lacquer

Hi All, Can I ask if anyone can recommend a way to finish Intarsia/Segmentation. I have completed the gluing up and staining of my latest project and now wish to varnish it. I think I would favour spraying from a can over hand painting with a brush. Can anyone recommend how to apply a finish...

Another PSI "over and under" shotgun cartridge kit in walnut and bog oak. Melamine lacquer finish.

Two pens in bog oak with different Chestnut finishes. The one at the top is a chrome PSI bolt action finished with Spray Acrylic Satin lacquer, the one at the bottom is a chrome Beaufort Sirocco finished on the lathe with melamine lacquer applied by hand.

Assorted TM Deltas. oak, zebrano, padauk, iroko and not sure possibly idigbo. All finished with melamine lacquer.

Thought I would share with you all my first attempts with the Sirocco kit. The first is dressed in pink ivory and finished using Phil's melamine lacquer technique. The second is dressed in laburnum and again finished with melamine lacquer.

Mistral ballpoint and pencil in wenge. Finished with melamine lacquer.

I turned a letter opener but it got spoiled when I sprayed it with melamine lacquer. The pyrography usually separates the colours, but this time the green and yellow mingled quite badly. I'm wondering if it would be better to go down the acrylic route with acrylic sanding sealer and acrylic...

Has anyone used liming wax?- Im thinking of using it on my bog oak pens to enhance the grain and assume it needs to go on after lacquer? Question is - will it eventually wear away or can it be sealed in with a final coat of lacquer?

Ive used many cans of Chestnut Melamine Lacquer (Aerosol) sprayed over Cellulose Sanding Sealer and have had great results but today I opened a new can and sprayed to find: 1. The lacquer didnt dry as quickly as normal 2. As the lacquer dried it formed lots of tiny air bubbles leaving a rough...

A TM Alpha dressed in a beautiful polymer clay blank made by Natalia & sent to me to trial. It is finished with acrylic lacquer & buffed using Farecla 300/500 cream.

What I really think about finishes for wooden pens. Originally posted on Facebook, updated and posted here at Phil’s request. I have written about pen finishes on a number of occasions but invariably my views have been constrained either by the need to be comprehensive and inclusive in...

All made with Oak kitchen worktop one 16" x 1 3/4" one 12" and the last one 8" all finished with spray lacquer 3 more to do

While I was making this I was wondering what colours to use then I saw a piece by Gary Lowe where he used Jo Sonja colours so I thought I would try them. Size 9in x 4.5in and given a lacquer finish.

A slimline dressed in Unknown timber, finished in melamine lacquer.

A traditional fountain pen dressed in sycamore burr & finished with acrylic lacquer & buffed.