Displaced Canadian
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What is teak like to do a CA finish on. Is it an oily wood that you have to let sit after turning?
Finishing teak
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ldb2000
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I have found that it finishes well with CA . I have never had to wait and haven't had any problems with any I have done .
Bree
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Teak is loaded with oil. It is also very abrasive to your tools. The last one that I did with a CA finish, I turned it, sanded it, and when it was ready for CA I used acetone to remove the surface oil. Naptha would have worked too.
I actually then applied a little oil to it... Tung Oil. But this oil I mixed and it is loaded with driers and polymerizes very fast. I gave the Tung oil time to polymerize and then did my CA thing knowing that the Teak and its inner oil was sealed by the Tung Oil polymer shell.
I have the pen in front of me now and there is no sign of clouding or other oil effect. It just has a nice, glass-like CA finish.
:wink::wink::wink:
I actually then applied a little oil to it... Tung Oil. But this oil I mixed and it is loaded with driers and polymerizes very fast. I gave the Tung oil time to polymerize and then did my CA thing knowing that the Teak and its inner oil was sealed by the Tung Oil polymer shell.
I have the pen in front of me now and there is no sign of clouding or other oil effect. It just has a nice, glass-like CA finish.
:wink::wink::wink:
Displaced Canadian
Member
Thank you. CSUSA has some teak burl and I thought I would try it.
Seer
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I just finished a Teak Burl Baron and it was a dream to finish