Thread: 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

Best lighting in the car? lol

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

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!

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

That is some wicked wood!

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.

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.

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?

No its not.

thats a beautiful razor outback


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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!