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I made a video of my CA Finish and will load it up on youtube after work today. I figured I would share my process. I had a couple of people ask me how it was done and I told them I would show them...Anyway, It will be up later tonight.


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Just checked out your video. First I want to say thanks for putting it together. I did not know Rudy Vey was one of the first people using this type finish and this was his method. I have seen his pens in person and can attest it is a proven method to get a great finish. I have come to doing a similar method and it too has worked well for me.

Your videos are always a pleasure to watch. you demonstarte in a manner that we all can grasp and understand easily. Thanks again and hope you post a photo of that pen here.
 
Great vid. I do the same thing but with a couple of changes. I use a med. CA and only do 4 coats. I think this makes a little more work for me on the first sanding stage but it looks great when done. The other change is that I use the Hut plastic finish as my final polish. Good job!
 
Really well-done video, very clear explanations! Prior to applying the CA finish, how much sanding did you do? Did you stop at 600-grit, or did you go to micromesh on the unfinished blanks?
 
Very nice. I do much the same with BLO between CA coats. I also use thin CA. I have had problems with thick.

I really like the way you dribble the CA on as you go up and down the blank. I do just the same. I think some run into problems by putting just a drop or two on the paper towel. I don't think you can get an even coat that way. I couldn't tell in the vid, but I hold the towel in one hand and with the other run the tip of the CA directly to the blank.
 
Good video, I too finish in a similar way. Do you have a problem with the ca building up on the bushings? If so, how do you clean it up? I use a small piece of barrel on either side of the blank and tighten up against that and clean them up with a scraper every once in a while. Of course this only works with slims.
 
grub32 said:
my CA finish video is finally available at youtube...Took all stinking night to upload...Oh well...http://www.youtube.com/grub32.

I hope this technique can help those of you that are working on this process. If you have questions just email me.

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Hello Grub, In the recent past, I attempted to do aCA finish, on one of my wood pens, but since the article I had read, advocated using CA/BLO, and I neither had, nor could get BLO, here in Thailand, I tried using various other oils, and met with total failure. Then I got to your video.(((EXCELLENT)) my question , is, Why would you use Paper towel? and not cotton cloth, does it not stick to the Glue? ( I can see it doesn't appear to). Second, I can only get CA of dubious makes here, is that important. Thirdly, I may have partially solved the problem, of getting Accelerator - I have now ordered from UK via Ebay. Thank you. don
 
I've done it twice now, and it's worked really well. With regard to the bushings, the second time I simply dispensed with them altogether and just finished between centers. The ends of the barrels are much better, as a result.
 
Great job. THANK YOU. every time I try CA I end fighting to get the bushings off. How do you avoid that?
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JohnnyCNC has made that simple with his Eliminator finish bushings. They work GREAT!
 
I've tried this method 3 times now. The first time, I applied the CA while turning between centers, with bushings. I did get the bushings off, but the barrel ends were messy. Unacceptable.

The second and third time, I removed the bushings before applying the CA. The ends of the barrels were clean, with no cracking or chipping.

You could put a little paste wax on the bushings to make them easier to remove, but it seems much better to avoid using the bushings altogether.
 
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