First time using wood, different finishes and liners

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07-28-2016, 04:02 PM
Dafonz6987

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First time using wood, different finishes and liners

I recently picked up some wood from a small company I found on Instagram and wow! I have worked with a ton of material but this has to be by far my favorite! I got some Buckeye Burl, high figure desert ironwood, maple Burl and York gum... I told him to leave some natural and dye others and have fun with it, boy did the pieces look like he had a great time doing it! I cannot wait to post more of the pictures of the finished work, for now here is a sample!

so all the pieces are 1/8 in thickness problem with that I understand that these woods break easily. This piece I had tested the wood without a liner to see how it held up and it would appear it is fine. I have purchased a ton of g10 liners that are .020" in thickness. I'm using g-flex epoxy to attach it to the wood, first I rough up both surfaces and allow to cure 24 hours. I shaped and sanded up to 1500 grit, then buffed it with Tripoli and white rouge. It had a great finish, I also have some tru oil I'm using but I couldn't get the results I was looking for. I'll play around with it more on my next set I make.

of course if u have any comments on a better way to finish, epoxy or the liners let me know!

well here are the pics for some buckeye Burl
07-28-2016, 04:14 PM
dinnermint

Best lighting in the car? lol

In all seriousness, those are some wicked awesome looking scales.
07-28-2016, 04:17 PM
Dafonz6987

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Originally Posted by dinnermint

Best lighting in the car? lol

In all seriousness, those are some wicked awesome looking scales.

Hahaha natural light was the best way to get the color to show on camera... It's funny I have a ton of pictures in the car, my wife makes fun of me. The reason why is because when I finish the scales they go everywhere with me. I'm weird like that hahaha

Thanks!
07-28-2016, 06:19 PM
Dafonz6987

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I'm trying something different with this piece, I'll be wet sanding 400 grit with the tru-oil to fill the grain. Then sanding up to 1500 and applying more coats from there

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07-28-2016, 06:45 PM
dinnermint

That is some wicked wood!
07-28-2016, 07:02 PM
outback

You might want to look into min wax polycrylic, water based finishes. It works great with oily woods.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...28a0185a5a.jpg
This is a set I did in African Blackwood.
Tru oil would not harden on this oily wood, so polycrylic was used.
07-28-2016, 07:15 PM
Dafonz6987

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Originally Posted by outback

You might want to look into min wax polycrylic, water based finishes. It works great with oily woods.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...28a0185a5a.jpg
This is a set I did in African Blackwood.
Tru oil would not harden on this oily wood, so polycrylic was used.

I am very new to using wood in my shop, it looks like I need to evaluate each type of wood and decide on a finish from there... I didn't know woods are oily, I'm assume the buckeye Burl isn't oily?
07-28-2016, 07:17 PM
outback

No its not.
08-04-2016, 11:27 PM
waldbrent

thats a beautiful razor outback

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08-05-2016, 12:31 AM
Dafonz6987

So I've now tried a CA finish and also I finished with Tripoli and white polishing compounds... I really liked the tru-oil but it definitely required a lot more time same with the CA... Also another downside to the tru-oil is after getting the scales wet after shaving it almost felt like the finish was sticky again, not something u want to have happen on ur scales...Now out of all these methods I think my preference is leaning towards the polishing compounds! The finish it left was just as good as anything else, it was quick and no problems with it getting wet... Any other wood finishing techniques would be appreciated, hopefully this thread helps someone out!
08-05-2016, 11:08 AM
outback

You may want to look at Minwax, polycrylic finishes.
Their a water based finish, that dries fairly quickly, and has given me no problems with any wood to date
08-05-2016, 08:01 PM
ob1page

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Originally Posted by outback

You might want to look into min wax polycrylic, water based finishes. It works great with oily woods.

This is a set I did in African Blackwood.
Tru oil would not harden on this oily wood, so polycrylic was used.

Absolutely gorgeous razor!
08-05-2016, 08:14 PM
outback

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Originally Posted by ob1page

Absolutely gorgeous razor!

I thought so too...
While I was packing it up, for the man it belongs to. [emoji22]
But at least I got a shave out of it.
08-05-2016, 08:28 PM
Dafonz6987

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Bookmatched

This pair I decided to try to match them perfect for the bookmatch... Boy does it look cool, it was tough to get the two Lind up perfectly. Glad I did too because it looks sweet!

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08-05-2016, 08:55 PM
ob1page

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Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

This pair I decided to try to match them perfect for the bookmatch... Boy does it look cool, it was tough to get the two Lind up perfectly. Glad I did too because it looks sweet!

I agree, very cool. I'm very new to straights but I have a thing for wood. I'm going to have to get some wood scales on my next razor.
08-05-2016, 10:27 PM
Dafonz6987

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Originally Posted by ob1page

I agree, very cool. I'm very new to straights but I have a thing for wood. I'm going to have to get some wood scales on my next razor.

Thanks! I've been making scales for some times and for whatever reason I never used wood up until the last week. I ended up buying about $300 worth of different woods and now I'm playing with it. I cannot believe I did without for so long, now I can hardly get out of the shop... Here a pic of some of the wood

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08-05-2016, 10:57 PM
outback

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Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

This pair I decided to try to match them perfect for the bookmatch... Boy does it look cool, it was tough to get the two Lind up perfectly. Glad I did too because it looks sweet!

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Smokin........!!![emoji41]
08-05-2016, 10:59 PM
outback

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Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

Thanks! I've been making scales for some times and for whatever reason I never used wood up until the last week. I ended up buying about $300 worth of different woods and now I'm playing with it. I cannot believe I did without for so long, now I can hardly get out of the shop... Here a pic of some of the wood

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Are you doing the stabilization, or did you buy it that way?
08-05-2016, 11:07 PM
ob1page

Complete noob question but when you buy wood that is dyed like this is the coloring just at surface level or does it penetrate the wood? If it penetrates how far can it enter the wood?
08-05-2016, 11:19 PM
Dafonz6987

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Originally Posted by outback

Are you doing the stabilization, or did you buy it that way?

So the bandsaw I had wasn't good a re-sawing so I figured I had to buy an expensive bandsaw before I got good cuts. So stabilizing was out of the question since I couldn't cut the pieces in 1/8. Buuuut I recently bought a Milwaukee portable deep cut bandsaw to cut my razor blanks out with. I tried to re-saws some buffalo horn and for the first time I was able to get a straight cut!

I bought the 2 stage 5 CFM vacuum pump and cactus juice. Next I need to build the vacuum chamber and buy a planer. So I got some work to do but I think in the end I'll be saving a ton of money by buying blocks of the wood vs pieces.... I have ways to go but it's in motion
08-12-2016, 09:30 PM
ScoutHikerDad

Wow, that is some truly amazing wood. I have some stabilized burl blanks, mostly for my son's knife-making. I got 'em as cut-offs from a friend who does beautiful custom art-type furniture, and shared some with a knife-making friend who has the "Cactus-Juice" vacum setup in exchange for keeping me supplied. but I've tried a couple on razors, and love the way it finishes up. It really behaves almost like an acrylic, I guess because it mostly is after curing.

I've got to get some of the dyed stuff for razors now! Aaron
08-13-2016, 02:32 AM
TwistedOak

Just a quick note, since you've not worked with wood in the past you want to make sure you've got at least a mask on when you're making all that saw dust. Inhaling the dust can be an irritant at best, and toxic at worst!
08-13-2016, 04:08 AM
Dafonz6987

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Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Wow, that is some truly amazing wood. I have some stabilized burl blanks, mostly for my son's knife-making. I got 'em as cut-offs from a friend who does beautiful custom art-type furniture, and shared some with a knife-making friend who has the "Cactus-Juice" vacum setup in exchange for keeping me supplied. but I've tried a couple on razors, and love the way it finishes up. It really behaves almost like an acrylic, I guess because it mostly is after curing.

I've got to get some of the dyed stuff for razors now! Aaron

yeah I actually got the best results from the buffer and I buffed it like a acrylic and boy it shined up! I want to dye and stabalize my own woods hoping in the next 3 months I'll be all set up!

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Originally Posted by TwistedOak

Just a quick note, since you've not worked with wood in the past you want to make sure you've got at least a mask on when you're making all that saw dust. Inhaling the dust can be an irritant at best, and toxic at worst!

Yes sir! I sit with a full respirator on and with everything I'm grinding including steel, g10, carbon fiber, horn, ect I make sure to make the most precaution and even have an industrial shop air purifier that has