Thank you Lee. I am doing a poor job describing what I am doing. I am doing this -------> The point was - we were doing the same thing back then that you are trying now, except you are going with horizontal wipes and we were going round. But in both cases we/you are looking for the point to stop just before it hardens/cures. That was sometimes called "feel", "experience", or even "instinct." Just knowing when to stop.
Have a great one folks!
No, Not necessarily! Sometimes it requires different words of the same language to get the real meaning and process across. I have heard several times in my life: "UMM - the English language is sure is hard to communicate in!"
You can see in many of my posts the words "subjective" because the English language is imprecise, and the more ways it is said, the more it can explain. Thanks for asking a question that others may not have understood.
This method DOES apply a thicker layer of CA in addition to smoothing it out VS what paper towel does. And this is one of the soap boxes I sometimes get on - It doesn't matter how many layers of CA one applies, i.e. 4, 5, 7, 10 etc, it matters how thick it is. Your method will apply more in one layer than 5 to 10 will when applying with paper towel. . . . which will take us to another matter - use of calipers for sizing and determining the thickness. I think most people would measure with calipers THEN sand down to size. I use my sharp scraper (similar in action to a radius square carbide insert) and smooth it all the way around from end to end. Both ways of bringing to size works fine in most situations.
Your method really helps when a blank is turned a tad too much and a build up of CA is needed.