Martin Pearson
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I started to make a few of these kits that you can buy, pens, perfume atomisers, keyrings, that sort of thing. The first ones I made I varnished but then wanted to try using wax to finish them so bought some sanding sealer.
The one I bought is a spirit based shellac sanding sealer that says it is good for waxes & french polishes. Directions say to apply with brush or cloth & lightly sand once dry. What they don't say is how long it takes to dry. I know from experience with paints that touch dry, recoat time & full cure time mean very different things so was wondering how long I should leave items before sanding after I have applied the sanding sealer. It feels dry quite quickly after application with it being spirit based but I don't want to start sanding things before it is fully dry/cured.
Finishing is something I still know next to nothing about & it is so important to the overall process if you want to achieve good results. The CNC is capable of producing some outstanding pieces but they will only ever look as good as the finishing allows them to, a really nice piece can be made to look bad or just ordinary with a bad finish & in the same way an ordinary or poor piece can be made to look quite special with good finishing.
My hand turning skills are also improving (very slowly) so I really need to spend a bit of time learning more about finishing, problem is that it is such a large subject
The one I bought is a spirit based shellac sanding sealer that says it is good for waxes & french polishes. Directions say to apply with brush or cloth & lightly sand once dry. What they don't say is how long it takes to dry. I know from experience with paints that touch dry, recoat time & full cure time mean very different things so was wondering how long I should leave items before sanding after I have applied the sanding sealer. It feels dry quite quickly after application with it being spirit based but I don't want to start sanding things before it is fully dry/cured.
Finishing is something I still know next to nothing about & it is so important to the overall process if you want to achieve good results. The CNC is capable of producing some outstanding pieces but they will only ever look as good as the finishing allows them to, a really nice piece can be made to look bad or just ordinary with a bad finish & in the same way an ordinary or poor piece can be made to look quite special with good finishing.
My hand turning skills are also improving (very slowly) so I really need to spend a bit of time learning more about finishing, problem is that it is such a large subject