CA finish

[Neil]

it works better as a glue, it was not designed to be a wood finish

Wasnt even designed as a glue! the irony here is that it was conceived to be used to make moulded components, initially gun sights and then as as a polymer to form jet aircraft canopies. The issue with the heat is more to do with moisture which is the catalyst for the polymerisation to occur. The colder it is the lower the rh and the longer it takes, if at all, to "go off".

 

[Pierre]

I couldn't work out why my pens were dull over the last couple of weeks and following a PM chat with Jim after his Xmas tree pens I suddenly realised that most of my pens are made in the summer when I have high heat and little humidity, but that the last 50 or so were made when I had a paraffin heater running in the workshop to bring me up to 14 degrees C. This was generating humidity and I was starting the workshop at zero C so the glue hadn't had time to warm up. So after coating 5 coats I worked through the micromesh grits again excluding the 1st 2 and lo and behold good polish again.

PG

PG

 

[Les ELm]

Ditch the CA finish and go with MINWAX Polyurethane for an easy to apply, consistent, durable finish every time that stands up as well as any CA finish with extended use.

Les

 

[Bigblackdog]

is it applied in the same way, or is it a dipping method?