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Thread: Modified Olympia
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24th January 2011, 06:51 AM #1
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Modified Olympia
With a great piece of Figured Walnut from Bill Young.
Sanded to 400x, buffed with Super Fine Steel Wool and applied 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Gloss Polyurethane.
This MINWAX is great stuff, no buffing or polishing required!
Les
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24th January 2011, 07:47 AM #2
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A very smart looking pen that one Les.
cheers John
G'day all !Enjoy your stay !!!
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24th January 2011, 08:44 AM #3
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sleek as
It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.
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24th January 2011, 09:33 AM #4
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Sleek and elegant, Beautifully made and a beautiful finish.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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24th January 2011, 01:45 PM #5
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Beautiful pen Les.
Fit and finish is up to your usual high standard.
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24th January 2011, 04:08 PM #6
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Beautiful pen there Les, finish looks superb.
A question for our Aussie friends, is Minwax readily available here? How is it applied?Dallas
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24th January 2011, 04:42 PM #7
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Thanks Dallas.
Originally Posted by Treecycle
I'm not sure if the MINWAX Ploy I use is available there.
Have a look at my tutorial.
Les
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24th January 2011, 06:37 PM #8
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Les, You are right, that is a beaut blank, and what great work with the miniwax.
Amos
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24th January 2011, 07:38 PM #9
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Les and the Gods Of Olympia
Smooth as, sweet as, clear as, turned as, seen as, displayed as pic as good as they can get. Dont know Bill Young but have great respect for his figured Walnut and all your work. There I resisted saying as usual but that is true as.
Dark stuff is the dickens to open up to view but your pen is apparent and a standout too.
Great pen mate. Great Pen.
Regards Peter.
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24th January 2011, 08:30 PM #10
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Woww Less very elegant looking pen, and the Finish is superb.
Cheers Tony.
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24th January 2011, 09:40 PM #11
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Thanks Les, had a look at the tutorial and suddenly realised that I had already downloaded it quite a while ago, but hadn't given it a try yet.
I will keep my eye out for the Minwax. From one of the posts under your tutorial it appears that it may be available from Bunnings over here.Dallas
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24th January 2011, 10:29 PM #12
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Excellent pen Les, the one piece design really shows off the wood.
Don't know if this is the same as what Les uses but Mr Rum got in Darwin and hand delivered it to me.
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26th January 2011, 02:14 PM #13
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The WOP is quite a bit thinner than the MINWAX Poly I use and will take a lot more coats to achieve the same results. Originally Posted by wm460
Excellent pen Les, the one piece design really shows off the wood.
Don't know if this is the same as what Les uses but Mr Rum got in Darwin and hand delivered it to me.
Some of the guys down your way have MINWAX WOP with great success
There is a photo of what I use in my tutorial.
Les
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