I just finished carving my wife a bracelet out of some walnut I had laying
around. Now it's time to throw on some finish and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure this thing will take a ton of abuse, but I can't say I'd want to it
to look like I dipped it in plastic.

Recommendations?

Wax... just like Lignum Vitae finishing. Johnson's Floor Wax.... multiple
coats across many days. Wait at least 24 hrs between coats. Use steel wool
to prepare for the first 3 coats, then cotton rags after. It will last a
life-time and easy to touch up when dinged.
Steve

"CraigT" wrote in message
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I just finished carving my wife a bracelet out of some walnut I had laying
around. Now it's time to throw on some finish and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure this thing will take a ton of abuse, but I can't say I'd want to
it to look like I dipped it in plastic.

Recommendations?

On May 29, 10:27*am, "CraigT" wrote:
I just finished carving my wife a bracelet out of some walnut I had laying
around. Now it's time to throw on some finish and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure this thing will take a ton of abuse, but I can't say I'd want to it
to look like I dipped it in plastic.

Recommendations?

I think on a bracelet, I would use something like a polyurethane
finish..once if it dry they will be no bleed off of worry of rub off
finish on the skin and there should not be any skin irratation with
it.

Randy
http://nokeswoodworks.com

CraigT wrote:
I just finished carving my wife a bracelet out of some walnut I had laying
around. Now it's time to throw on some finish and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure this thing will take a ton of abuse, but I can't say I'd want to it
to look like I dipped it in plastic.

Recommendations?


I use two coats of tung oil on my wooden bracelets, then wax.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Snow and adolescence are the only
problems that go away if ignored long
enough.

CraigT wrote:

I just finished carving my wife a bracelet out of some walnut I had laying
around. Now it's time to throw on some finish and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure this thing will take a ton of abuse, but I can't say I'd want to it
to look like I dipped it in plastic.

Recommendations?

Uh - walnut oil?

On May 29, 11:27 am, "CraigT" wrote:
I just finished carving my wife a bracelet out of some walnut I had laying
around. Now it's time to throw on some finish and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm sure this thing will take a ton of abuse, but I can't say I'd want to it
to look like I dipped it in plastic.

Recommendations?

Walnut is a wood noted for provoking allergic reactions.
For that reason I would suggest a finish that would effectively
seal it, preferably one that is itself as hypoallegenic as
possible,.

--

FF

On May 29, 1:50 pm, randyswoodshoop wrote:


I think on a bracelet, I would use something like a polyurethane
finish..once if it dry they will be no bleed off of worry of rub off
finish on the skin and there should not be any skin irratation with

I am with you 100%.

I think a water resistive finish is a must. When a little sweat
(sorry, "glow") hits the bracelet and penetrates a wax finish, the
oils in the walnut will come out. And it wouldn't be too great to
have that bracelet turn someone's arm purple. Not good at all.

Finish with poly, and steel wood to the proper sheen. I would think
since it is only a bracelet, you don't have to put more than a couple
of coats on it. I would just buy a rattle can and be done with it.

Robert

Fred the Red Shirt wrote:

Walnut is a wood noted for provoking allergic reactions.
For that reason I would suggest a finish that would effectively
seal it, preferably one that is itself as hypoallegenic as
possible,.

Shellac maybe? Easy to renew the finish since a new
coat dissolves the surface of the last coat, forming
a single layer coating - and you can EAT IT - FDA says
so.