The
coating protects And beautifies the furniture
believe it or not, the first recorded wood finisher is found
in the Bible. In the Book of Genesis, Chapter 6, verse 14,
God commanded Noah to build an ark of gropher wood, and
to cover it within and with (another name for tar). Pitch
had been used prior to the Bible story to seal and preserve
wood agains the ravages of moisture and water. It is generally
belived that the gopher wood of the Bible verse was probably
either cedar or cypress. Both species are durable, resinous
woods that stand up Well in wet conditions-and from the
earlist of times it was recognized that woods need to be
protected from the elciricrits..