tom martin
01-09-2011, 12:52 PM
Hi,
I've been using thinned lacquer on my bottle stoppers applied on the lathe buffed and waxed with carnuba wax. I like the looks of my stoppers and my customers seem to also.
Today i got a message from a customer asking me what she could do to bring back the gloss.
She said she has been using it and washing it afterwords. She asked if she could put oil or polish on it .
I'm not sure what she used to wash it and I'm not sure what oil will do to a lacquer finish.
So my questions are
1.What do you use for a finish on bottle stoppers-
2.Will oil or polish hurt a lacquer finish?
I plan on retrieving the stoppers so I can see how bad they are and offer her a free refinish. I am trying wipe on poly on a couple of stoppers in my shop now to see how they come out.
Any thought or suggestions would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Tom
I've been using thinned lacquer on my bottle stoppers applied on the lathe buffed and waxed with carnuba wax. I like the looks of my stoppers and my customers seem to also.
Today i got a message from a customer asking me what she could do to bring back the gloss.
She said she has been using it and washing it afterwords. She asked if she could put oil or polish on it .
I'm not sure what she used to wash it and I'm not sure what oil will do to a lacquer finish.
So my questions are
1.What do you use for a finish on bottle stoppers-
2.Will oil or polish hurt a lacquer finish?
I plan on retrieving the stoppers so I can see how bad they are and offer her a free refinish. I am trying wipe on poly on a couple of stoppers in my shop now to see how they come out.
Any thought or suggestions would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Tom