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bartop hard (post #205619)

wannaknow on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 11:11
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we  built a bar and screwed up the finish. used oak flooring but how to sand smooth? edger worked unevenly. couldn't get it flat, then stain ok but varnish all wrong. Questions, how to sand a 2-foot wide bartop and what type of lacquer and how to apply? spray, brush?

jdilorenzo
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Maybe for a final finish you (post #205619, reply #1 of 2)

by DanH in reply to wannaknow [original] on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 13:08

Maybe for a final finish you should use bar coating?


We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy -- sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. --Thomas Edison

use chemical stripper to (post #205619, reply #2 of 2)

by sapwood in reply to wannaknow [original] on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 14:15

use chemical stripper to remove the mess. sand with 6" random orbital using progressively finer grit until smooth. you'll need some hand/eye coordination. if you don't have that, i can't advise. finish with waterlox original, three coats minimum.