Finishing materials

My usual finishing process on my bowls is two coats of Formby's Tung Oil Finish (dry 24 hr between coats). These are hand-rubbed. After the second coat dries, I lightly sand with 400 paper and add another coat. Then I do a

4th coat and and sand with 600 wet or dry paper. My main question here is for these final finishing steps, does anyone know the relative fineness of the following materials: Liberon 0000 steel wool, white fiber mesh type pads, Rottenstone, pumice, 400 mesh paper.
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Bob Daun
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As far as steel wool is concerned, Liberon makes "UltraFine 0000" steel wool that is the finest I have seen and highly recommend it. I purchased mine from Woodcraft but I would imagine it is available elsewhere.....Ralph

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Hello Bob,

Seems to me you are working awfully hard to get a high gloss finish. I've found that sanding to 320 or 400 grit, applying two coats of Formby's Tung Oil with a sanding in between and, then when dry, a buff with the Beall Buffing System accomplishes the same sort of finish without all of that work. Since I don't use the finer and finer mesh stuff, I can't comment on them.

It was several years ago after I witnessed Soren Berger of New Zealand turn a bowl and sand to 220 grit, apply one coat of Formby's Tung Oil (Soren said that he normally applies two coats and allows them to dry before buffing), wipe it off and then buff with the Beall Buffing System, that I went home and ordered the Beall system, I've never been sorry.

Incidentally, you get two very fine grit buffs with the Beall system and a high gloss finish with Carnuba Wax. I don't use it all of the time, because I normally just use Walnut Oil on my bowls, which can be buffed if one wishes when completely dry.

Fred Holder

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Ralph That is where I got mine also.

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