Just finished a little box of curly maple and cherry for the daughter
- she announced a second grandboy is on the way, so I made her a
little gift.
Used Watco Danish oil for the first time. I generally go with BLO but
reading here that the darkening of BLO kills pretty maple figure
decided to try something else. It's been on for 36 hours and I just
rubbed it out with that grey plastic substitute for 000 steel wool
(ain't that stuff nice to use compared to the real thing!).
How long should I let the finish cure before waxing? Can says 72 hours
before overcoating with Urethane, etc, so I assume the same goes for
wax. That sound about right?
Regards.
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:33:36 -0500, Patriarch
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>longer is better. Watco is essentially BLO with a drop of varnish-like
>additive. Patience is a virtue, or so I'm told.
>
>Post a pic on abpw?
>
Patriarch:
Thanks - I'll wait a week or so. Like finishing a gunstock, slow is
better I guess.
Pic is now at
http://web2.airmail.net/xleanone/index.html/Heart%20Box/box1.jpg
Regards.
Tom,
The nice thing about oil finishes is that the wood tells you when it
has had enough. The process I use with Watco Danish Oil is to coat,
leave for 30 minutes, coat for another 15 minutes and if there is any
residue - wipe off and let harden for 24 hours. When the wood is no
longer absorbing the oil, there will be a uniform coat of oil after
the first coat. Wipe off the residue and then let it harden for at
least a week before waxing.
I'm not a big fan of the gray synthetic mesh for finishing hardwood.
It may have the same coarseness as #000 steel wool but it doesn't have
the strength of steel wool. It doesn't seem to cut into the wood in
the same way as steel wool. I usually go to #0000 steel wool after the
3rd coat of oil but probably everyone on this newsgroup has their own
preferences.
TWS
Tom Banes <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Just finished a little box of curly maple and cherry for the daughter
> - she announced a second grandboy is on the way, so I made her a
> little gift.
>
> Used Watco Danish oil for the first time. I generally go with BLO but
> reading here that the darkening of BLO kills pretty maple figure
> decided to try something else. It's been on for 36 hours and I just
> rubbed it out with that grey plastic substitute for 000 steel wool
> (ain't that stuff nice to use compared to the real thing!).
>
> How long should I let the finish cure before waxing? Can says 72 hours
> before overcoating with Urethane, etc, so I assume the same goes for
> wax. That sound about right?
>
> Regards.
>
longer is better. Watco is essentially BLO with a drop of varnish-like
additive. Patience is a virtue, or so I'm told.
Post a pic on abpw?
Congrats on the new grandcritter.
Patriarch
Tom Banes <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Patriarch:
>
> Thanks - I'll wait a week or so. Like finishing a gunstock, slow is
> better I guess.
>
> Pic is now at
>
> http://web2.airmail.net/xleanone/index.html/Heart%20Box/box1.jpg
>
Nicely done! Should be a keepsake for a long time.
Patriarch
Tom Banes wrote:
> Just finished a little box of curly maple and cherry for the daughter
> - she announced a second grandboy is on the way, so I made her a
> little gift.
>
> Used Watco Danish oil for the first time. I generally go with BLO but
> reading here that the darkening of BLO kills pretty maple figure
> decided to try something else. It's been on for 36 hours and I just
> rubbed it out with that grey plastic substitute for 000 steel wool
> (ain't that stuff nice to use compared to the real thing!).
>
> How long should I let the finish cure before waxing? Can says 72 hours
> before overcoating with Urethane, etc, so I assume the same goes for
> wax. That sound about right?
>
> Regards.
I would wait at least a week, unless you can set
it how in the hot sun, to put wax on. I just
finished a board with Watco and coated it with
Urethane after 24 hours. Did pretty much the same
with an oak table, oil --24 hours--dry sand, oil
--24 hours--wet sand (more like moist), dry for
24-48 hours, urethane-- 24 hrs --wet sand,
urethane --24 to 48 hours --wet sand (for however
many coats you want.
Note that I always add dryer to Watco and to
Urethane, to assure that it dries in a reasonable
time period.
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:36:06 -0700, mac davis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tom.. the grain on the top just sort of sums up WHY we work with wood...
>
>We can do a lot of thing to wood, but none that can duplicate what nature does..
>just beautiful wood and very nice work..
>
>
>mac
Mac:
Thanks, I kinda liked the wood myself. As for the work, you wouldn't
believe the errors I covered up! Read my prior post on kickback
lesson. The box was supposed to be about 3/4" higher - just had to cut
off the gouged hunk and redesign on the fly.
Great fun.
At the same URL, one level up, directory Tray, is a nut tray I routed
out of a flitch - that is some really pretty wood. Even I couldn't
foul it up too badly. Nature will win if we just let her.
Regards.
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:56:34 -0500, Tom Banes <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Just finished a little box of curly maple and cherry for the daughter
>- she announced a second grandboy is on the way, so I made her a
>little gift.
>
>Used Watco Danish oil for the first time. I generally go with BLO but
>reading here that the darkening of BLO kills pretty maple figure
>decided to try something else. It's been on for 36 hours and I just
>rubbed it out with that grey plastic substitute for 000 steel wool
>(ain't that stuff nice to use compared to the real thing!).
>
>How long should I let the finish cure before waxing? Can says 72 hours
>before overcoating with Urethane, etc, so I assume the same goes for
>wax. That sound about right?
>
>Regards.
Tom.. the grain on the top just sort of sums up WHY we work with wood...
We can do a lot of thing to wood, but none that can duplicate what nature does..
just beautiful wood and very nice work..
mac
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