Oak City Customs

Wood Panel Finish Levels

Planer | Wide-Belt | Orbital | Fully-Finished

Below Are Descriptions Of the 4 Finish Levels We Offer on all Wood Panels

Planer Finish

- Material is straight-line ripped to feature clean & perfectly straight edges & prepped for glue-up

- Panel is 'edge glued' using Titebond 3 wood glue

- Major cracks, knots, & imperfections are filled with Oak City Customs Epoxy, filler and/or glue

- Cracks, knots, & imperfections less than 1/4" wide may be present

- Flattened & finished with our 52" double helical jointer/planer

- Cut-to-size on our panel saw (+/-) 1/8"

Wide-Belt Finish

- Material is straight-line ripped to feature clean & perfectly straight edges & prepped for glue-up

- Panel is 'edge glued' using Titebond 3 wood glue

- Major cracks, knots, & imperfections are filled with Oak City Customs Epoxy, filler and/or glue

- Cracks, knots, & imperfections less than 1/8" wide may be present

- Flattened & finished with our 52" double helical jointer/planer

- Cut-to-size on our CNC machine (+/-) 1/8"

- Sanded to 150 grit with our 52" wide-belt finish sander to meet any specified thickness

- Edge detail applied (round-over, bevel, ogee, etc.)

- Edges sanded clean of saw marks

- All surfaces hand orbital sanded to 150 grit

- Surfaces may need to be inspection sanded to 220 grit, prior to applying finish, depending on application

Orbital Finish

All previous steps - PLUS -

- Sanded to 180 grit with our 52" orbital finish sander

- Inspected for finishing steps

Fully-Finished

All previous steps - PLUS -

- Final inspection & 220 grit hand orbital sanding

- 3 coats minimum to top surface & 2 coats minimum to bottom surface, of clear satin water-based polyurethane finish or Rubio Monocoat finish

- Other finishes & stains available, please inquire for details