Recommend a good wood finishes book

[SCMG001]

Hello, looking for a good wood finishes book, thats really comprehensive. Ideally written and published in the UK. Thanks

 

[thetyreman]

finishing by jeff jewitt, it pretty much covers everything, but it's american.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Woodfinishing-Ian-Hosker/dp/1861082479

 

[Molynoox]

Not sure about books but might be worth checking out the free online tool that rag n bone brown created.
Martin

 

[JimB]

Staining and Polishing by Charles Hayward. First published in 1946 and still available.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

^^^ except of course that won't mention anything invented in the last 76 years. (Unless newer editions have been amended, of course.)

 

[Exluthier]

I'm with Jim B; Although Charles H Hayward's book may not reference new polymers, etc., it provides a complete guide to the techniques involved in basic staining and polishing, and is the best start I can think of for the work.

 

[Jacob]

Frederick Oughton: "Complete Manual of Wood Finishing". Discursive and detailed.
More useful for a beginner but excellent and practical - Charles Cliffe "The Woodworker Manual of Finishing and Polishing".
Not my thing but am just having a look at stuff for a project.
Any suggestions of where to get small amounts of Aniline dyes: "black, blue, Bismarck brown, Vandyke brown, green, red, maroon, and purple"?
I've just ordered the Hayward book too.

 

[fezman]

There is also this one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finishing-Revised-Michael-Dresdner-1999-07-01/dp/B01FEKIGP6
New price looks to have gone through the roof, but quite a few used ones.
This and the one Phil mentioned seem to cover things for me.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I'm with Jim B; Although Charles H Hayward's book may not reference new polymers, etc., it provides a complete guide to the techniques involved in basic staining and polishing, and is the best start I can think of for the work.

Certainly. I wasn't implying it wasn't good.