Mike Rinelli
03-23-2009, 2:47 PM
Hi all.
I found a really easy way to apply a CA finish this weekend. I was working with one of those crushed sunflower seed blanks which are pretty delicate to work with. A lot of light cuts and gentle sanding.
Well, during my cutting process, I would occasionally run a fine glaze of CA just to make sure I wouldn't get a blowout while using my skew.
The thing about this was that I had sanded away the CA during the final shaping and finishing.
I use mineral spirits to clear the slurries and dust before I move to the next grit in line. This is what my normal order of operation is.
Well, at the end CA finish application, I continued to use a Mineral spirit saturated shop towel while I was applying the CA. To my amazement, this process applied the CA magnigficently. No drag, very even coating, and a more gradual curing that seemed to help the CA "settle."
I will hopefully be posting a picture soon, but I was really suprised at how well this worked. I put 5 coats of CA on and it came out very well, without the discoloration that sometimes appears for me when I used BLO.
I noticed no weakness in the final finish, and the layers were crystal clear.
Just wanted to share this as the application of CA was always kind of tricky for me, and this method worked great.
-Mike
I found a really easy way to apply a CA finish this weekend. I was working with one of those crushed sunflower seed blanks which are pretty delicate to work with. A lot of light cuts and gentle sanding.
Well, during my cutting process, I would occasionally run a fine glaze of CA just to make sure I wouldn't get a blowout while using my skew.
The thing about this was that I had sanded away the CA during the final shaping and finishing.
I use mineral spirits to clear the slurries and dust before I move to the next grit in line. This is what my normal order of operation is.
Well, at the end CA finish application, I continued to use a Mineral spirit saturated shop towel while I was applying the CA. To my amazement, this process applied the CA magnigficently. No drag, very even coating, and a more gradual curing that seemed to help the CA "settle."
I will hopefully be posting a picture soon, but I was really suprised at how well this worked. I put 5 coats of CA on and it came out very well, without the discoloration that sometimes appears for me when I used BLO.
I noticed no weakness in the final finish, and the layers were crystal clear.
Just wanted to share this as the application of CA was always kind of tricky for me, and this method worked great.
-Mike