Rob Wilkins
08-10-2006, 1:52 AM
I've been trying to get some pieces coated over the last few weeks; using mostly a mixture of some Arm-R-Seal and Seal-A-Cell stuff, as some of it needs to be waterproofed. I don't know much about coatings and treatments, but they seemed like a good idea, and for the most part they've been working just fine.
The exception to this happy rule has been the cocobolo.
I have two pieces of cocobolo that I've tried in one case to coat, and in the other, to seal - but neither will dry. I only have one more, and I'm hesitant to do anything with it until I know how I'm supposed to end up with something decent at the end of it all. Where every other wood I've tried so far - purpleheart, bloodwood, cherry, birch, oak, mahogany - will coat nicely, dry nicely and be ready to sand in a day or two, depending on weather, these cocobolo swine simply refuse to dry. All they do is get sticky, then sit on the shelf, taunting me by being pretty and useless at the same time. The closest one has come to drying so far is getting so covered in dust that it's no longer exactly "sticky" so much as a bit of a mess.
The first question is - why?
And the second is - is there a better way to coat pieces that'll give them a glossy or satin coat, waterproof them, be resistant to general rubbing or light abrasion, and not turn into pretty fly-paper when it's applied to a piece of cocobolo?
(And third, I just realised this should probably be in the finishing section instead of here...blast...)
The exception to this happy rule has been the cocobolo.
I have two pieces of cocobolo that I've tried in one case to coat, and in the other, to seal - but neither will dry. I only have one more, and I'm hesitant to do anything with it until I know how I'm supposed to end up with something decent at the end of it all. Where every other wood I've tried so far - purpleheart, bloodwood, cherry, birch, oak, mahogany - will coat nicely, dry nicely and be ready to sand in a day or two, depending on weather, these cocobolo swine simply refuse to dry. All they do is get sticky, then sit on the shelf, taunting me by being pretty and useless at the same time. The closest one has come to drying so far is getting so covered in dust that it's no longer exactly "sticky" so much as a bit of a mess.
The first question is - why?
And the second is - is there a better way to coat pieces that'll give them a glossy or satin coat, waterproof them, be resistant to general rubbing or light abrasion, and not turn into pretty fly-paper when it's applied to a piece of cocobolo?
(And third, I just realised this should probably be in the finishing section instead of here...blast...)