Dan Mosley
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I have been finishing my bowls more or less in the following way:
1-after finish sanding i apply 2-3 coats of Danish oil and rub each coat down
after a bit of time to soak
2- 24hrs to dry well and then apply by hand a coat of Danish/turp/varnish
mix 1/3 ea. each coat drys 2 days and is scuffed down with 3m or 0000
steel wool before the other coat. Total coats 3-4 depending on the look. I
usually dont do anything to the last coat.
Question: I was reading where someone had done similar finishing but on the last coat they used 0000 and then applied a good wax by hand, let it dry 15min or so and buffed it by hand with lambs wool or something like that.
The finish with a good varnish seems to look fine so why would someone take the finish down one final time and apply a wax coat ???
Another method i have used is if the turnings are small i submerge the turning in a container of oil (Danish) for a day or two and then dry well and wipe down....when totally dry i start the finishing as i described above....i usually let the submerged turning dry for several days before i touch it with any finish. I have used BLO and done the same as well as experimented with other oils to soak and they do turn out well.
My next step is to start using my airbrush to try Laquer over the soaked bowls...........
Any thoughts ?? How is everybody else finishing there bowls ??
Thanks Dan
1-after finish sanding i apply 2-3 coats of Danish oil and rub each coat down
after a bit of time to soak
2- 24hrs to dry well and then apply by hand a coat of Danish/turp/varnish
mix 1/3 ea. each coat drys 2 days and is scuffed down with 3m or 0000
steel wool before the other coat. Total coats 3-4 depending on the look. I
usually dont do anything to the last coat.
Question: I was reading where someone had done similar finishing but on the last coat they used 0000 and then applied a good wax by hand, let it dry 15min or so and buffed it by hand with lambs wool or something like that.
The finish with a good varnish seems to look fine so why would someone take the finish down one final time and apply a wax coat ???
Another method i have used is if the turnings are small i submerge the turning in a container of oil (Danish) for a day or two and then dry well and wipe down....when totally dry i start the finishing as i described above....i usually let the submerged turning dry for several days before i touch it with any finish. I have used BLO and done the same as well as experimented with other oils to soak and they do turn out well.
My next step is to start using my airbrush to try Laquer over the soaked bowls...........
Any thoughts ?? How is everybody else finishing there bowls ??
Thanks Dan