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Totally agree Mark

I flow melamine on from a fine soft brush on pens and a larger soft brush on small bowls.

I apply danish oil or tung oil using a soft cloth ( or white tissue ) but have started using a brush for that too ( with danish oil) the. immediately cleaning the brush in hot water with detergent. I tend to apply the initial coat with lathe off then subsequent coats with slow speed lathe. Speed n ease , the original easy to apply polish , I was taught to apply at slow speed from a cloth then speed up to polish with a different cloth. This avoided “lines” of polish on the work which then had to be “rubbed off”.

As for CA I apply using polythene ( of the end of my nitrile glove ) and wipe along then get my finger off before it sticks but that’s only on pens and to be honest I’m not that impressed by it compared to melamine.

<blockquote data-quote="howsitwork?" data-source="post: 372757" data-attributes="member: 2121">Totally agree MarkI flow melamine on from a fine soft brush on pens and a larger soft brush on small bowls.I apply danish oil or tung oil using a soft cloth ( or white tissue ) but have started using a brush for that too ( with danish oil) the. immediately cleaning the brush in hot water with detergent. I tend to apply the initial coat with lathe off then subsequent coats with slow speed lathe. Speed n ease , the original easy to apply polish , I was taught to apply at slow speed from a cloth then speed up to polish with a different cloth.&nbsp; This avoided “lines” of polish on the work which then had to be “rubbed off”.As for CA I apply using polythene ( of the end of my nitrile glove ) and wipe along then get my finger off before it sticks but that’s only on pens and to be honest I’m not that impressed by it compared to melamine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="howsitwork?, post: 372757, member: 2121"] Totally agree Mark I flow melamine on from a fine soft brush on pens and a larger soft brush on small bowls. I apply danish oil or tung oil using a soft cloth ( or white tissue ) but have started using a brush for that too ( with danish oil) the. immediately cleaning the brush in hot water with detergent. I tend to apply the initial coat with lathe off then subsequent coats with slow speed lathe. Speed n ease , the original easy to apply polish , I was taught to apply at slow speed from a cloth then speed up to polish with a different cloth. This avoided “lines” of polish on the work which then had to be “rubbed off”. As for CA I apply using polythene ( of the end of my nitrile glove ) and wipe along then get my finger off before it sticks but that’s only on pens and to be honest I’m not that impressed by it compared to melamine. [/QUOTE]

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