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I found a video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oulH...eature=related
The video was on buffing. I found the buffing process interesting enough to fork over some money and buy some buffs. Then the recent winter storm hit and the weather turned cold before they arrived. What I am wondering about is how to buff in cold weather (northern Wisconsin in the US). From searching a little in this blog I find posts saying tung oil needs to be about 70 degrees F to dry out. I have an insulated but unheated garage to work in. Do many people just skip the oil and buff the wood alone or is some sort of oil a necessity? Thanks. |
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TWW wrote:
I found a video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oulH...eature=related The video was on buffing. I found the buffing process interesting enough to fork over some money and buy some buffs. Then the recent winter storm hit and the weather turned cold before they arrived. What I am wondering about is how to buff in cold weather (northern Wisconsin in the US). From searching a little in this blog I find posts saying tung oil needs to be about 70 degrees F to dry out. I have an insulated but unheated garage to work in. Do many people just skip the oil and buff the wood alone or is some sort of oil a necessity? Thanks. I'd just bring them in the house for a few days before buffing them. ....Kevin -- Kevin Miller Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb In a recent poll, seven out of ten hard drives preferred Linux. |
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I have the beal system and I like it alot.
No oil required. You may get more depth with oil, but it is certaily not required for a nice finish. Try it. "TWW" wrote in message ... I found a video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oulH...eature=related The video was on buffing. I found the buffing process interesting enough to fork over some money and buy some buffs. Then the recent winter storm hit and the weather turned cold before they arrived. What I am wondering about is how to buff in cold weather (northern Wisconsin in the US). From searching a little in this blog I find posts saying tung oil needs to be about 70 degrees F to dry out. I have an insulated but unheated garage to work in. Do many people just skip the oil and buff the wood alone or is some sort of oil a necessity? Thanks. |
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:03:35 -0800 (PST), TWW wrote:
I found a video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oulH...eature=related The video was on buffing. I found the buffing process interesting enough to fork over some money and buy some buffs. Then the recent winter storm hit and the weather turned cold before they arrived. What I am wondering about is how to buff in cold weather (northern Wisconsin in the US). From searching a little in this blog I find posts saying tung oil needs to be about 70 degrees F to dry out. I have an insulated but unheated garage to work in. Do many people just skip the oil and buff the wood alone or is some sort of oil a necessity? Thanks. I use the Beall wheels and buffs on all of my work, pens to large vases.. On softer woods, I find that a coat or 2 of Danish oil makes a very nice buffing surface, but for hard or oily woods, no finish is needed... Sand and buff.. Tung oil takes forever to dry.. Danish oil has driers in it and when applied on the lathe and rubbed in well, it should dry in a day or so in moderate temperatures.. I have the most problems with it drying in the hot humid summer here. in MX.. mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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I have had very little experience with pure tung oil but I routinely use
Homer Formby's tung oil finish (which is a mixture of tung oil with some type of varnish and probably some drying agents. It normally dries hard in 24 hours or less at normal room temp. Bob "mac davis" wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:03:35 -0800 (PST), TWW wrote: I found a video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oulH...eature=related The video was on buffing. I found the buffing process interesting enough to fork over some money and buy some buffs. Then the recent winter storm hit and the weather turned cold before they arrived. What I am wondering about is how to buff in cold weather (northern Wisconsin in the US). From searching a little in this blog I find posts saying tung oil needs to be about 70 degrees F to dry out. I have an insulated but unheated garage to work in. Do many people just skip the oil and buff the wood alone or is some sort of oil a necessity? Thanks. I use the Beall wheels and buffs on all of my work, pens to large vases.. On softer woods, I find that a coat or 2 of Danish oil makes a very nice buffing surface, but for hard or oily woods, no finish is needed... Sand and buff.. Tung oil takes forever to dry.. Danish oil has driers in it and when applied on the lathe and rubbed in well, it should dry in a day or so in moderate temperatures.. I have the most problems with it drying in the hot humid summer here. in MX.. mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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Thanks to all who answered. I did a cherry bowl today at 27 degrees F
with no oil and was pleased with the results. When it warms up I will try Danish or Formby's tung oil finish. |
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