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27th September 2009, 11:01 PM #1Senior Member
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Busy weekend
Hi everyone
had a busy weekend, only a day and a half turning and finishinf so I'm pretty happy with these.
The pens are as per the picture description but the finishes vary. I am trying a few different things.
The mango is the strangest, sanded to 800 grit, organoil hard burnishing oil, 800 grit, 1200 grit, 4000 wet micromesh, shellac, 400 wet micromesh, shellac, 12000 wet micromesh then a couple of coats of ubeaut glow.
The rest are shellac (thats why it took so long to do all the pens) and after about 7 coats each they have 2 coats of ubeaut glow.
The purpleheart is different, that is organoil hard burnishing oil and glow.
I haven't stepped up to the CA yet, have to finish my sacrificial bushes first.
Cheers
PaulLast edited by Paulphot; 27th September 2009 at 11:02 PM. Reason: Image links didn't work, fixed now
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28th September 2009, 12:17 AM #2
Paul
Certainly a productive weekend. delightful groups of kits and colour , shapes. Too many for me to isolate enjoyed them all for different reasons.
Please keep up the good work. What a huge number of finishing methods and materials, I will be interested in your choices and methods in time to come.
This is great place to learn as well as share.
Regards Peter.
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28th September 2009, 01:09 AM #3Senior Member
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Thanks Peter, I am still trying to find a few finishes that I like. The organoil is okay but never gets a really high sheen, the smell is fantastic and for my low sheen finishes, it's probably what I will stick with for now, still using the glow olish over the top. It really brings out the natural colour of the timber without adding it's own colour.
The shellac is still a very new product for me, I only bought it on Saturday afternoon. I would love to get a french polsh level of finish to the pens for something different but that would be a very big ask at the moment.
Paul
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28th September 2009, 07:33 AM #4
Nice selection of work there! the experimenting never stops hehe, each individual has to find what is good for them ,and the material they are using ,doesn't seem to be a universal super ,non fail finish for all hehe.Enjoy the Journey Cheers ~ John
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28th September 2009, 08:34 AM #5
Well done
And keep up the experimentingCheers Rum Pig
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28th September 2009, 10:02 AM #6Skwair2rownd
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Good on you paul. good selection of kits, shapes and timbers.
I tried CA before I ever joined these forums. Thought to myself after peeling it, and sanding it, off my fingers that there was no reason it wouldn´make a good finiish. First results wre patchy but it was through the forums, and the IAP forums that I learnt to refine the techniquie.
Still trying to perfect it!!
So, keep reading and keep trying!
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29th September 2009, 02:35 PM #7
Danish Oil also very good, need many coats and lots of drying time, patience needed, but a good natural finish, Amos
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29th September 2009, 07:58 PM #8Senior Member
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Thanks for the kind words everyone.
Amos, I have a tin of Danish oil so I'll try that on my next pen. How does it wear? Do I need to seal it in with anything like GLOW?
Cheers
Paul
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29th September 2009, 11:18 PM #9
Paul,
My main user at work is an oil finish (really don't remember what oil it was though) and I love it. Honestly the oil has been replaced by the oils in my hands from use but it feels like wood and is a long way from glossy. Its a nice olive wood Sierra and I find thats the pen I reach for the most. I have a nice fountain pen in Buckeye Burl with a good CA finish. It has held up well but I usually get that when I want to impress someone... as I have said elsewhere, nice pens
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30th September 2009, 09:44 AM #10Senior Member
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Corbs, my go to pen is the slimline Jam that you helped me turn, mainly because it's the first pen I made. I'll give the danish oil a go this weekend, I have a few pens to turn for Christmas.
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30th September 2009, 11:36 AM #11
Nice batch of pens there. I like the mango Sierra and the Purpleheart Slimline best. Good work.
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Cheers John
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30th September 2009, 08:19 PM #12
Nice bunch of pens there. A little suggestion but not trying to be too critical, try and give your sierra's a little more shape like you have with the slimlines. IMHO it gives them a better feel and more balance.
Kim
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30th September 2009, 09:00 PM #13SENIOR MEMBER
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Nice pens. I've done some mango too, and I like the mango look.
I may be mistaken, but isn't Glow largely shellac anyway, so using plain Shellac is probably not going to give you anything different anyway?
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1st October 2009, 12:26 AM #14Senior Member
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Thanks for the tip, I'll definately incorporate more shape into the next sierra's I do. The wife keeps telling me to do straight pens instead of these curvy bulb type ones in the slimlines but I think the shape feels better. I'll add that to the sierra's as well.
As for Glow being mostly shellac, I did not know that, it does add a bit more shine but not much, my next step is CA.
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The people at work seem to prefer the straighter lines. Guess it's an individual thing.
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