ChiTown56
Member
Hello everyone, I sure hope that I am posting this in the right area, if not would a mod please put me in the right area?
I live in the desert, Albuquerque, New Mexico where it gets very cold at this time of year at night time and is in about the 50's during the day. By cold at night I'm talking teens......
Anyways onto my issue; I am working with a pen that is using a African Blackwood blank, that is giving me fits! Here is my method for installing the CA process; Finish up the wood with 600, put 1 coat of Boiled Lindseed Oil on, wait 5 min, then put 1 coat of Medium CA, wait 5 minutes and due this until i get 5 coats of CA on and then let it dry up, so to speak? There in is where the problem pops up. In the past of doing this method, everything went well, the blank would dry shinney and I would start my sanding with 3600 and work my way up to 12,000 where it was nice and glossy! NOW? When it starts to dry it turns the finish Flat in spots, even rough in places and I have to back up the sanding to 2400 to get a smooth finish, but I run the risk of burning thru the CA, most times.....I just cannot figure out why my blank is turning flat and even rough in areas. Is this just a matter of the cold outside attacking my blank in the garage? Last night I tried a electric heater aimed at the blanks as they were on my lathe, but I still had a Little issue this am when I went out to check on it?
Any input would be greatly appreciated......
I live in the desert, Albuquerque, New Mexico where it gets very cold at this time of year at night time and is in about the 50's during the day. By cold at night I'm talking teens......
Anyways onto my issue; I am working with a pen that is using a African Blackwood blank, that is giving me fits! Here is my method for installing the CA process; Finish up the wood with 600, put 1 coat of Boiled Lindseed Oil on, wait 5 min, then put 1 coat of Medium CA, wait 5 minutes and due this until i get 5 coats of CA on and then let it dry up, so to speak? There in is where the problem pops up. In the past of doing this method, everything went well, the blank would dry shinney and I would start my sanding with 3600 and work my way up to 12,000 where it was nice and glossy! NOW? When it starts to dry it turns the finish Flat in spots, even rough in places and I have to back up the sanding to 2400 to get a smooth finish, but I run the risk of burning thru the CA, most times.....I just cannot figure out why my blank is turning flat and even rough in areas. Is this just a matter of the cold outside attacking my blank in the garage? Last night I tried a electric heater aimed at the blanks as they were on my lathe, but I still had a Little issue this am when I went out to check on it?
Any input would be greatly appreciated......