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Step 3Edging the Top
This was going in our living room so I wanted it to have a nice clean edge. So I bought some iron on edge tape. This was surprisingly easy to use.
I precut my pieces LONGER than the edge itself. So I would line up one edge and the leave some hanging off the other side. I would press the iron on to the strip on the edge and run it along slowly (this is in the instructions on the edge stripping). I then ran a wood block over the strip to make sure that it was completely smooth. I then used the box cutter to very carefully and accurately cut of the extra. I then lightly sanded the edge so that it was a nice smooth transition from edge to edge.
This was my first time doing this and I was very pleased with the results.
After I did this, I applied one more coat of stain and poly, this time applying it to the wood edge strip that I just placed on.
I precut my pieces LONGER than the edge itself. So I would line up one edge and the leave some hanging off the other side. I would press the iron on to the strip on the edge and run it along slowly (this is in the instructions on the edge stripping). I then ran a wood block over the strip to make sure that it was completely smooth. I then used the box cutter to very carefully and accurately cut of the extra. I then lightly sanded the edge so that it was a nice smooth transition from edge to edge.
This was my first time doing this and I was very pleased with the results.
After I did this, I applied one more coat of stain and poly, this time applying it to the wood edge strip that I just placed on.
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