller skate in a buffallo herd" There are also lines like: "You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch".
The last line of the chorus is: "But you can be happy if you've a mind to"
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