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"AArDvarK"

12/08/2004 1:17 AM

wooden tool handle finishing


Search terms, nothing works:

tool handle finish
tool handle varnish
tool handle shellac
tool handle urethane
tool handle coating
tool handle gloss *?
tool handle glaze *?
tool handle japanning
clear japanning
"japanning for wood"
"for wooden tool handles"
"for wood tool handles"

AND I KNOW I HAVE SEEN IT! ... sometime in the past.
I would love to find a thick, super hard, fast drying clear
coat, anyone know? I tried MW spar urethane but that stuff
seems a bit rediculous... 24 hours later the first coat is soft
in the thicker (run) areas, a hanging hand saw handle. You
know, you gotta coat the whole handle and hang it to dry.
Then when I sand it, I go lightly enough, and most of it
simply sands right off the wood! It seems totaly futile. Any
good ideas, or the right product out there?

Alex


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"George"

in reply to "AArDvarK" on 12/08/2004 1:17 AM

12/08/2004 6:58 AM

Oil - the kind that comes from human hands, with perhaps a bit of sweat.

That's what I use.

"AArDvarK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Search terms, nothing works:
>
> tool handle finish
Any
> good ideas, or the right product out there?
>

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to "AArDvarK" on 12/08/2004 1:17 AM

12/08/2004 3:55 AM

AArDvarK wrote:

> Search terms, nothing works:
>
> tool handle finish
> tool handle varnish
> tool handle shellac
> tool handle urethane
> tool handle coating
> tool handle gloss *?
> tool handle glaze *?
> tool handle japanning
> clear japanning
> "japanning for wood"
> "for wooden tool handles"
> "for wood tool handles"
>
> AND I KNOW I HAVE SEEN IT! ... sometime in the past.
> I would love to find a thick, super hard, fast drying clear
> coat, anyone know? I tried MW spar urethane but that stuff
> seems a bit rediculous... 24 hours later the first coat is soft
> in the thicker (run) areas, a hanging hand saw handle. You
> know, you gotta coat the whole handle and hang it to dry.
> Then when I sand it, I go lightly enough, and most of it
> simply sands right off the wood! It seems totaly futile. Any
> good ideas, or the right product out there?

Try DAGS "handle coating" (without quotes).

(-:

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to "AArDvarK" on 12/08/2004 1:17 AM

12/08/2004 6:58 AM

AArDvarK wrote:

>> Try DAGS "handle coating" (without quotes).
>
> Lots of tools with handle coating, tool dip, and what in the
> world is "DAGS"?

Do/Doing/Did a Google Search.

I did a Google search on "handle coating" and found all kinds of
handle coatings - ranging from a fast-drying hard epoxy product
to a cushioned high-friction dip coating - on the first screenful.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA

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"Norman D. Crow"

in reply to "AArDvarK" on 12/08/2004 1:17 AM

12/08/2004 7:51 AM

DAGS = "Do A Google Search"

--
Nahmie
The law of intelligent tinkering: save all the parts.



"George" <george@least> wrote in message
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> Oil - the kind that comes from human hands, with perhaps a bit of sweat.
>
> That's what I use.
>
> "AArDvarK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:uIFSc.5872$yh.4140@fed1read05...
> >
> > Search terms, nothing works:
> >
> > tool handle finish
> Any
> > good ideas, or the right product out there?
> >
>
>

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Andy Dingley

in reply to "AArDvarK" on 12/08/2004 1:17 AM

12/08/2004 1:15 PM

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:17:48 -0700, "AArDvarK" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I would love to find a thick, super hard, fast drying clear
>coat, anyone know?

Try the stuf they use on Chinese-made brickie's lump hammers. It's
distilled from greased weasel shit - lasts forever, dead shiny and so
slippery you can't swing the hammer without losing it.

I used Danish oil on my tool handles. Just about the only thing I do
use it for - right sort of balance of oil , varnish, and not being
_too_ shiny when you're finished.

--
Smert' spamionam

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"AArDvarK"

in reply to "AArDvarK" on 12/08/2004 1:17 AM

12/08/2004 4:18 AM


> Try DAGS "handle coating" (without quotes).

Lots of tools with handle coating, tool dip, and what in the world is "DAGS"?
Alex


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