Thread: CA finish 1st time

You can also use Vodka tape, but its hard to find.

What is vodka tape?
Charlie

Sorry, could'nt resist. Just a joke.

Wow, Charlie. I just had a chance to look at your website and see the steps you took to make the scales. Does the cyanoacrylate 'yellow' over time and give warmth to the wood like regular nitrocellulose lacquer, or would you recommend putting a dye on bare wood for these type of finishes?

PS I'm a huge fan of coping saws, too. That's all I've used to cut out razor scales and it works very well for me.

Very nice. I have often thought of trying to make some scales, especially for otherwise good blades I have, but with poor scales. What you have done is very impressive, and I thank you for the details.

I hope I can find them again when I get up the mustard to try it myself.

There are many more qualified people to answer questions about CA for a finish. I do not have lots of experience with it. The color of the CA film was like a water white lacquer, not yellow/amber like old school nitrocellulose. It was a very clear film like shellac or lacquer, it has great optical properties. It seems to really accentuate the figure in the wood. I do not know how it ages over time.

I do not think dye is necessary with the CA, I was just trying ad some pizazz to an ordinary piece of maple.

Charlie

Originally Posted by BOGARTUS

You can also use Vodka tape, but its hard to find.

ABSOLUT-ly!

Originally Posted by spazola

ABSOLUT-ly!

nice pun!

nice scales, too

Hey All. NEWBIE question of the day. What does CA stand for?

Cyanoacrylate = Superglue