Steve Paxman
03-30-2016, 7:51 PM
I have a group of teenage boys, a youth group at church, who wants to get together and make their own wooden bow ties. Since I have a couple dozen of my own that I wear regularly to church, I was asked to facilitate. I will have the basic shape cut out of 1/8" stock ahead of time on the CNC to save time, but I want the boys to do sanding, finishing, assembly with the elastic strap, etc.
Here's my question. After sanding, they need some kind of finish. On mine, I use three or four coats of rattle can lacquer on each side, sanding before the final finish coat. Can't do that with all the boys because it takes a long time. What could we do for finishing in a very short amount of time? After finishing, some fabric gets wrapped around the middle and glued together with CA glue, and then a 3/4" elastic is slid under the fabric for the strap that goes around the neck.
I thought about shellac. Would that occasionally get tacky/sticky in humid weather later on?
I also thought about just paste wax. Is that a terrible idea?
I've seen people online use a paste wax and oil mix (linseed, or tung, or walnut) for finishing. Can that be applied, dried, and hand buffed in about 15 or 20 minutes? Or would that take a long time to really dry after the buffing?
I am open to ides - anything else I should think about? What about just a quick splash of Danish oil? Too long to dry enough to wrap fabric around the midle, etc?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Here's my question. After sanding, they need some kind of finish. On mine, I use three or four coats of rattle can lacquer on each side, sanding before the final finish coat. Can't do that with all the boys because it takes a long time. What could we do for finishing in a very short amount of time? After finishing, some fabric gets wrapped around the middle and glued together with CA glue, and then a 3/4" elastic is slid under the fabric for the strap that goes around the neck.
I thought about shellac. Would that occasionally get tacky/sticky in humid weather later on?
I also thought about just paste wax. Is that a terrible idea?
I've seen people online use a paste wax and oil mix (linseed, or tung, or walnut) for finishing. Can that be applied, dried, and hand buffed in about 15 or 20 minutes? Or would that take a long time to really dry after the buffing?
I am open to ides - anything else I should think about? What about just a quick splash of Danish oil? Too long to dry enough to wrap fabric around the midle, etc?
Thanks in advance for the help!