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jo4hn

wrote:
Hello,

I am looking at building a pretty simple cabinet and bench for our mud
room. I am pretty new at this but have been using Oak for other
things in my house and would like to change it up a little bit. The
mudroom area is a kind of dark so I was looking at doing a lighter
stain so it didn't make it any darker in there.

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Some years ago in my flatlander days, a fellow gave me his redwood deck
(he was putting in a new one). I have built a fair amount of deck or
mudroom furniture from it. There was some spalting which is now front
and center. Joinery is M&T. Finish is gloss Polycrylic, the first coat
being diluted by half. A bit of a rubdown after coat #4 to cut down on
the shine a bit. Looks good, wears well.
YMMV and mahalo,
jo4hn