Can anyone point me to a good site on how to apply finishes to turned pieces. When I started, I used the friction polish stuff as it hit a lot of errors. Now that I am getting better I have Danish oil and lemon oil in my collection, but I have no idea of how much or roughly how long you should use them on the piece you have done. For example a four inch diameter bowl.
Russ Fairfield does an admirable job of introducing quite a few finishes used in woodturning at...
- Andrew
I apply all my finishes to turned items while they are still on the lathe. I stop the lathe, apply the finish with a rag, paper towel or whatever, let it stand for a short time, depending on the finish, then turn the lathe back on and buff with a dry etc. HOWEVER, before you buff, be sure the lathe bed, lathe table and any nearby wall are protected, and stand to one side when the lathe starts. I use saran wrap for protection but that is just because we always seem to have a lot in the kitchen. Mongoose hide would probably work just as well.
Bob Moody
In message , Bob Moody writes
Bob, I use kitchen towel to take off excess prior to turning the lathe on, this does reduce the splash and evens the finish over the item.
How does the mongoose feel about using his hide ;) The ultimate 'polished seat'?
Bob `S`
I take a cardboard box set it on the ways covering bowl ect and stick a speaker magnet inside. This holds the box in place. Also works great for LLD. Of course I didn't know about that the first time, so you can see I turn because of the line of finish up the wiindow behind my lathe.
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