BEB and CA

[TexasJohn]

Until now, I have been using friction finish on almost everything. Slowly, I am changing to CA for a finish. I have a BEB blank on the lathe that is ready for a finish. I am wondering if I should use CA/BLO on this, or just CA, or perhaps just gloss laquer. I have attempted to do a search on this subject buy can't find anything specific on finishing BEB. I got this blank from BB and it is stabilized. I do not know how the CA would react with it. Appreciate any help you may be able to offer. Texas John

 

[alamocdc]

John, my first choice would be lacquer, second would be straight CA, but that's just me.

 

[ChrisL]

John,
I just finished a couple BEB blanks as well. I put 2coats of thin CA to seal the wood then lighty sand smooth. Then 4-5 coats of spray lacquer. This was my first time using this technique and it produces a nice deep finish. I wait about 30 minutes between coats, spraying light coats. Then let cure for 5-7 days, then I sanded with up to 12,000. Then do the beall buffing system, changing out the carnuba for TSW. I really like the way this turned out, so I will be trying it on others soon.

Chris

 

[Mac In Oak Ridge]

I prefer to finish with two coats of MCBSS followed with two dipped coats of HGCCWBL and then MM to 12M. Then TSW and RW before it goes out the door.

 

[RussFairfield]

Am I the only one who wonders why all of the messages in this thread are written in a secret code??

I might be able to offer something intelligent to the original question if I could figure what in Hell you guys are talking about.

CA, BB, and BLO are things I can understand, but asking their meaning is a common beginners question. You are starting to lose me after that. I think MM means MicroMesh? I am beginning to recognize TSW, and RW as having something to do with wax. BEB took me awhile, and I think that is Box Elder Burl??

But what are MCBSS and HGCCWBL??

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Glad you said it Russ, I was beginning to feel that this lil' Canadian has lost the ability to comprehend the American 'linguistos' that are roaming free on this site.[]

 

[AirportFF]

Originally posted by RussFairfield
<br />Am I the only one who wonders why all of the messages in this thread are written in a secret code??

I have to agree with you on that. Once I get to a thread that has me totally perplexed, I figure that the subject is just too deep for me and move on.[8)]

 

[Mac In Oak Ridge]

Ahhhh.....my point has been taken.

MCBSS = Mylands Cellulose Base Sanding Sealer
HGCCWBL = High Gloss Crystal Coat Water Base lacquer
MM = Micromesh
12M = 12,000

I find wading through a bunch of initals quite distracting, stopping to try and translate what someone was thinking when they were posting. I have left many threads totaly perplexed myself.

 

[RussFairfield]

Thanks for clearing that up.

I just don't read messages that I have to solve a riddle to read it.

 

[Skye]

We need a sticky with the most commonly used abreviations. It would help people like myself a lot.

 

[Old Griz]

Originally posted by Skye
<br />We need a sticky with the most commonly used abreviations. It would help people like myself a lot.

Actually, we need people to STOP using uncommon abreviations so that the new people on the site can understand what is going on..
I have been around here almost from the beginning and was totally lost on this thread... how do you think a newbie feels...
Certain abreviations have become part of our vocabulary... BOW=Bethlehem Olive Wood, BLO=Boiled Linseed Oil, etc... but some of the abreviations that come up are just out and out too hard to figure.
I am getting too old and feeble minded to do that.. [][]

 

[penhead]

Gee, and I thought it was a secret code you guys were using to avoid mods..


(just kidding[}][][][])

 

[HuskyDriver]

Originally posted by Old Griz
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Originally posted by Skye
<br />We need a sticky with the most commonly used abreviations. It would help people like myself a lot.

Actually, we need people to STOP using uncommon abreviations so that the new people on the site can understand what is going on..
I have been around here almost from the beginning and was totally lost on this thread... how do you think a newbie feels...
Certain abreviations have become part of our vocabulary... BOW=Bethlehem Olive Wood, BLO=Boiled Linseed Oil, etc... but some of the abreviations that come up are just out and out too hard to figure.
I am getting too old and feeble minded to do that.. [][]

I totally agree. I would hate to have to keep going back to a sticky to look up an abreviation then go back to the postJust my 2 cents worth.

Greg

 

[Murphy]

Hey, maybe we could start a secret cult within IAP ( that's International Association of Penturners) and just make up a bunch of initials that really don't mean anything. Then everyone who is involved in this new cult can start up new forms like:
eg - lets use btph to finsh on our gpsz and therefore end up with a opgr.
It really won't mean anything and if you are a member you will know this but it might just stump the hell out of everyone else like most of these initials do to me all the time.[}]