Thread: HomeShop Finishes that work!

Good one Lou. Thanks. Looks very useful.

Richard

I like the sound of this one from that page .......



Target Coatings. Target Coatings is also receiveing rave reviews from pros and homeshop users alike. They offer an expanding line of water-based spray finishes that perform like their traditional solvent-based counterparts.

Their Oxford Spray Lacquer (again, water-based), performs like traditional lacquer. It burns-in, dries quickly, and provides a hard, clear finish. Target Coatings claims that their Oxford Premium Spray Lacquer out performs conventional nitro-lacquers and CAB Acrylic systems without the environmental and safety issues associated with solvent based products.

That page does look useful but I wonder why they say Danish Oil is not as good as oil/varnish finishes. Danish Oil is an oil/varish finish, or at least an oil/polyurethane finish which is much the same thing.

Speaking of Danish Oil, a poster on this forum recently claimed inside knowledge that Organoil Danish Oil was an oil/polyurethane mix. On the strength of that I forked out $90 on a 4L tin. I'm 99% sure it was a pure oil product on the basis that:

1. No mention of anythng other than oils (linseed, tung, lemon etc) on the tin.
2. Instructions say product will not go off, harden, gel etc once opened. How the hell could that be if it had any polyurethane in it?
3. The product is the consistency of water (seriously) with hardly any stickiness to it.

Was able to return it despite peeking inside the tin and now sussing out other Danish Oils.

I make my own finnish with poly, tung and boiled lindseed (recipe Maloof with mods) and the lot i mixed 6 months ago shows no sign of any hardenning, geling, or other goings off.
Guess that all those polymers together just want to sit there until exposed to air in great volumes?
jacko

Jacko, can you tell us the formula for your finish?



Thanks.

Sure, it was also published in the Triton magazine.
I use equal (almost) parts of Tung oil, boiled lindseed oil and the best quality poly I can buy. I use full gloss poly as I dont want any flattening agents in the mix. these can cause unexpected results.
I made 1.5 l last time, still have about 600 ml and still no sign of any aging effects, even though the can has been open a number of times. However I have used a commercial equivalent in the past (from Rockler USA) and have had to use it within 8 weeks of openning. Dont know what makes the difference.
Jacko

probably some sort of hardener !

Originally Posted by jacko

Sure, it was also published in the Triton magazine.

Jacko

OK you can get this here http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/%7...tter/jul04.pdf pages 7 and 8. I would be getting it shortly as it is about to be displaced when the next issue comes out.

Jacko - what do you consider is a good quality semigloss polyurethane varnish? Can you nominate any brand names?

Cheers