Using CA for a finish

[Walter]

You cannot achieve a long lasting shine with wax. All wax finishes require regular re-application to maintain their appearance whether it is on antique furniture or car bodywork.

The most hard wearing wax is carnauba so that will give you the longest lasting finish that you can achieve with wax.

 

[Grump]

If you apply any finish you are not feeling the wood so don't kid yourself about feel, if you want to feel wood go hug a tree.
If you want a high gloss finish then ca is the finest product we have available for achieving that quickly.
Fed up with argument now look through archives to see how often we have had it.

 

[mattyts]

i am not talking about introducing a flame, I am talking about self-combustion Spontaneous combustion of drying oils for wood sealing including linseed oil

Peter

Teak oil and Danish oil is the same,I used it when re finishing gun stocks and inbetween coats,kept the rags in a sealed container,once I had finished I soaked them in water and left them elsewhere(somewhere safe from flames) to dry out.

 

[Grump]

It only burns posh houses.
I ok in my slum never had any issues with self combustion and I one messy git wiv rags init?

 

[Buckeye]

It only burns posh houses.
I ok in my slum never had any issues with self combustion and I one messy git wiv rags init?

I am just surprised the packaging never mentions the possibility of combustion.

Apparently the instructions do mention it.

Peter

 

[mattyts]

I am just surprised the packaging never mentions the possibility of combustion.



Peter

My bottles do,huge writing on the back

 

[Buckeye]

My bottles do,huge writing on the back

I have some danish oil and it doesn't mention it on that.

Peter

 

[rayf6604]

I just want to add one more question to this. With many of us using ca (and buying it in large quantities) and the debate over the fumes it gives off, are many of you actually wearing vapor masks while using ca and gloves? I'm debating whether to get a suitable mask.

 

[Buckeye]

I just want to add one more question to this. With many of us using ca (and buying it in large quantities) and the debate over the fumes it gives off, are many of you actually wearing vapor masks while using ca and gloves? I'm debating whether to get a suitable mask.

If at affects you badly and you have no ventilation then the gas/vapour filters are a boon and I use them for resin, but not for CA.

Peter

 

[Grump]

I just want to add one more question to this. With many of us using ca (and buying it in large quantities) and the debate over the fumes it gives off, are many of you actually wearing vapor masks while using ca and gloves? I'm debating whether to get a suitable mask.

Nope I just open the door and squirt the stuff and hold my breath before retreating.

 

[rayf6604]

It's not that it affects me other than if I catch a whiff it knocks me back a bit. It's more about long term exposure I'm concerned about. I looked it up today and seems some people eventually develop an allergy to the fumes which could prove fatal due to respiratory problems.

 

[Buckeye]

It's not that it affects me other than if I catch a whiff it knocks me back a bit. It's more about long term exposure I'm concerned about. I looked it up today and seems some people eventually develop an allergy to the fumes which could prove fatal due to respiratory problems.

I think you have answered your own question regard a mask.

Peter

 

[rayf6604]

Nope I just open the door and squirt the stuff and hold my breath before retreating.

I'm in my garage with the door wide open and I was using it at arms length

 

[rayf6604]

I think you have answered your own question regard a mask.

Peter

yes I think so, just wanted to see if others bothered with them

 

[TK woodman]

If you apply CA with tissue or some types of paper towel, you will get a chemical reaction and the paper will heat up and give off fumes and may cause fire. Always use greaseproof paper to reduce the fumes and the risk of fire.

 

[sbwertz]

If you apply CA with tissue or some types of paper towel, you will get a chemical reaction and the paper will heat up and give off fumes and may cause fire. Always use greaseproof paper to reduce the fumes and the risk of fire.

I have applied CA/BLO with a folded paper towel for almost five years. Sometimes it gets hot, but it has never even come close to catching fire. It will get uncomfortably hot, so I use a little pad of folded towel between my finger and the towel with the finish on it. I keep a bucket with a couple of inches of water in it and drop the paper towels into it. When I'm finished, I pour off the water, let the paper air dry outside, and throw it away. I've never had any problem.

Also, I turn with a fan blowing across my work to carry the fumes away, plus my dust collector is running when my lathe is turning, which also pulls the fumes away from me. I wear a respirator for dust.