1.   A sealed-and-waxed finish generally has to be stripped of wax and rewaxed at intervals that could be six momths to a year or longer.

2.   He said the third-place finish had the effect of waking up a somnolent Teuscher.

3.   Indeed, the finish had the look of something a Hollywood second-unit director would stage.

4.   Moreover, the final finish has more warmth and clarity, so it is a better choice for furniture.

5.   On the most pristine surviving Stradivari instruments, by contrast, the finish has a brittle, almost glassy look.

6.   So flat finishes usually have a lower percentage of resin than satin or high gloss finishes.

7.   The fourth-place Harvard finish had a silver lining with the selection of Ian Carswell as the outstanding performer.

8.   The metallic finishes have a polyurethane coating to preserve them.

9.   The potential storybook finish had a sour ending.

10.   Traditional finishes still have their uses around the home.