Thread: having CA trouble

I have used CA finish successfully on hundreds of items, but today I'm having some blushing troubles. I was finishing some cherry scales that I cut down 4 years ago. The wood has been kiln dried since. I dried it at 1/2" thick and planed it down to 1/4" after that. So it has been sitting for over 3 years at 1/4" and therefore should be extremely dry. About a month ago I shaped these scales and have had them sitting ever since. Today I used a 6 month old CA on the scales and no matter how thin a coat they are blushing.
I feel that the wood is dry. The CA isn't that old. I am applying thin coats. The coats have had sufficient dry time. As of yet the only thing I have no control over is the ambient moisture, but it is still warm enough here and this is a desert.
Any thoughts?

-G

Acetone

Honestly I wipe down every set of scales with Acetone before the first coat of CA...
Doing this regardless of wood type, has eliminated most every problem I ever had with using CA except that smell and burning sensation to the eyes

And throat.

Do you think that will hurt if I don't sand all the way back to the wood? I have some still on it from the first coat which didn't blush on one scale.

-G

I think so, I would start at the beginning again if it were me...

Hope that is it, would suck to do all that work, and find it was bad glue

I hope its not bad glue. This would be the third set of scrapped scales this week. I'm trying to get a few scaled before the meet.
How long before the acetone dissipates I know its one of the fastest solvents, but I don't want to rush things.

-G

Minutes...

Thanks Glen it worked. I'll see you in a week.

NICE !!!

Doing the same thing here on some Amboyna's....

Fun! I'm more of a domestics guy. I like the story of the tree. Most of my material is from my own saw. But I also like a pitted razor where I know its not really your style. Right now I guess I have to; I had to take down my shop. I can't afford the rent costs on that building anymore My buffer along with many other tools are being stored away for now. I only am able to do scales right now. I even have a whole batch of half done razors at the moment. Such is life. I guess when I move to Spokane I'll have to get a new shop. I don't know if I'll make it 2 years for a shop. I've been working in my livingroom all day; when Nanna got home she didn't get upset heck she just helped me polish my new 4 oz peener.

-G

What type/thickness of CA are you guys using. I'm actually trying to finish up a set of Black walnut with pine spacer but it seems like no matter how thin I get the coat of CA after it dries it seems thicker. I'm using the THICK, slow-set epoxy that I got from a local hobby supply here in PDX.

Michael