- 1). Set out a layer of newspapers to protect the work area.
- 2). Gather your brushes, clean rags, steel wool pads and mineral spirits so that they're nearby when needed.
- 3). Clean the wood to be treated with a steel wool pad dipped in about a cup of mineral spirits mixed with 2 tsp. linseed oil.
- 4). Use a clean rag to dry the wood.
- 5). Pour enough varnish to do the first coat into a separate container, and dilute it with 10 percent mineral spirits (1 part mineral spirits to 10 parts varnish).
- 6). Use a lamb's wool pad to rub this diluted varnish into the wood. Work with the grain.
- 7). Let that coat dry at least 6 hours but not more than 20.
- 8). Apply the second coat with the pad or a brush, but don't use the diluted formula.
- 9). Put on up to five coats, depending on how much wear you anticipate the surface to receive.
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