Thread: finished a few

Nice sets there BB I especially love the colour & grain on this Gidgee pens

Good ones BB.

Now get back to bowl bashing before you get too good!

Sensational work BB. The gidgee and camphor laurel are especially nice. Come to think of it I have a couple of small pieces of camphor in the workshop. Must give them a go.

Great looking bunch of pens.

Double B , lovely work, love that purple gidgee. Amos

How do you apply the Rustins Plasticoat? that sure is a nice finish.

Originally Posted by munruben

How do you apply the Rustins Plasticoat? that sure is a nice finish.

I finish the blank to #800 and seal with nitroceluose sealer final cut with 1200 the blank is then put on a length of theaded bar with small turned tapers between blanks I put up to ten blanks depending on size on a bar I then apply 4 brush coats of rustins with about 20min between coats I use a small flat SOFT(5mm wide) artists brush and leave the rustins in the fridge between coats. The blanks are then left overnight to dry and then the whole bar is held in the chuck of the lathe with the other end supported by the live center turned at around 500 rpm and WET cut with #1200 just until I have a flat blemish free surface. A further 4 coats is applied in the same way and left for 2 days. I then put 2 blanks at a time on my A mandrell using the wood tapers as bushes starting with the pink pad in the acrilic finishing set lightly cut with successive pads finishing with the black then
A polish with rustins burnishing cream,Plastix and a final polish with a lycra pad
sounds a lot but as you can do 20 -30 blanks though the process at a time is is quite quick the finish is very hard and extremely long lasting...If I am in a hurry I will use CA/BLO but I feel the rustins is a better finish also it is very economical, to put 4 coats on twenty blanks I would only mix 6ml of rustins with 1.5ml of hardner I measure this with a plastic syringe (one for the rustins and a seperate one for the hardener)
I have posted a pic of the bar set up with some of the tapers
Hope this is of some help if I can assist further let me know
Regards
Bowl Basher

excellent job mate, i like the cambridges the best and thanks for the explanation on rustins, i got some before xmas but haven't used any as yet, been keeping to CA

MIK

Thanks for the info BB much appreciated Have copied your process and filed it away for later use. Thanks.

Graham very nice batch of writing implements there great colours.

TY Munruben for asking about Rustins and an excellent follow up Graham saw the product down at Kiama nearly bought some might have to when all my WOP is gone.

Ray

Nice production line you've got going there. Thanks for the info on Rustins too. I've got some, and used it a couple of times but really haven't got the best out of it. I think the production line idea would work well - that way you don't think you've finished one pen in 4 days

Cheers,
Dave

Originally Posted by Ozkaban

Nice production line you've got going there. Thanks for the info on Rustins too. I've got some, and used it a couple of times but really haven't got the best out of it. I think the production line idea would work well - that way you don't think you've finished one pen in 4 days

Cheers,
Dave

Dave I have found that if you are patient with the Rustins and alow the drying time between cuts / coats the result is realy worth while and you are correct that working with the bars you dont realy notice the delay from turning to assembly
regards
Graham

Dont know much about how to do your finishes so I appreciated your in depth explanation and the way you approach your finishes with simple technique, the world would indeed be forever greatfull for threaded rod as well.

Timber choices beat bling everytime but in separation they are tremendous pens already great look forward to your future pens.

Regards Peter.

Very nice bunch of pens Gidgee is my pick

Thanks for the info on your Rustin's technique. I have used Rustin's on bowls and vases etc but not on pens I must give it a go one day