Finishing Ziricote

[TonyL]

First time that I am turning this wood. Seems very, very, soft. Does CA take well to it? Or should I just use a Pen Plus or WTF finish.

Thanks for reading.

 

[jttheclockman]

First time that I am turning this wood. Seems very, very, soft. Does CA take well to it? Or should I just use a Pen Plus or WTF finish.

Thanks for reading.

Tony that is just another oily wood. I have no problem using CA on any of the oily woods as long as I wipe thoroughly down with acetone. Let that dry before applying CA


I also just like to use a Danish oil on it and then polish it to a nice soft sheen. I did that with the base on this clock. Another beautiful wood to work with. The clock is Canary wood by the way.






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[keithbyrd]

I agree with John except I use alcohol - never had any problems. I was concerned with acetone because acetone will dissolve CA. Probably not enough acetone to effect it or it evaporates quickly, but I didn't want to take any chances!

 

[TonyL]

Thank you both.

 

[MTViper]

I always use Pen Plus on it and it works great.

 

[TonyL]

I was thinking the same Steve so, I prepped two last night. I may finish one with PP and one with CA. I also coated the inside of the barrels with thin CA before gluing the tubes. It seems redundant, but the "drill dust" was so fine and soft, I thought it may help hold things together. Again, I am sure that step wasn't necessary.

Thank you for serving our country.

 

[corgicoupe]

Has anyone tried using a 1# cut shellac as a sealer?

 

[MTViper]

Thanks Tony, was a pleasure.

 

[TonyL]

The PP came out good and I will handle frequently to see how it holds up. I will try a CA finish on my next go round.