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Thread: Dead Finish
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21st November 2010, 12:53 PM #1
Dead Finish
Ok guys...whats the best flavor of finish for Dead Finish
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Ed
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21st November 2010, 01:48 PM #2Hewer of wood
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Bleached bones is the only finish acc to one account ;-}
Cheers, Ern
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21st November 2010, 01:55 PM #3
Ed, well I have used to good effect friction polish such as Shellawax and to a lesser extent satin wipe-on-poly. A lot depends what you want in the way of gloss or not.
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21st November 2010, 05:30 PM #4Hewer of wood
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It's a dense acacia; it may have distinct stripes which an oil finish might pop nicely, but I'll shut up and wait for The Man.
Cheers, Ern
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21st November 2010, 09:34 PM #5
I used Shellewax and was very pleased with result, polishes like glass
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21st November 2010, 10:02 PM #6
Dunno about 'definitive' but my preference is for oil - only takes a coat or 2 for a beautiful lustre if you have sanded to 1000# or so. Small pieces do come up great with Shellawax but the high gloss can hide some of the colour and the stripes that Ern mentioned
Pssst! Ern, it hasn't been an acacia for years mate - re-classifed to archidendropsis basaltica - unless it's western dead-finish whose timber is not at all similar
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21st November 2010, 10:17 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Ed,
Where the hell are you getting your hands on some dead finish over there?
My preference is 10 coats of Rustins Danish Oil, even though I am usually a full gloss lacquer man,
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Crocy.
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22nd November 2010, 12:33 PM #8Skwair2rownd
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You are a fortunate young phellough to have some Dead Fnish to work with!!
I've done some pens and just used Shellax. Glorious phinish!!
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22nd November 2010, 12:55 PM #9Hewer of wood
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Just to remind folks of what you already know of course, S/wax is good for smaller pieces and DF, the bit I have from Vern and what I've seen outback, is small. Faceplate pieces over about 10cm, rule of thumb, is not good for S/wax. Go S/wax cream if you must.
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Thanks for the heads-up on class'n Vern.
What I was looking at, outback last year around The Alice, as best I know along with one or two botanists, was A. tetragonophylla. So this is the Western 'variety' of Dead Finish? And not DF at all? Sigh. I'll go back to the shed now.Cheers, Ern
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22nd November 2010, 01:09 PM #10
Well, lots of good advice guys,,,thanks. Will bear that in mind when I do the piece...and Ern, the bones were my first thought, but the damn cat won't let me get near enough.
Fortunate indeed Arthur...a chunk was sent to me by one of the guys on the forum. Only hope I don't screw it up as I'm kinda out of practice - haven't turned anything for about 6 months or so...should prolly take some wip pics just in case.Cheers,
Ed
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22nd November 2010, 05:31 PM #11Hewer of wood
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Heard two stories about the origin of the common name when I was outback.
One, it was the last bush standing in a drought.
Two, in a drought it was the last bush cattle would eat.
What I saw under that name had spiky 'leaves' and I sure wouldn't nibble on them in a rush!
Take your time with it Ed. Lock the cat out ;-}Cheers, Ern
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23rd November 2010, 08:45 AM #13
Good deal Crocy...will be in touch
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Ed
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23rd November 2010, 08:51 AM #14
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23rd November 2010, 09:56 AM #15
Looks like Dead Finish to me but it is only a small bit & it has lots of sap wood.
Cliff.
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