egnald
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Greetings from Nebraska.
My Doctor's Woodshop Pens Plus and Walnut Oil arrived today so I threw together a gold Secret Compartment Keychain using Padauk to try it out on. I followed the Doctor's instructions and wet sanded it using the Walnut Oil up to 7000 grit followed by three coats of Pens Plus.
It definitly developed a nice shine. Perhaps not quite as glossy as CA, but different as the open grain of Padauk was not filled in. It surprized me a little because I thought maybe wet sanding with the Walnut Oil might fill the grain with sanding dust, and maybe it did, but it doesn't look like there was too much. It certainly leaves the finished product with a more definite "wood" appearance than the pens I've done with CA.
I think I might prefer it over CA, but I need to make a few pens now with some different woods like Ironwood, Olive, and maybe Cocobolo to see how the finished product works. It will also give me a chance to carry the keychain around to see how it holds up under normal use.
A picture of each side follows - Dave
PS The first thing I did was to replace the standard caps on the bottles with Yorker caps. (They were caps from a 3-pack of 8 oz squeeze bottles from Harbor Freight).
My Doctor's Woodshop Pens Plus and Walnut Oil arrived today so I threw together a gold Secret Compartment Keychain using Padauk to try it out on. I followed the Doctor's instructions and wet sanded it using the Walnut Oil up to 7000 grit followed by three coats of Pens Plus.
It definitly developed a nice shine. Perhaps not quite as glossy as CA, but different as the open grain of Padauk was not filled in. It surprized me a little because I thought maybe wet sanding with the Walnut Oil might fill the grain with sanding dust, and maybe it did, but it doesn't look like there was too much. It certainly leaves the finished product with a more definite "wood" appearance than the pens I've done with CA.
I think I might prefer it over CA, but I need to make a few pens now with some different woods like Ironwood, Olive, and maybe Cocobolo to see how the finished product works. It will also give me a chance to carry the keychain around to see how it holds up under normal use.
A picture of each side follows - Dave
PS The first thing I did was to replace the standard caps on the bottles with Yorker caps. (They were caps from a 3-pack of 8 oz squeeze bottles from Harbor Freight).