Hi,

I have got a lot of help from this forum about how to finish pine. The idea was to use coloured natural oil and then not water based lacquer for cover. However, this method has a step back. Oil does not cover knots and corners as well as normal flat wood. Should I do something differently to get even color over all the surface whether knots or not?

Regards

Alar

You can always pony up the extra money for "Clear" pine. (If you insist on using pine that is.) Or move up to hardwoods that are pretty much knot free.

For knotty pine, I've read that using a washcoat of shellac before the oil will help to even out the color a bit. Do a google search on rec.woodworking and you will get some tips on how to finish knotty pine.

I've used the minwax pre-conditioner on pine before but that didn't seem to work that well. I don't use pine much and prefer using hardwoods.

Jim
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PS One of my hobbies is woodworking and I have a decent woodshop to make stuff with.

Okay, what I use is MinWax Wood Pre Conditioner. It is applied, wiped off and then you must apply your stain or finish within the next 2 hours. I generally don't work with softwoods and only rarely use plywoods, but it appears to work well on both at preventing / minimizing the blotchy look.

Hi,

Thank you for advice, I will try pre-conditioners on my next project. To be clear I would like to explain that I am not fond of pine but this and spruce are only woods sold in retail locally. Wholesale one can buy anything but I am just an hobbyst and it is not financially acceptable for me. I think it is caused by small market here. So I am forced to stay with pine.