Followed the plans listed, and it went pretty well. We purchased our lumber from Lowe's & as many of you have experienced it was difficult to find good lumber.
The only major issue I had was due to quality of lumber. I noticed when I went to install the 2 (1×12) panels for the base, the frame wasn't square. So some heavy sanding and cajoling got the base pieces locked in.
Had a lot of fun building this with my wife. She gets complete credit for the color, ans finished look. The table was treated with preconditioner for oil-based stains which brought out a lot of the pine yellows. The finish is actually 3 different stains: Minwax weathered oak, dark walnut, and classic grey...applied in that order. The classic grey was a light coat to help bring out a more naturally weathered look. It was sealed with three coats of polyacryllic and a light hand sanding with 400 grit paper.
The build itself only took a couple hours. Then about an hour and a half of good sanding. With all the finish work & allowing stain to dry this project took a little over a week.
Stains- $27
Preconditioner - $11
Polycryllic- $16
Having this stuff on hand for more projects- PRICELESS.
Minwax Weathered Oak
Minwax Dark Walnut
Minwax Classic Grey
Minwax Polycryllic
Comments
Ana White
Sat, 10/22/2016 - 09:41
Very beautiful! Nice work!
Very beautiful! Nice work!