budnder
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After a couple of hits and a couple of misses with Wood Turners Finish, I think I finally got it to a predictably good application. Just thought I'd share...
I've always used the "sponge" application method, as per Ed Brown's video Exotic Ed's video, but I would occasionally get frustrating ripples in the finish. The trick for me was to put it on thinner and to put on more coats. For the first coat, I wet the sponge until there aren't any dry spots where I'll be touching the pen - I'll guess that's 8-10 drops. On that first coat, it sometimes still wants to go on to heavy, so i'll paper towel off the excess. For the next couple of coats, you don't even need to put any more product on the sponge - just make a few light passes back and forth across the blank and you'll see the blank shine with dampness. From there forward I generally add 1 drop of WTF to the sponge between coats (while I wait my 1 minute for it to dry). Sometimes 2 drops if things seem to be getting a bit dry, sometimes none if things feel to wet. I put on a total of maybe 12-15 light coats like this.
After drying overnight, I buff with Tripoli very lightly, then White Diamond.
I've done a couple in a row that turned out good and I like this finish on natural wood for it's softness.
I've always used the "sponge" application method, as per Ed Brown's video Exotic Ed's video, but I would occasionally get frustrating ripples in the finish. The trick for me was to put it on thinner and to put on more coats. For the first coat, I wet the sponge until there aren't any dry spots where I'll be touching the pen - I'll guess that's 8-10 drops. On that first coat, it sometimes still wants to go on to heavy, so i'll paper towel off the excess. For the next couple of coats, you don't even need to put any more product on the sponge - just make a few light passes back and forth across the blank and you'll see the blank shine with dampness. From there forward I generally add 1 drop of WTF to the sponge between coats (while I wait my 1 minute for it to dry). Sometimes 2 drops if things seem to be getting a bit dry, sometimes none if things feel to wet. I put on a total of maybe 12-15 light coats like this.
After drying overnight, I buff with Tripoli very lightly, then White Diamond.
I've done a couple in a row that turned out good and I like this finish on natural wood for it's softness.
