leehljp
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I just discovered dipping and the "speed" that it offers . . i.e. turn many blanks, dip and hang many in a short time. I am trying this (dipping) with medium CA to see how it works. I will report on this later.
My lacquer question:
About a month ago, I took a Starbucks travel mug, took the outer plastic cover off and turned a wood (keyaki/JPN elm) cover for it. It worked well, but I had one lacquer problem - and that might the the "kind" of lacquer that I am using.
I sealed it initially with a coat of thin and then a coat of medium CA and sanded that back to the wood. I thought the two coats of CA would seal the pores reasonably well.
Over the course of a week, I put about 11 or 12 coats of straight lacquer on it. Once in the morning and once in the evening. But even then, each coat dryed so thin that the grain pattern was evident as though it had one or two coats of thin at best. I was hoping to build up a smooth coat of Japanese lacquer, but it never happened.
When applying the lacquer coats, they were reasonably thick, but dried to levels thinner than gold leaf.
Does normal (USA) lacquer dry out this thin? Or should I expect to put 20 to 30 coats if I try this on pens - for a thicker coating.
My lacquer question:
About a month ago, I took a Starbucks travel mug, took the outer plastic cover off and turned a wood (keyaki/JPN elm) cover for it. It worked well, but I had one lacquer problem - and that might the the "kind" of lacquer that I am using.
I sealed it initially with a coat of thin and then a coat of medium CA and sanded that back to the wood. I thought the two coats of CA would seal the pores reasonably well.
Over the course of a week, I put about 11 or 12 coats of straight lacquer on it. Once in the morning and once in the evening. But even then, each coat dryed so thin that the grain pattern was evident as though it had one or two coats of thin at best. I was hoping to build up a smooth coat of Japanese lacquer, but it never happened.
When applying the lacquer coats, they were reasonably thick, but dried to levels thinner than gold leaf.
Does normal (USA) lacquer dry out this thin? Or should I expect to put 20 to 30 coats if I try this on pens - for a thicker coating.