Originally Posted by KDGJ
Originally Posted by John Roberts
Originally Posted by David Williamson
Thanks for sharing. Remarkable workmanshipWR stock finishing. If I heard right, the stock finisher said 1000 coats. I can see why.
Figure of speech, "thousand coats", but rest assured, they do not apply 1000 coats of finish. Regardless, it’s a great video and I enjoyed it muchly, actually more so than some others on the British trade that I thought were mighty good.
JR

This blog post says 1000 coats over a 6 week period to get the high gloss finish they want. They use 60 coats of red oil to get the color they want prior to the oil finish.

WR Stock Finishing

Ken
Leaving off Saturdays and Sundays, 6 weeks = 30 days. 1000 divided by 30 = 33.3 coats a day. Given an 8 hour work day, with one 30 minute lunch breaks, that's 450 minutes a day divided by 33.3, that's 13.5 coats an hour. I remain highly skeptical, but remain open to any explanations how that's doable. 6 months, sure.
JR

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