Thread: A new.... no wait... it's old... but it's new.. finish.

With all the talk of epoxy coating, CA finishes etc. etc. I was surprised to find the following had arrived in my email inbox. It's an article about something called plexitone. I'll post a link to the article from the same gent responsible for the "CA, a technical discussion" that I've posted links to it before. For the plexitone stuff, you'll have to scroll down the newsletter a ways before you come across it.... and further yet down, you'll come across the instructions for using it as a dip finish. Sounds like it might just work a treat for razor scales. Now, some of us might recognize that it's essentially the same as a CA finish only it's applied in an entirely different manner using different techniques (ie. both are acrylic finishes in the end).

For those interested, you can read more about Plexitone finishing in the December 13th newsletter.

Regards

Christian

I only gave it a cursory glance so far, but it looks very interesting. I was wondering about this a while ago too. I tried googling some things about acrylic finishes and acrylic resins, but never really found anything. This article goes over almost exactly what I was looking for though. I think I may just have to give it a go

Well, at least now I know 1 person read the article! I suppose I could have worded the title of this a little better, I would have thought more guys might have wanted to give it a try. If you don't mind and you get around to trying it out, perhaps post your findings under a more suitable title.
Christian

Very interesting. I must admit that I have done a few sets of scales by dipping in laquer for several coats. I t dries fairly quick and sands out to a nice finish. This may be a nice alternative to give wood scales a nice depth and a hard waterproof finish. I will try this soon after the holidays.

The only down side I see thus far is sanding out the drip end of the scale, but the same has to happen with epoxy. I've had no luck with CA, but this may show some promise for a hack like me.

Jerry

(edit) I like the part of a super thin solution for stabilizing. no water in this solution so I'm sure it will work in a vacumn as well.

I have worked with this stuff last summer. If you make it thin enough to use for wood stabilization then the finish is inadequate. A separate application with a thicker solution is necessary.

A word of warning...the plexiglass does not want to dissolve nicely. I put a bunch of cut up plexi into a 2 gallon jar and filled it with acetone. Then I stirred & stirred & stirred etc. Not much dissolved. So I let it set for a couple of days. What I ended up with was a big blob of gooey plexiglass on the bottom of the glass jar. I never did get it to dissolve. I think what I did wrong was to make the pieces to small. I also have used the Acryloid B72 which is nothing more than small pellets of acrylic. Thats the stuff I used for stabilization. I stirred it constanly until it dissolved. It took about 1 hour. Next time I will use a long paint mixer paddle checked up into a drill. It is such a pain to dissolve. It does add a lot of strength to the wood but does not fill the pores very well. BTW, I did not try it as a finish, just for stabilization. For stabilizing wood that gives good pore filling, strength and a great finish the Loctite Resinol 90C is the best. But $120 per gallon is a bit much and its very hard to get. Mine is all gone now.

That link also had some very good articles on epoxy, oil and wax finishes.
Thanks a bunch for the link!

Interesting article....Thanks