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  1. 25th August 2010, 11:04 PM #1
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    Default My first CA finished pens

    Hi All

    I've been making the occasional pen for about 8 months now and simply finishing them with hut wax or shellawax. While this is simple and quick I was always a bit envious of the gloss finish a lot of you get. I did try doing a lacquer finish on a couple with excellent results however that is time consuming and a bit of a pain in the proverbial.

    I was a bit concerned about the fumes from the CA finish but finally gave it a go tonight and I've got to say I'm sold. I must say a big thanks to DJ for his most excellent tutorial on doing the CA finish. Followed it almost to the letter and had no problems whatsoever.

    So her are my first 3 pens with the CA finish. Left to right is Fiddlewood on a gold and gunmetal sierra, Olive on a gold and gunmetal executive sierra and European Walnut on a chrome and gunmetal executive sierra. All the kits were from timberbits. All three have been sanded to 800, 20 coats of thin CA, Micromesh to 12000, brasso and then a final coat of huts ultragloss. Sounds like a lot of work but the finishing only took about 20 minutes for each pen.

    Thanks for looking and feel free to offer constructive criticism. I will appologise in advance for the lousy photos but it's late (at least that's my excuse)

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  3. 25th August 2010, 11:21 PM #2
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    Hi WH.

    Great looking pens you have there. You managed to get a great high gloss finish on the pens.

    The beauty with the Sierras is that you can make 2 at a time. That brings the 20mins down to 10mins per pen.

    Thanks for sharing.

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    Very nice well done
    I'm sure my first CA finish did not look that good
    To help with the fumes get a fan to blow across your face so fresh air is always getting to you.
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  5. 26th August 2010, 09:18 AM #4
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    Default The CA Finish.

    Hi wood hacker,
    Now I think I've got this right. Some Werribee Boys, who do Pens, use a Finish of 1 Drop of Boiled Linseed Oil & 1 Drop on CA on a Tissue or the better ones from the Coffee Shop.
    Boy, you should see the Finish they can get. Worth a try, & only takes Seconds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by issatree View Post
    Hi wood hacker,
    Now I think I've got this right. Some Werribee Boys, who do Pens, use a Finish of 1 Drop of Boiled Linseed Oil & 1 Drop on CA on a Tissue or the better ones from the Coffee Shop.
    Boy, you should see the Finish they can get. Worth a try, & only takes Seconds.
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    This is quite a popular method of finishing pens and if you want to finish a pen in a few minutes, this is the way to go. The timber you use pretty much dictates how good a finish you can achieve but guess that is true of most finishes.
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    I do not use CA for personal reasons but for a first up you have got a great shine on them, well done WH.






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    Yeah
    don't like ca much myself -the fumes don't agree with me too much

    but that looks like some great finished pens
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  10. 28th August 2010, 10:07 PM #9
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    My first CA pen turned out that good also But I have had nothing but trouble since so I have changed to using the poly finish until I have the patients to get back into it.

    But seriously your pens look great

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