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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Finishes...
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 09:42:34 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 09:42:34 1985
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This reminds me of a story...

My friend Peter has a very beautiful cherry table that he uses as his
kitchen table. The table was finished with oil, and Peter is constantly
renewing the oil finish (a little sanding and another coat of oil). At
one point he was living with David. Now David is a hobbyist, making all
sorts of things. One day, David managed to spill a large amount of epoxy
onto the top of the table, and didn't notice the glue until it had fully
cured. David was horrified, but pulled out his pocket knife to see if he
could chip the glue away. When he pressed the point under one edge of
the cured glue, the entire glop just popped off. The next time Peter
oiled the table there was no clue that David had made any mistake.

This has sold me on oil finishes.
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