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Padauk-To Beal or not to Beal
I am typing this with hands purple with padauk dust. I and getting
ready to turn the foot off my first piece of padauk. I searched the archives about finishing it and didn’t see anything about using the beal buffing system with it. I usually use just the beal, sometime with coats of mineral oil first to enhance the grain, sometimes just mineral oil, and a few times I have used salad bowl finish. The point of my post is that I was just going to leave the wood unfinished as it got a nice satin look from sanding, but should I put something on it? I’m not asking about UV protection just in general: fingerprints, dust... Thanks, Wil |
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Padauk-To Beal or not to Beal
Here is a picture of the bowl just sanded. It was taken with a camera
phone and is not that good. http://www.mudmonkeys.com/WilsPicts/Padauk.jpg Wil |
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Padauk-To Beal or not to Beal
If it has the look you're going for already, Wil, just leave it alone. If
anything, you'll attract more fingerprints and dust to it by Buffing it. The wax being an attractant to those kinds of things, you know. You only get marginal protection (scuffs, smoke, oily skin from touching, moisture, etc.) of the wood from just buffing so there's no major reason there for buffing it. The buffing is really only good for looks and marginal protection. That's why I don't just buff. If I'm going to buff, then I'm going to buff a finish and not just bare wood. - Andrew "Wil Zirkle" wrote in message ... I am typing this with hands purple with padauk dust. I and getting ready to turn the foot off my first piece of padauk. I searched the archives about finishing it and didn't see anything about using the beal buffing system with it. I usually use just the beal, sometime with coats of mineral oil first to enhance the grain, sometimes just mineral oil, and a few times I have used salad bowl finish. The point of my post is that I was just going to leave the wood unfinished as it got a nice satin look from sanding, but should I put something on it? I'm not asking about UV protection just in general: fingerprints, dust... Thanks, Wil |
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Padauk-To Beal or not to Beal
I've not had good luck buffing Padauk. It doesn't add much to the final
look, and if you use the white diamond compound it gets stuck in the pores of the wood. The wax adds some shine though. -- Rusty Myers Austin, TX "Wil Zirkle" wrote in message ... I am typing this with hands purple with padauk dust. I and getting ready to turn the foot off my first piece of padauk. I searched the archives about finishing it and didn't see anything about using the beal buffing system with it. I usually use just the beal, sometime with coats of mineral oil first to enhance the grain, sometimes just mineral oil, and a few times I have used salad bowl finish. The point of my post is that I was just going to leave the wood unfinished as it got a nice satin look from sanding, but should I put something on it? I'm not asking about UV protection just in general: fingerprints, dust... Thanks, Wil |
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