RSidetrack
Member
you have carefully sanded and made your blank beautiful, carefully applied 15-20 coats of CA, and begin sanding down to find that you are .02 to .05 off of the size you need (too large). So you have to sand it down a good bit.
You begin to carefully wet sand down little by little and you finally get the ends to the size you want. You dry and clean off the blank to discover your outward bevel area no longer has any CA on it and you had been sanding wood. :rain: <- theres that cloud over my head
Now not only did you lose the finish in that area, but it has discolored and absorbed water
I had this happen to a purpleheart pen today. I even had the blanks set outside to purple to the perfect hue. They were beautiful, and now I have to sand not only the top piece that I ruined down, but the other piece because once I sand the CA off the colors won't match up right. I have to sunbathe them again for a while. Frustrating. This was mainly a venting post.
You begin to carefully wet sand down little by little and you finally get the ends to the size you want. You dry and clean off the blank to discover your outward bevel area no longer has any CA on it and you had been sanding wood. :rain: <- theres that cloud over my head
Now not only did you lose the finish in that area, but it has discolored and absorbed water
I had this happen to a purpleheart pen today. I even had the blanks set outside to purple to the perfect hue. They were beautiful, and now I have to sand not only the top piece that I ruined down, but the other piece because once I sand the CA off the colors won't match up right. I have to sunbathe them again for a while. Frustrating. This was mainly a venting post.