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   user-7698569 | May 14, 2022 07:04am | #1

   This was awesome - I thought I knew what I was talking about until I watched this! Now I know where I have gone wrong with staining in the past. Thanks, Mike.

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   user-6726961 | May 18, 2022 02:55pm | #2

   Great information Mike. I will put it to good use.

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   fatdogearl | May 21, 2022 03:20pm | #3

   Outstanding. I have decades of experience in finishing wood but I have never been able to explain the multiple processes/steps as well as Mr. Mascelli.

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   deejaydebi | May 21, 2022 03:54pm | #4

   Excellent tutorial! I may have to watch this a few more times I am sure I won't get it or remember it all in one sitting. A lot of great information that answered a lot of questions. Thank you.

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   markbarabas | May 22, 2022 08:46am | #5

   Thank you for this excellent explanation of the finishing process Mike! Always wondered how glaze and toner fit in to the schedule.

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   richeytgr | May 22, 2022 07:50pm | #6

   George Frank would be impressed.

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   dduff56 | May 23, 2022 08:52am | #7

   Thanks for the lessons! You've taken some of the fear out of finishing for me.

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   bburgboy | May 23, 2022 11:06am | #8

   Wow, what an education. Thank so much. I've been finishing wood for many decades and never completely understood all that I was doing. Kudos to Ben Strano and the FWW team for bringing Mike Mascelli to the screen. Like Ben's interview with Michael Fortune last year (a master class on bandsaw techniques), this video series is worth the annual subscription.

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   user-6943804 | May 23, 2022 04:55pm | #9

   I've been using water soluble aniline dies for years. I can mix a batch, store it in a plastic half gallon milk jug without much worry about evaporation. I'll try TransTint colorants but because of evaporation I'll have to start keeping notes. I added shellac to my repertoire some years ago when faced with a persistent fisheye in nitrocellulose lacquer.
   The information about using a color wheel should be helpful.
   I had mused about adding color to lacquer and spraying it with my hvlp gun. Instead now I'll try commercially available spray toner.

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   jbdz | May 24, 2022 08:39pm | #10

   TransTint works in water too. I think Mike was using alcohol to have less grain-raising, so if you are already good with that, you should be fine in water. Also, if you are already spraying, toning with HVLP won't be a problem for you either. You can use TransTint in lacquer and shellac, and you can search and find more info on that from Homestead.

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    52384 | May 31, 2022 05:50am | #11

    Love your style Mike. I just spent 3 days learning French Polishing. It was useful but I found your tutorials really enhanced what I learnt and took me so much further. (FYI: check out the Video workshop on Upholstery that Mike does - awesome)

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    [email protected] | Jul 16, 2022 04:13pm | #12

    EXCELLANT tutorial. How do I apply these items to a large project? I don't have spray equipment. I am making a toy chest. I understand you get laps when applying dye by hand.
    Thanks
    Steve H

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    user-6881139 | Aug 22, 2022 08:15pm | #13

    Excellent presentation. One question. Was the shellac that you sprayed between coats of dyes and pigments, etc. de-waxed?

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    glennkk | Nov 08, 2022 09:37am | #14

    A master class! Thanks. I too was wondering about the the wax in the shellacs you were using; always have been cautioned against that.

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   benstrano | Nov 08, 2022 10:48am | #15

   Can you give a timestamp? I don't think there was a single wax used in this whole series.

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   jtjohnston | Sep 14, 2023 10:36pm | #18

   Very late to the conversation, but I think he was asking: is the sprayed shellac de-waxed or not?

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    zzzyyyxxx | Dec 09, 2022 01:03pm | #16

    For a neophyte at finishing this was a highly informative--and very well done--introductory tutorial. Kudos! I would like to see more from Mike, particularly techniques for handling large surfaces--such as table tops, case sides, etc.-- while avoiding blotches, lap marks, etc. Thanks.

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    stevek505 | Apr 05, 2023 11:53pm | #17

    Outstanding explanation of finishing! Without a doubt, this series was the most information packed discussion of almost all of the Woodworking how to videos. Thank you!