Electric Fireplace Surround

[Stan]

One item off the 'list'. Knotty Alder with LOML's design and finish selection. Designed in Sketchup first to get the scale as she wanted it.

Finished with Cabot Pre-Stain (let sit for one hour), then Cabot "Tannery" stain from Lowe's (5 minutes then wipedown), 2 layers of Lacquer for topcoat. Of course the flash really messes up the look of the finish -- sorry.







Thanks for looking.

[GPA61]

Great work, Stan.

[Pappy]

Nice piece, Stan.

[jhart]

Looks like it turned out really nice. Always good to get another one off the list.

[SARGE..g-47]

Very nicely done, Stan. And the list goes on.. and on... and on.......

[Stan]

Very nicely done, Stan. And the list goes on.. and on... and on.......

And..... always seems to get longer rather than shorter.

[SwingKing]

Very nice work! I really like that look for a fireplace.

Thanks for sharing!

-- Ken

[lrogers]

That really dresses up the wall. The mirror above the mantle is a nice touch too.

[Copper]

Great work! Looks very nice.

[ironhat]

You *had* to have scored points with LOYL with that great project! I like the proportions as well.

[chopnhack]

Very nice Stan, has a nice chocolate coloring to it, actually more walnut than chocolate.

[Stan]

Very nice Stan, has a nice chocolate coloring to it, actually more walnut than chocolate.

The stain is a Custom Tint Cabot in Tannery, below is a sample from the Cabot website.



It was used to reduce the orange tints in the Knotty Alder due to the orange painted walls it is placed against. It took a number of samples to get the coloring right (it is a pretty dark stain). The final go was flooding the Alder with Cabot Pre-Stain wood conditioner for 5 minutes then let it dry for 1 hour, followed by stain which was let stand for 5 minutes then a good rubdown.

[chopnhack]

I can say Stan, the effort shows. The wood was transformed!

[shoottx]

Very Cool