John Keeton
03-17-2010, 7:47 PM
I stripped the lacquer, along with part of the dye, with lacquer thinner. With some sound advice, particularly from Paul Atkins, I tinted some lacquer with black pigment, and brushed on three more coats, rubbing them out with 1200 grit paper, 0000 wool, and finally some polishing compound. It far from perfect, but much better than I thought the re-do would turn out.
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I learned some valuable lessons with this one. First and foremost, I am not sure I will attempt a dyed piece again - not saying I won't, but this one certainly wasn't fun. Brushing on a finish is a definite NO!!!
And, should I soon forget this experience, and try it again, I would dye the rim. I shellaced it natural, but it was virtually impossible to keep it from getting black on it. Not happy with that, but it won't clean up, and it won't take the dye. The only option would be to paint it - not going to do that.
Also, I did turn another finial at the suggestion of Steve Schlumpf. He had some very good suggestions on a reshape of the upper portion - which I should have implemented without question. But, I couldn't leave well enough alone, and I made some other changes and made the second one taller - too tall! I think I do that out of some need to compensate for being short!!:D
Here are the two finials - the taller one being the second one that didn't get used. On a positive note, it is slimmer! (In this pic, the finish has not been rubbed out.)
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Steve critiqued both finials for me, and even did some comparison notes for me on the pic - extremely helpful! Thanks, Steve, a lot!
So, just another one along the trail of experiences. I don't expect everyone to comment again, just wanted to post the final pics 'cause I said I would!!
145357145358145359145360
I learned some valuable lessons with this one. First and foremost, I am not sure I will attempt a dyed piece again - not saying I won't, but this one certainly wasn't fun. Brushing on a finish is a definite NO!!!
And, should I soon forget this experience, and try it again, I would dye the rim. I shellaced it natural, but it was virtually impossible to keep it from getting black on it. Not happy with that, but it won't clean up, and it won't take the dye. The only option would be to paint it - not going to do that.
Also, I did turn another finial at the suggestion of Steve Schlumpf. He had some very good suggestions on a reshape of the upper portion - which I should have implemented without question. But, I couldn't leave well enough alone, and I made some other changes and made the second one taller - too tall! I think I do that out of some need to compensate for being short!!:D
Here are the two finials - the taller one being the second one that didn't get used. On a positive note, it is slimmer! (In this pic, the finish has not been rubbed out.)
145361
Steve critiqued both finials for me, and even did some comparison notes for me on the pic - extremely helpful! Thanks, Steve, a lot!
So, just another one along the trail of experiences. I don't expect everyone to comment again, just wanted to post the final pics 'cause I said I would!!