A super senior moment!

[Woodchipper]

Have several kits to finish for the craft mall. I had turned a cocobolo blank for a Slimline, rubbed acetone to cut the oil. Then I put on a coating of thin CA. OK, put on another and it looked like the cows chewed it. Finally, after much fiddling and trying different things, got it squared away. May look at it again and add a couple more coats. Second blank was zebra wood with a coarse, open grain. One coat of thick CA to fill in the grain and a shot of accelerator. Second coat, same thing. Had to sand off the CA and start over after much contemplation. Then it hit me. Hard! I looked back at the past. I recall setting the stopwatch for a minute as a minimum to add another coat. Duh! Started over with the zebra wood, thin coat, one minute, second coat, one minute. May add a couple of more coats tomorrow afternoon. Simple, isn't it?

 

[montmill]

I'll join the club. Seems everytime I do a pen after having not done one for awhile I have to read my notes to remind myself of the process I use. Lets not talk about assembly after switching kits. If I take my time it works out much better.

 

[egnald]

Me Too! - It seems like everytime I go from memory I miss a step or otherwise mess something up. I am working hard on discipline to go step-by-step through my notes every time. - Dave

 

[d_bondi]

I'll join the club. Seems everytime I do a pen after having not done one for awhile I have to read my notes to remind myself of the process I use. Lets not talk about assembly after switching kits. If I take my time it works out much better.

THIS!!!

 

[keithlong]

On open grain oily woods, I use boiled linseed oil to fill in the grain before applying CA glue.

 

[Mortalis]

I would not use thick CA to fill coarse open grain. The thickness doesnt allow the glue to fill the pores and would trap air and humidity. Spray Accelerator just amplifies the air and humidity boiling causing chaos on the finish. Thin CA, IMHO, would be a better choice for filling coarse open grain and let it harden on its own.

 

[Woodchipper]

I used thick CA but it was a disaster. Applied a few coats of thin CA but will be adding more with BLO and CA later. Set this pen aside to work on a few others.