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Troy

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Troy wrote:

For that nice polished finish your talking about I do two completely
different types of finish. Sometimes I use the eee and shellawax, are
you using the cream or liquid? You should use the liquid.
The other one I like better for durability is blo and then turners
polish. I found the turners polish alone, and the eee and shellawax
don't last long. I will say I stop just short of abuse of my pens. The
other thing I do is beall buff them.

I wasn't using EEE before, but just got a jar of it the other day.
I use Shellawax Liguid.
The steps I've been using are....

turn
Sand @ 150
Sand @ 220
Sand @ 320
wet sand 400
Wet Sand 800
0000 Steel Wool
Wet Sand 1000
Wet Sand 1500
Wet Sand 2000
Wet Sand 2500
Wipe
0000 Steel Wool
Shellawax Liguid x 3 coats.

I'm thinking now I need to make some changes....
Turn
Sand@ 150
tack
Sand @ 220
tack
Sand @ 320
tack
Sand @ 400 ( all with J papers from the white box )
tack
Sand @ 600 w/d but sand dry
tack
0000 Steel Wool
tack
BLO
Sand @ 800 w/d but sand dry
tack
blo
Sand @ 1000 w/d but sand dry
tack
blo
sand @ 1500 w/d but sand dry
tack
blo
sand @ 2000 w/d but sand dry
tack
blo
Sand @ 2500 w/d but sand dry
tack
EEE
Shellawax till smokes! ( before I just did it till warm. )
EEE
Wipe
shellawax
EEE
Wipe
Shellawax

What do you think of this? I almost bought Mylands Cellulouse sealer
but @ $16/qt its awful expensive. I was able to get a gallon of BLO for
$10 at Lowes the other day because it was misshelved.

Troy