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Session 5- Get a Shine or Not

June 16, 2021 Ward Stevens
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June 16th Session Responses:

Andy Postlewaite: regarding the discussion about pressure pots, I followed one of the demos on YouTube to transform the relatively inexpensive pressure paint pot from Harbor Freight into a pressure pot. The process is cheap and pretty easy to do, although I have a slight leak that I have to fix in one of the fittings. But I wanted to say that it's not a complicated operation.

June 16th Session Notes and Links:

Phil Hauser

  • Bush Oil- really pops the grain

  • Finishing Walnut - sanding sealer, two coats, then polish with Beall Wheel, for more gloss wipe on poly

  • Deft Sanding Sealer- buy 6-12 cans on the internet with wipe on poly on top

  • Walnut oil for salad bowls, but it darkens the wood

From Bob Collins

  • Andrew Pearce makes bowls in Hartland, Vermont. A great place to visit! They use walnut oil.

  • Nate Favors used equal amounts of Tung oil, orange oil and mineral oil.

  • Michael Kehs likes Danish Oil

  • Rubio Monocoat works very well, although Bob Aramant suggests Odie’s Oil is equally good and doesn’t smell.

  • Mike Mahoney’s Walnut oil with wax on top

Gary Hoffman

  • Likes Captain Eddie’s Shine Juice. Just mix in alcohol with only what you will use.

  • Odie’s Wax

  • Captain Eddie’s method with CA glues look great, but in his experience it peeled away.

Bob Crowe

  • Tried and True takes a lot of elbow grease, but comes out great.

  • Points out there are two types of finish- penetrating (Tung Oil) and film forming (Waterlox).

  • Recommends only penetrating oils for salad bowls

  • Odie’s Oil and Wax

  • EEE Friction Polish, a mild abrasive with wax. Great finish. Meant to be overcoated with something like Shell wax.

  • Mohawk makes a coating that goes over wax to seal it

Tom Gall

  • Waterlox was his favorite finish for 25 years for non-food applications

  • Zinsser Shellac spray and then 2 coats of Waterlox

  • Velvit Oil great on maple walnut and cherry , all burls, won’t gel like Waterlox. Dries overnight.

Bob Aramant

  • Likes Odie’s Oil

  • Also likes EEE and Mylands Friction Polish. Check out Penn State Industries.

Sebastian Montagano

  • Walnut Oil

  • Yorkshire Grit is an abrasive paste, hard to get, by Martin Sabin Smith

  • Hampshire Sheen is used on top, World of Wood Texas also has Yorkshire Grit

Dave Nowicki

  • Wipe On Poly by Minwax with and undercoat of shellac

Frank Huttenlock

  • Formby’s friction wax, Danish Oil, and his own mix of 2/3 wipe on poly and 1/3 mineral spirits for better penetration

Bill Davis

  • Crystal Coat- a friction coat applied while it’s on the lathe

  • Mahoney’s Oil

  • Aussie Oil

Food Safe Finishes

  • Bob says there are no standards for food safe finishes

  • Here’s a Woodsmith article on “food safe”- once cured, most finishes are food safe

  • Behlen’s Salad Bowl Finish

  • General Finishes Food Safe Finish

  • Bruce Quigley- bee’s wax mixed with about 30%Mineral Oil, mixes this ratio in a water double boiler

Stains and Dyes

  • Tints for epoxies: Mixol Universal Tint or Black Diamond Tints

  • Ward showed oil paints with Tung Oil and a little Japan Drier

Gil Malave

  • Dark wood- oils

  • For Maple- Woodturners Finish, water based

  • Danish Oil, Aussie Oil for Jewelry

  • Nick Agar makes a great spray can lacquer

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