Thread: Cigars - Sierras - Carbaras made from Red Mallee & Cocobolo

Lookin good there, Froggy ..

Hi Froggie,

Don"t take offense at this Brett, but I think they are the best photos I have seen you take. Differently on the improve.

Terry

Good stuff Brett you have the finish down to T

My first reaction was "oh Wow".
They are stunning pens Froggie. Must learn how to do that coating.

Great work on all, lovely woods and excellent finish!

Very nice looking batch of pens. Should make the client very happy.

lovely pens

re the flash, you might be better off not using camera flash

Hi Brett
nice goup of pens
Andrew

Hi Froggie
Great looking pens and the Rustins plastic gives an excellent finish by the looks
Iwill have to give it a go .
Thanks for the Tutorial on the Rustins Plastic ,In the tutorial it uses C A
Is this important or can you use just use many coats of Rustins Plastic?
Regards DM

David,
It all depends what timber you use if the timber you want to coat has a lot of pitted grain you should use CA or you will have to put a lot of coats of Rustins on to fill them in, some timbers you use won't need to have CA applied it is totaly at your own discretion. You can also use a sanding sealer however you have to be careful that use a sanding sealer that is compatible with an epoxy I am led to believe that there is only 1 sealer on the market that is compatible and that is "Haymes Paints - Nitrous Cellulous Sanding Sealer" but it is only sold in a 4 litre tin. I haven't tried any other type of sanding sealer under the Rustins I have always just used the CA so I think I may need to experiment with some sealers so I can eliminate the use of the CA cos I hate the stuff.

Froggie

That red mallee is one of the nicest timbers I've seen to date. Fantastic finish too.

Note to self - must get some red mallee.