Hey Jerry18 and all of you guys:
I’ve done a lot of work with Wenge and it is a very cool wood to work machines well but watch those splinters. The end grain is pretty easy to fill and the wood takes a great finish. I’ve used sprayed polyurethane, lacquer in moist environments and have never had a complaint from a client! I have also just brushed a few thin coats of the finish of choice onto the endgrain and then sanded down to the surface of the wood, fills the grain and then you can spray or wipe on your finish.
If you’re going to use wipe on poly try sanding with wet/dry sand paper using the finish as a lubrican on the endgrain, that works very well too!
Madison2
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Hey thanks for the tips.
How would you compare the wipe on poly with pre-cat lacquer for both looks and durability?
Jerry
Have you tried spraying water-based finishes on wenge? I've a project slated for this coming spring and don't want any surprises...
Marty
I've brushed it on a hall table we made for a client a couple years ago. The client insisted on a water based finish because of her environmental concerns (really kind of a hoot as we were using mostly rain forest woods!) the stuff worked very well and has held up under the daily banging of keys and such. So spraying should work well too!
Madison2
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