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Mahogany is one of the woods I hate turning but I purchased a mate’s entire stock and there was a few bits in among it I finished it with several coats of sanding sealer and 10 coats of spray lacquer the finished bowl is 9” x 3”
Hi new to here,
Can anyone recommend how to stop colour smudging together when I'm finishing.
I'm using tulipwood dryed red with light fast stain methanol based with maple stripes.
1st finish I give 2 coats of sanding sealer then 4 coats of wax but it smudges on the 1st coat.
2nd finish is ca...
Hi all, another Mistral from the Perazzi stock...
This time an oil stock finish, yes it dries hard, yes it's durable, no its bloody slow... 6 coats applied and very smooth but it's a coat a day before leaving the workshop!
Oh and it shows very dark!
Batch of various sport fish species for the Fly Fishing pen kit.
Used some Curly and Birdseye Maple.
Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Satin Polyurethane applied
using my Dipping Method.
Les
Canadian Maple Leaf Gold with Chrome Sierra dressed up with a
Rainbow Trout on a piece of Curly Maple.
Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin Polyurethane.
Les
Les Paul's along with two Fender Strat0casters on some Curly Maple
for the Sierra series pen kits.
Applied using Lazertran and finished with 6 coats of
MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method.
Les
Custom order for two Bass Guitars applied on some Curly Maple to fit the Sierra series pens
and finished with 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method.
Les
Pen blanks using Testors Waterslide decal paper on some Curly and Birdseye Maple.
Finished using 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin and Clear Gloss Polyurethane
using my Dipping Method.
Les
On some Curly Maple with a Antique Brass Bolt Action Pen and Pencil set.
Finished with 8 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method.
Les
Not very exciting but these came out quite well, Local Community Woodland group wanted some signs made with the names of the various paths around the woods. There are ten in total but hadn't quite finished them all when they picked these ones up. These are Oak ith black 3mm acrylic letters, the...
Ball point to go with a SS One Piece Core Size 8.5 X 8mm.
Both made with some sort of petrified bone.
Both have 8 coats of Thin CA and finished and polished with AUTOSOL.
Les