Thread: thick or thin ca

I think I've had better success with thicker but haven't done enough to be sure yet - picked up a bottle of the extra gap filling last week and it seems better - but I could be having myself on.

Or split the difference and use medium Its what I use all the time.

I use thin, 10 coats, no BLO, aerosol accellerator. Paper towel pad soaked with ca, lathe spinning slow and one pass with the towel. Spray with accellerator, repeat. Sand out with micromesh and polish with an automotive clearcoat rubbing compound.

For CA/BLO, the thin is not recommended. I use medium myself, which I got from GPW.

Russell.

Use a few coats of thin to get into the pores, then a couple layers thick and a couple more of thin, then wet sand with acrylic finishing pads. Amos

From the number of responses it is clear that the only right way, is the one that works for you.

There is no magic method that will make someone quickly competent in the use of CA/BLO. Try different methods and then practice, practice, and practice a little more to become proficient.

The William Young method referred to is probably the easiest.

PS. Even when you think you have perfected your process, expect the occasional stuff-up, it will happen, regardless of how long you've been doing it.