Craft Coat do-over

[bgio13]

In this thread http://www.penturners.org/forum/f28/craft-coat-dipping-method-128657/ I posted photos of blanks that were dipped in Craft Coat. I wasn't real pleased with the results. Although the blanks had that gloss sheen I was looking for, it seemed that the finish was too brittle. I used the method that I use when dipping using another water based oil modified product and it seemed that Craft Coat did not perform as well. I am no expert on finishing and I have no scientific evidence to back this up, just my observation. So I started over using the product I always use and here are the results. Brown Mallee burl on TiGold Triton. Thanks for looking,

Bill

 

[BigE]

Bill,

These look pretty nice. Can we assume this is a Minwax product?

 

[bgio13]

Bill,

These look pretty nice. Can we assume this is a Minwax product?

Thanks
No, this is the product I found one day and started experimenting with. For some reason it works for me.

 

[bgio13]

Took some new photos to try and show the shine of the finish. Some may say it doesn't compare with CA, but for me, it's comes pretty close.

Bill

 

[BigE]

Thanks for the info on the polyurethane. I agree, it might not be as shiny as CA, but on the other hand, I've had many people assume some of my wooden pens were plastic because of the CA finish.