On Nov 13, 11:41 am, "SonomaProducts.com" wrote:
Thanks. I was suspecting the oil as the problem but I really like the
depth it adds t the wood. The Sapele is very porus and soaked it up
well. Maybe I'll try going with a BLO job.

If you used tung oil from Woodcraft, it has NO driers. You will be
waiting.

BLO has metallic driers, but it dries slowly and still takes a while
to cure out. You can finish with another oil topcoat on top of BLO,
but you should still wait about 14 - 21 days. Since I do production
finishing, I don't use BLO except when making one of my witch's brews.

I passed this forumula on to BARRY a couple of years back, and he
loved it. BARRY (now only found on Lumberjocks) did a lot of
professional finishing for different builders in his area. Like me
(and like you!) he was always looking for an edge in speed and
appearance.

It was modified by me, and it works just as well as the original
formula that was passed to me by another finisher. You can go over
this in a couple of hours and it makes a great undercoat/conditioner.
Multiple coats of this stuff in a day are easy. Keep it stirred up.

A couple of coats of wipe on poly/varnish/shellac over this is fast
and makes the end product look like million bucks.

http://www.bburke.com/woodworking/ro...ulaphotos.html

Note that you should use pure gum turpentine (not paint thinner or
anything BUT pure gum), and dewaxed shellac (sanding sealer).

No problem on ruining the project. Yes, this one is too far gone to
fix. I might try slathering a few coats of wax and see if I can get
enough build for it to last.

Well, that's got to be a relief!

I cut parts for 4 of these, all as prototypes for my (pending) kit
business. This was the fist offiical kit I am preparing. Just got the
Sapele on a deal so tried it out. I do want to provide a recommended
finish technique (that works). So I have 3 more tries wih the parts on
hand.

I'll be taking videos and pictures during assembly and finsh of next
one or two to use as assmebly instructions.

So what are you making?

Inquiring minds you know....

:^)

Robert