finishing trouble

If you get the bulk of junk out of the grooves, but find
there is a light-color residue, apply some appropriate dye
stain to the groove to color the residue so it "disappears".
That's what I did to some pores in a table top that had
gotten some grey slurry in them.

David

Mike Ballard wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have a piece of wood with a channel cut in it which is about 3/16" deep
> and 1/16" wide. The problem is that wet-sanding munge (whitish-gray) has
> collected on the insides of this channel and I'm having trouble getting it
> out.
>
> There are 4-6 coats of (pure) tung oil/turp and 4-5 coats of wipe-on poly
> on the surface with much wet-sanding in between coats. I used tung
> oil/turp to wet-sand and MS (IIRC) after I started applying wipe-on poly.
>
> The channel is about wide enough for a small toothpick to fit inside and
> when I wrap the tip with a small amount of paper, and douse the paper with
> mineral spirits, then 'scrub' this channel, the munge 'disappears' but
> when the MS dries it reappears. I think after many scrubbings I have
> gotten munge out but not nearly as much as all this effort should have
> gotten out.
>
> I tried running a razor inside the channel but it's risky (easy to slip
> out and scar the surface or nick the channel) plus I can't get it to do a
> very good job. If the MS makes the munge 'disappear' you'd think it was
> on the surface of the channel and therefore not hard to remove wouldn't
> you? Anyone know how I can get this crud out?
>
> Mike

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 03:27:24 GMT, Mike Ballard <dont_w@nt_spam.org>
wrote:

>
>Hi -
>
>I have a piece of wood with a channel cut in it which is about 3/16" deep
>and 1/16" wide. The problem is that wet-sanding munge (whitish-gray) has
>collected on the insides of this channel and I'm having trouble getting it
>out.
>
>There are 4-6 coats of (pure) tung oil/turp and 4-5 coats of wipe-on poly
>on the surface with much wet-sanding in between coats. I used tung
>oil/turp to wet-sand and MS (IIRC) after I started applying wipe-on poly.
>
>The channel is about wide enough for a small toothpick to fit inside and
>when I wrap the tip with a small amount of paper, and douse the paper with
>mineral spirits, then 'scrub' this channel, the munge 'disappears' but
>when the MS dries it reappears. I think after many scrubbings I have
>gotten munge out but not nearly as much as all this effort should have
>gotten out.
>
>I tried running a razor inside the channel but it's risky (easy to slip
>out and scar the surface or nick the channel) plus I can't get it to do a
>very good job. If the MS makes the munge 'disappear' you'd think it was
>on the surface of the channel and therefore not hard to remove wouldn't
>you? Anyone know how I can get this crud out?
>
>Mike



I'd grind an appropriate scraper for the job. it'll leave the groove a
little larger, but it'll be clean.

On Mon Aug 16, I was peacefully napping until David said:

> Mike, ask your SWMBO, if you've got one. Mine is GREAT at finding stuff; even MY
> stuff. :)
>

Tell me about it. I can't tell you how much of 'our' ww stuff ends up in
other parts of the house for various craft projects she's got going :-)
But try explaining to her why an ebony-handled marking knife really wasn't
meant for cutting apart pine cones...

Mike



> David
>
> Mike Ballard wrote:
>
> > On Sun Aug 15, I was peacefully napping until David said:
> >
> >>If you get the bulk of junk out of the grooves, but find there is a light-color
> >>residue, apply some appropriate dye stain to the groove to color the residue so it
> >>"disappears". That's what I did to some pores in a table top that had gotten some grey
> >>slurry in them.
> > Thanks for reminding me - I have a set of powdered earth pigments :-) I used some
> > plastic model black enamel in a couple spots in two small knot
> > holes (same project). And figured as a last resort I'd mix some enamel
> > paint colors for the channel but after I read your message I remembered I
> > have the pigments somewhere. Now I just gotta remember where I put
> > them...
> > Mike
>

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On Sun Aug 15, I was peacefully napping until David said:

> If you get the bulk of junk out of the grooves, but find there is a light-color
> residue, apply some appropriate dye stain to the groove to color the residue so it
> "disappears". That's what I did to some pores in a table top that had gotten some grey
> slurry in them.

Thanks for reminding me - I have a set of powdered earth pigments :-)
I used some plastic model black enamel in a couple spots in two small knot
holes (same project). And figured as a last resort I'd mix some enamel
paint colors for the channel but after I read your message I remembered I
have the pigments somewhere. Now I just gotta remember where I put
them...

Mike
--


net [one dot] verizon [cymbal] ballard [no spaces] mike [reverse the whole thing]

"Who would Osama bin Laden vote for?"

Mike, ask your SWMBO, if you've got one. Mine is GREAT at
finding stuff; even MY stuff. :)

David

Mike Ballard wrote:

> On Sun Aug 15, I was peacefully napping until David said:
>
>
>>If you get the bulk of junk out of the grooves, but find there is a light-color
>>residue, apply some appropriate dye stain to the groove to color the residue so it
>>"disappears". That's what I did to some pores in a table top that had gotten some grey
>>slurry in them.
>
>
> Thanks for reminding me - I have a set of powdered earth pigments :-)
> I used some plastic model black enamel in a couple spots in two small knot
> holes (same project). And figured as a last resort I'd mix some enamel
> paint colors for the channel but after I read your message I remembered I
> have the pigments somewhere. Now I just gotta remember where I put
> them...
>
> Mike