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07-28-2016, 04:02 PM #1
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
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07-28-2016, 04:14 PM #2
Best lighting in the car? lol
In all seriousness, those are some wicked awesome looking scales.
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07-28-2016, 04:17 PM #3
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07-28-2016, 06:19 PM #4
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 #5
That is some wicked wood!
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07-28-2016, 07:02 PM #6
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.Mike
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07-28-2016, 07:15 PM #7
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08-05-2016, 08:01 PM #8
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08-05-2016, 08:14 PM #9
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08-05-2016, 08:28 PM #10
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!