BULLWINKLE
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Fellow members HELP ! I have seen beautiful finishing done with CA and I have read (different methods) by those that have mastered it. Doesn't seem like it should be hard, but all I have tried (different methods described in forums) and my attempts all look awful! After NUMEROUS attempts, I finally started leaving a little excess material so that I could re-sand the sloppy CA I applied and used a different finish to salvage my turning. Finally, I am ready to give it one last shot. Some of the best (if not the very best) CA finishes I have seen were done by James Mann aka Fangar. I remember years ago, he posted his method on this site in a downloadable file. I have NOT been able to locate it as this site has grown so much over the years..... If anyone can send a link, I would greatly appreciate it. This will be my last attempt to get it right and if it fails, I will continue a lacquer finish, as I am very frustrated. Lastly, many say use BLO and others say it isn't the way they do theirs. What does BLO do for the process? I have also figured out that creating heat messes it up bad (changing dry CA to a gummy mess) , so I slowed my lathe down and used Abranet as it doesn't get as hot as Micromesh seems to. My last attempt was smooth as glass and I was delighted until the pen developed horizontal (across the grain visible whitish striations).... What happened there? Thank to everyone in advance for their time in helping! Bullwinkle aka CA challenged
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