The Canadian Urethane Foam Contractors Association (CUFCA) estimates that spray foam insulation is installed in between 300,000 and 400,000 Canadian homes every year, a number that has been ...

The second approach is to sand back to bare wood now, then take another run at urethane with a fresh product. Water-based urethane is somewhat more difficult to apply well than oil-based, and my ...

My current favourite finish for applications like yours is Varathane Pro Finisher in a satin sheen. This is one of the rare oil-based urethanes on the market, and it’s so much easier to get ...

Get some oil-based urethane (I prefer a satin sheen) and a natural bristle brush and smooth the bare wood parallel with the grain using a progression of sandpapers up to 220-grit.