ncseeker
Member
Ok, I've been reading about enduro as a finish so I thought I'd give it a try. My first attempt ended in failure....twice !!
I followed the directions provided and applied it to a chinaberry blank. My first attempt ended with the pen looking like it had an old bad friction polish on it. There was no depth to the finish and it was anything but glossy. So I came back to the forum to read up on what I did wrong. Seems I was holding the paper towel on the rotating blank too tight. Ok.... I sanded it down, and tried again. I reapplied the sealer, waited overnight then applied the top coat and again waited overnight. In fact I waited 24 hours before I went to the MM. I used my MM wet and when I finished I was almost back to the bare wood. One end of the pen was glossy, but the rest was a mess. So.... back to the forum to search and read again. This time I discovered the thread about sanding wet vs dry. Seems the consensus was that if you waited 24 hours for it to cure, wet sanding was fine.
I didn't sand hard, I didn't sand long.... I did sand wet.
Anyway, I skewed it all off and put on a nice glossy CA finish.
Ok guys....... where did I go wrong ?????
I followed the directions provided and applied it to a chinaberry blank. My first attempt ended with the pen looking like it had an old bad friction polish on it. There was no depth to the finish and it was anything but glossy. So I came back to the forum to read up on what I did wrong. Seems I was holding the paper towel on the rotating blank too tight. Ok.... I sanded it down, and tried again. I reapplied the sealer, waited overnight then applied the top coat and again waited overnight. In fact I waited 24 hours before I went to the MM. I used my MM wet and when I finished I was almost back to the bare wood. One end of the pen was glossy, but the rest was a mess. So.... back to the forum to search and read again. This time I discovered the thread about sanding wet vs dry. Seems the consensus was that if you waited 24 hours for it to cure, wet sanding was fine.
I didn't sand hard, I didn't sand long.... I did sand wet.
Anyway, I skewed it all off and put on a nice glossy CA finish.
Ok guys....... where did I go wrong ?????