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Conceal Screws and Prepare for Finish

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What happens here

Conceal all exposed pocket screws using specially designed wood plugs. Apply wood glue to the plugs and gently tap them into the pocket holes until flush. Once dry, use a flush-cut saw to trim any protruding excess, then sand the plugs smooth with the surrounding wood. After all plugs are in place, thoroughly sand the entire chair, starting with a coarser grit and progressing to a fine 220-grit sandpaper. This step is crucial for achieving a professional finish and allowing the stain and clear coat to adhere evenly and smoothly.

Goal: Fill all visible pocket holes with wood plugs and sand the entire chair to a fine grit, ensuring a smooth surface ready for staining and sealing.

Tools and materials

  • Flush Cut Saw
  • Waterproof Wood Glue Titebond
  • Wood Plugs Kreg

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stain. Almost forgot to mention a couple of things for you. All the holes, we plug them up with these pocket hole plugs. They're very easy. You just put glue inside there, glue on here. They only go one way and they practically just slide in place. So that conceals it. I got them here. I got them in the back. I got them underneath here. No holes. Also, the holes that we drilled on top here, I just actually found out this little hack. If you cut off this little bevel here, you can pound in into a counter sunk hole and then use a flush little saw right there. Cut it off, sand it, and you have no holes here as well. Looking phenomenal. One added bonus feature. We're going to have to put a little triangle in here. A little coral if you will, just over time to make sure that this doesn't get to be the weakest point just in terms of bend. That's all. But enough about that. Why don't we get to staining and see if the stain that we got is absolute dog or actually decent. I don't like the looks of this already. It's pure primer white. But a lot of times the sediments kind of settles towards the bottom. So, you really got to mix these things in order to get a true feel for what you're dealing with. Also, I sanded this with uh up to 220. So, 220 grit is what we're looking at right now. Silky smooth, may I add. We're dealing with the bear stain. First time using stain from Bear. Didn't know they make it. It's called white wash pickling. And we just got it at Home Depot.

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