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Thread: For what it's worth
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26th August 2009, 05:54 PM #1Senior Member
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For what it's worth
Things seem to have gone to sleep on the forum so I thought I would throw this one in.
I have found that putting baby powder on my scroll saw table gives a very smoth working condition. I havn't had any resedue on the job and if there is it hasn't caused me any trouble.
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26th August 2009, 08:11 PM #2
The silica in the baby powder can cause some conflicts in quite a few types of finishes , but if it ain't causing you any problems
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27th August 2009, 09:35 PM #3
was about to ask if it would interfere with estapol, mirror tone, oil or wax....
What finish did you try so far?
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28th August 2009, 04:01 PM #4Senior Member
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I only use oil on my work and sometimes I cover this with bees wax. As I said I havn't had a prbolem. I only put a very light covering of powder and brush off any loose wax before I start work. This seems to last for weeks.
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28th August 2009, 08:50 PM #5
How in the world would you put bees wax on scroll work?
I've yet to come up with the perfect finish for that... I like oil, but a lot of customer want shine... brushing estapol or mirror tone on can leaves too much in corners.... spraying can leave runs.... and makes a mess on the table.....
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29th August 2009, 12:46 PM #6Senior Member
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You will notice that I said "sometimes I use bees wax" the reason is that if there is fine work the bees wax gets into the work and glugs it up. If this hapens just a bit I can fix it with an old tooth brush.
If the job has largish flat surfaces the bees wax finish sets it off very nicely and gives a nice smooth siky finish.
If the job has fine detail it is unlikely that a bees wax finish will be felt by hand and the the low sheen is unlikely to be seen.
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