I’ve made a work bench for my wife’s stained glass projects.
The top is oak veneer plywood. What would be the hardest finish I can apply to the top to help prevent glass shards from becoming imbedded in it?
OK, Thanks. But what is the hardest finish I can apply?
Thanks for your help
Scott
Edited 8/1/2009 2:04 pm ET by Scott17
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Funny, my wife does stained glass as well. I found just a good flat surface will work. I've built several small assembly tables (that rest on the regular table in her shop) out of MDF & a good quality ply wich seems to hold well. I also build one that holds her lamp vise for when she's doing Tiffany lamps. She seems to prefer the modular approach to work with the size serface necessary for the job and just keeps the others off to the sides. When working with one, she clamps it to the primary table. With all the chemicals she uses flux's n stuff, I did not put any finish on them and they are going on 2+ years old now and I just looked at them and other than a few stains, I can see no visible signs of glass embedding in them. I'd guess if it's hardwood with little pores it should not be an issue. The real risk to any finish you would use might be the interaction of some of the chemicals in the fluxs and stuff. Good luck.
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Edited 8/1/2009 11:21 am by bones
Thanx,
Sounds like good advice.
No Problem. I'm still partial to one of her earlier pieces, but thats due to the subject matter!
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Tempered hardboard makes a very good work surface - it's cheap too!
furndr
There's always stainless steel. ;-)
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