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alan morrison
Fellow
Another cracking pen, Ash.
Are you able to elaborate more on your finishing technique?
type of oil and what wax?
Thanks
Alan
Are you able to elaborate more on your finishing technique?
type of oil and what wax?
Thanks
Alan
Penpal
Grand Master
Pleasant change of pace in finishing your excellent pen.
Peter.
Peter.
That is another lovely pen, an excellent piece of timber there with a great choice of acrylic too.... Really nice job
I have used two oils to finish pen's with in the past with great results.... True oil on Walnut( its a gun stock finish) and Peacock oil which is a blended hand tool handle finish
I have used two oils to finish pen's with in the past with great results.... True oil on Walnut( its a gun stock finish) and Peacock oil which is a blended hand tool handle finish
Terry Q
Fellow
Lovely pen, excellent photos.
wm460
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That is a beauty Ash.
Geoff Kent
Graduate Member
Yet another stunning pen.I agree,a tutorial would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Alan.
I am still developing my finishing approach, but what I currently do is sand to 400 then apply sanding sealer and cut back (I repeat this until the grain no longer rises). Then I sand to 800 and add a few coats of Danish oil which has a small amount of varnish in it. I use the Hampshire Sheen toy-safe variety. The number of coats depends on how thirsty the wood is (cut back between coats).
Then I finish with hard wax (I use carnauba). I also buff as required using a buffing wheel and compound.
I always stress to new owners that this finish means this is a desk pen, and not one for throwing in a handbag. People who buy these pens are generally happy to forgo the hard-wearing benefits of lacquer/CA in favour of having a more natural feel.
I have used the melamine approach in the past on kit pens and liked the effect so I am looking at how that could work on these pens too.
Thats it in a nutshell!
Cheers
Ash
A real beauty Ash.