Bethlehem Carob and EB

**rhossack** · 1st November 2010, 01:56 PM

After 6 weeks of 60-70hr days at work I took thur-fri off and I ventured out to get re-acquainted with my lathe and spent most of the night doing
some dipping sessions every hour or so with a Waterborne Polyurethane Varnish.

There is timber has some nice red but usually when I apply a finish is the red fades and appears to wash out.

This is a pic of the timber in my hot box as it dries. Finally, a finish that appears to pop the red in the carob ...

And the red not only didn't fade it popped nicely.

This pen was delivered to the owners wife of our local Woodcraft store this afternoon and she was tickled pink.

**Ironwood** · 1st November 2010, 02:14 PM

Very nice.

How have you found the durability of that type of finish ?

**mkypenturner** · 1st November 2010, 05:08 PM

thats a beauty ron

glad you can get some shed time even if its only 10 till 2 and the moon up

**coffenup** · 1st November 2010, 06:20 PM

nice one
Regards Michael

**gawdelpus** · 1st November 2010, 06:46 PM

Very nice

Looks like pink ivory" with character hehe, cheers ~ John

**artme** · 1st November 2010, 07:18 PM

Great result Ron!!

Your patience with the process certainly paid off.

**rhossack** · 2nd November 2010, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Ironwood

Very nice.

How have you found the durability of that type of finish ?

What I've used has been very good. They say you can use it on floors so it has to be pretty tough.

**rhossack** · 2nd November 2010, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by mkypenturner

thats a beauty ron

glad you can get some shed time even if its only 10 till 2 and the moon up

Thanks Troy ... finished another one last night and need to put it together.

**rhossack** · 2nd November 2010, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

Very nice

Looks like pink ivory" with character hehe, cheers ~ John

Thanks John ... it's a lot deeper red than P-ivory.

**rhossack** · 2nd November 2010, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by artme

Great result Ron!!

Your patience with the process certainly paid off.

Thanks ...

It's getting too cold to use CA in the garage so it looks like I'll be doing dipping sessions this winter. I found that after dipping and putting it in my hotbox it is dry enough to re-dip in 15-30 minutes.

**Rum Pig** · 2nd November 2010, 11:51 AM

Very nice well done

How do you separate your bushes after you have finished dipping?

**PenTurner** · 2nd November 2010, 01:19 PM

Man, love the colour in that blank, and looks like a great finish also, very well done, Amos

**rhossack** · 3rd November 2010, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by Rum Pig

Very nice well done

I appreciate that Mr Rum

How do you separate your bushes after you have finished dipping?

Actually it is no problem at all. The coats are so thin that the bushes just pull of with a slight twist.

**Rum Pig** · 3rd November 2010, 08:32 AM

I used to do that with ca but I found sometimes it would remove some of the finish on the pen itself so you would get a ugly edge so now I part them off with a knife.

**rhossack** · 3rd November 2010, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Rum Pig

I used to do that with ca but I found sometimes it would remove some of the finish on the pen itself so you would get a ugly edge so now I part them off with a knife.

So far that hasn't been an issue but I do have an xacto knife close by.

Last two all I did was lightly tap the bush on the lathe bed and the bushes fell right off.

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