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paper towel contains cellulose and heats up and could be a fire risk it can also transfer fibres to your work piece especially when your new to CA finishing - greaseproof paper does none of this - If you want to introduce a heat source to a wood shop then use paper - If you apply CA with the lathe running you WILL create ridges and i dont care what people say on here most of them will be cutting back with sand paper to get a smooth finish and is the reason they put multiple lays on. one person says he puts 10 coats on why 10 why not nine or eleven it makes no difference to the final finish it just helps when cutting back rant over

[QUOTE="TK woodman, post: 187838, member: 490"] paper towel contains cellulose and heats up and could be a fire risk it can also transfer fibres to your work piece especially when your new to CA finishing - greaseproof paper does none of this - If you want to introduce a heat source to a wood shop then use paper - If you apply CA with the lathe running you WILL create ridges and i dont care what people say on here most of them will be cutting back with sand paper to get a smooth finish and is the reason they put multiple lays on. one person says he puts 10 coats on why 10 why not nine or eleven it makes no difference to the final finish it just helps when cutting back rant over [/QUOTE]

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