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My sister is buying a dining room table and had a question about finishes. The crafter offers two options - a low-VOC film finish or a "hard wax" finish. I don't know what they use for the former, and the latter appears to be
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She has a 7-year-old who is rough on furniture and wants something that looks nice but will be able to survive him. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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01-03-2018, 07:26 PM
(01-03-2018, 06:47 PM)abernat Wrote: My sister is buying a dining room table and had a question about finishes. The crafter offers two options - a low-VOC film finish or a "hard wax" finish. I don't know what they use for the former, and the latter appears to be https://www.osmouk.com/sitechapter.cfm?c...2&page=247.
She has a 7-year-old who is rough on furniture and wants something that looks nice but will be able to survive him. Does anyone have any suggestions?
If there is a 7 year old involved all bets are off
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01-05-2018, 03:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-05-2018, 08:40 PM by Kansas City Fireslayer.)
The low VOC film finish is probably an acrylic based poly. There are some excellent ones out there nowadays. I would definitely go that route over a hard wax finish. A table top gets too much use for a hard wax, IMO. What will be very important is that your sister takes care with what she uses to clean it with.
