Finishing a desktop - Melamine, Topcoat?
Hi all,
A few questions, as I come close to finishing my first desktop!
I have a big, birch-veneered, old door that I'm turning into a desktop.
I've applied a nice wood stain to the faces of the door and I'm ready to wrap it up and throw it on the frame.
Questions:
-I got pre-glued melamine edgebanding. Can/should I apply clear topcoat over it?
-How should I finish the corners of the desk? Just run the edgebanding to the end and try to cut it so the cuts line up? Is there any more effective way?
-To that end, the corners aren't perfect. Some are a little rubbed down from handling the specimen, not perfectly vertical, etc... how do I account for this?
-I feel like I should soften the corners a little, so they don't cut through someone if they bump into it. Any suggestions how to do that?
THANKS!
Hi all,
A few questions, as I come close to finishing my first desktop!
I have a big, birch-veneered, old door that I'm turning into a desktop.
I've applied a nice wood stain to the faces of the door and I'm ready to wrap it up and throw it on the frame.
Questions:
-I got pre-glued melamine edgebanding. Can/should I apply clear topcoat over it?
-How should I finish the corners of the desk? Just run the edgebanding to the end and try to cut it so the cuts line up? Is there any more effective way?
-To that end, the corners aren't perfect. Some are a little rubbed down from handling the specimen, not perfectly vertical, etc... how do I account for this?
-I feel like I should soften the corners a little, so they don't cut through someone if they bump into it. Any suggestions how to do that?
THANKS!