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31st May 2010, 08:53 AM #1New Member
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finishing question
Hi everyone, Im new to all this so please excuse my simple question. I have made a couple of simple puzzles for my daughter and we painted them and had heaps of fun but I really like them not painted. So my question is what finish would be suitable for small children?
I have looked through many pages in this section and there is some beautiful work that some day I wish to get to that level.
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31st May 2010, 09:40 AM #2
Shellac - it's foodsafe and child-safe.
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6th June 2010, 06:15 PM #3
If you're using nice hard wood I would sand, sand and sand again.... then leave it natural.
Oil is also a good choice. I haven't used shellac myself but did read several times now that it's ideal for toys.
Do stay away from food dyes... at first thought they seem the thing to use as they'd be safe to chew on, but they will dye little hands!
I have used thinned down acrylics, thinned so you can still see the grain, but they do raise the grain and you'll have to sand a bit again.
little hint: if you do colour the puzzle pieces... do them the same way back and front... that adds a challenge, bigger play value.... making them interesting for longer.
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6th June 2010, 09:40 PM #4
if it were me... I would sand... and shellac... lots of layers of very thin shellac...
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6th June 2010, 10:41 PM #5
If anyone has used shellac...... I was wondering if it flakes off later?
I seem to recall old toys that had like a layer of almost platic looking finish that tended to flake off...
Could it have been layers of shellac?
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9th June 2010, 05:28 PM #6New Member
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9th June 2010, 08:36 PM #7
Maybe we should start a new thread so more people could see it and maybe give us an answer?
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10th June 2010, 08:39 AM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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For kiddies stuff a shellac finish, ie, 2 coats, one as a sanding sealer, then another very lightly sanded, then wax to finish.
The shellac is not thick enough to peel but helps seal the timber enough to keep the colours and hold the wax that gives it both a good look and nice feel that is non-toxic .
The base of shellac stops the timber from sucking up all the wax..
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10th June 2010, 09:59 AM #9
shellac's starting to sound better and better.
At the moment I do use regular sanding sealer, which isn't cheap....
Should take the time and try both methods side by side to see the difference....
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10th June 2010, 02:03 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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This is another very informative thread. Many thanks to everybody.
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10th June 2010, 02:15 PM #11
I am just getting into using Shellac mostly as a sanding sealer for my turnings.
With 3 grand children and Pop wanting to make toys etc this is well worth a read.
How ever I do recall like Juvy Shellac problems from the 60's with flaking and it being banned for use on kids toys and many other situations also.
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10th June 2010, 08:20 PM #12New Member
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Thanks everyone. I have decided to use the shellac very thinly.
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