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Wood storage box: finish the inside?
QUESTION:Wood storage box: finish the inside?
The first of my home-grown storage boxes is taking shape, and if I am
going to put any kind of finish on the inside surfaces, I should do it soon.
It looks to me as though people typically finish the outside surfaces
and leave raw wood (poplar in my case) contacting the oily tooling. Is
that what you recommend? I am thinking of using an oil finish on the outside.
ANSWER: -I'm no woodworker so take my advise with
a grain of salt. Poplar is pretty soft
and I'd go with a hard varathane coating
of some sort to protect it from minor knocks.
-Wood breathes and moves so anytime any finish is put on one side then
the same finish should be put on the reverse side to combat cupping and
twisting caused by moisture absorption at different rates between the two sides.
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