Bottle Stoppers

[Bill Mitchel]

I just ordered some of the bottle stoppers from Ruth Niles, what a nice lady. These are the first stoppers I'll be doing, what type of finish do you use? For some reason I have a bottle of Mylands High Build Friction Polish if that works.

Thanks
Bill

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bill - not a lot of experience here but I used Deft brushing lacquer on the few I made and it worked great! Don't think I would want a friction polish as that would not hold up very well.

[Don Carter]

Bill:
Depending on the shape of the stoppers, I use CA finish. It they are relatively smooth it works well. Good luck. Make sure you post them when done.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Friction polish is primarily shellac and wax.....the solvent for shellac is alcohol.


I'd be more inclined to use Deft brushing lacquer and friction it on..or CA as Don recommended.

[Richard Madison]

Lac. sanding sealer, 3 coats spray lacquer, 0000 steel wool, 2 spray finish coats, buff lightly. Others may be better, but have no basis for comparison.

[Bernie Weishapl]

I would either use brushing lacquer or most of the time I use Deft rattle can spray lacquer. If they get used a lot friction polish won't last. I tried it.

[Gary Conklin]

http://www.bayouwoodturners.com/january08/shinejuice.pdf

[shaun gardner]

sanding sealer and rattle can laquer. works great.

[Brian George]

sanding sealer and rattle can laquer. works great.
I've made quite a few stoppeers and I have been using two coats of Mylands sander sealer with 0000 steel wool between and then two coats of gel poly I bought from a mfg at a wood working show. Works great!

[Bill Mitchel]

Thanks for the replies and the great info. I don't know how O.B's Shine Juice will work but I love the name. I have plenty of rattle can spray lacquer so I'll try that first.
I just received Ruth Niles bottle stoppers about 15 minutes ago. Thought I missed being able to work on them this weekend because I didn't get them on Friday, but Ruth shipped them with Sat. delivery, nice touch.

Bill