programmergeek
Member
Ok I watched the video and did several pens using the ca/blo. But all seem to have issue here is the issues I am having is it bad CA or bad tequnique or am I just to picky.
CA fogs in areas I get little foggy marks now and the on my last ebony one I got a big hazy mark had to strip and redo the whole thing but still got little hazy areas, on light wood you do not notice it but on black wood not so nice. Looks like little bubbles only in a small area not the whole pen.
Some swirl marks, finish is not perfectly flat.
Most concerning I got a light ring on one ebony pen, I think it was because the blo hit the real wood first than the ca but there is a lighter ring about 1/2 wide in one area where I first touched the wood.
Tequnique:
Basically I take a paper towel first put on BLO in an area them some med CA about 7 drops and applied to pen fast wiping back and forth. This dries very fast within seconds I keep moving the paper towel back and forth till it gets a little shiny. I couldn't imagine using accelerator. Anyhow at the end I use some plastic polish and maybe even sand with micromesh a bit to remove some swirl marks. They come out ok but definaly not perfect and the light spots abd hazy areas are just unacceptable.
What is going wrong is my ca bad? is it drying to quick with the blo and fogging a little?
CA fogs in areas I get little foggy marks now and the on my last ebony one I got a big hazy mark had to strip and redo the whole thing but still got little hazy areas, on light wood you do not notice it but on black wood not so nice. Looks like little bubbles only in a small area not the whole pen.
Some swirl marks, finish is not perfectly flat.
Most concerning I got a light ring on one ebony pen, I think it was because the blo hit the real wood first than the ca but there is a lighter ring about 1/2 wide in one area where I first touched the wood.
Tequnique:
Basically I take a paper towel first put on BLO in an area them some med CA about 7 drops and applied to pen fast wiping back and forth. This dries very fast within seconds I keep moving the paper towel back and forth till it gets a little shiny. I couldn't imagine using accelerator. Anyhow at the end I use some plastic polish and maybe even sand with micromesh a bit to remove some swirl marks. They come out ok but definaly not perfect and the light spots abd hazy areas are just unacceptable.
What is going wrong is my ca bad? is it drying to quick with the blo and fogging a little?