Thread: Recent Restoration projects suggestions

Originally Posted by outback

Very nice..!!
I've got a piece of bloodwood.
But have been hesitant to use it, it easily wants to splinter down the grain, and afraid it will split during pinning.

There is the Babar pins that Tom uses as well as eyelets. They will take some of the stress away from the wood itself.

Done that on a few, but I need them for a bone/ CA n Soda repair, coming soon. [emoji6]
I can always go down the street and get another piece of bloodwood.

If your worried about the wood splitting drill the hole aliitle bigger. The brass rod I use is .067 and I will drill the hole at .07 or .072. May not seem like much, but gives enough room to not worry about splitting. Also make sure your not hitting the rod to hard to cause it to bend or deform to much. The washers are what hold everything tight together.

Just a follow up.. i did a set with CA a few months back. Ziricote on an aluminum liner.. Looked good when i made em..



Today not so much..



This was kiln dried, non stabilized wood and they are getting worse over time.

Mike you asked me a while back to follow up on these. Well here you go. CA split all to heck.

That's what happened to mine.
That's why I went back to tounge, teak, and Tru oil, gotta feed the wood.
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Woah, there are a lot of replies and suggestions!
I will take all of the suggestions into account.

I use the "pre-mix" shellac and i will try to dilute it a little and see how that goes.
If it goes well, I will surely reply to this thread when the razor is done!

Seems like I have a lot to work on! Thank you guys!

Originally Posted by williamlee99993

Woah, there are a lot of replies and suggestions!
I will take all of the suggestions into account.
I use the "pre-mix" shellac and i will try to dilute it a little and see how that goes.
If it goes well, I will surely reply to this thread when the razor is done!
Seems like I have a lot to work on! Thank you guys!

Modern approximations of old techniques
Dilute some of the shellac by about the same amount =100% of alcohol ( denatured or Vodka 190 proof even better )
Warm the scales to about 120° F in dry heat.
Give the scales a first coat and then let set for a day.
repeat
repeat
use straight cut shellac on a clean cotton rag to rub straight cut shellac into across the grain and let set again.
Look up French finish, variations on a theme.
Many of them are new fangled and do not use the old time linseed oil and pumice and shellac as we did for gun stocks.
Have fun!
~Richard
PS the reason CA does not work well is that it is on the surface and is subject to stretch and compression during use. Most CA's are not waterproof over time. I have used CA on brush handles and use the thinnest that i can finf. the handles do not flex so the CA stays fairly well.

I must add that some shellac premixes have a lot of wax and other non-shellac stuff in them. And most have a bit of water through atmosphere in them after opening. Best is to buy flacks and mix your own.
This only if you have a lot you want to cover, otherwise buy the smallest container of pre-mixed you can and pour out what you need and cover both immediately except in direct use.