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100 1 _aHodgson, Fred T.
_q(Frederick Thomas),
_d1832-1919
245 1 4 _aThe hardwood finisher
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-05
508 _aCharlene Taylor, A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The hardwood finisher: with rules and directions, for finishing in natural…" compiled and edited by Fred T. Hodgson is a technical handbook written in the late 19th century. The work serves as a comprehensive manual for the finishing of wood used in building construction and decoration, focusing particularly on hardwoods. Its primary audience is architects, carpenters, woodworkers, painters, and decorators interested in professional methods for preparing, finishing, staining, varnishing, and polishing both domestic and exotic woods. The opening of the book lays out the broad scope of wood finishing, noting its importance to a variety of building trades and emphasizing the evolution of woodworking from primitive functions to sophisticated decorative arts. Hodgson explains his approach, which is to extract the most reliable techniques from a variety of sources and supplement them with his own experience, while keeping the focus tightly on wood used for buildings. The initial chapters introduce key concepts such as selecting proper wood, preparing surfaces, hiding fastenings, sanding, and preventing common defects. Detailed guidance is provided on the use and composition of fillers, differences between open- and close-grained woods, and the best materials and methods for achieving durable and attractive finishes. The section then progresses into step-by-step practical instructions on filling, staining, shellacking, varnishing, wax finishing, rubbing, and French polishing, catering to both standard and high-end finishes, and concludes with a segue to specific guidance on individual wood species starting with oak. This thorough introduction sets a clear, methodical and practical tone for the book as a trusted resource for serious wood finishers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: The Industrial Publication Company, 1892
653 _aWood finishing
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/hardwoodfinisher00unse
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76021
999 _c116746
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