Modified Olympia

[rd_ab_penman]

With a great piece of Figured Walnut from Bill Young.
Sanded to 400x, buffed with Super Fine Steel Wool and applied 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Gloss Polyurethane.
This MINWAX is great stuff, no buffing or polishing required!

Les

 

[bbarter]

Very nice, I love the finish is it durable?

 

[scotian12]

Hi Les...That is a great pen and finish. One does not see a lot of pens finished with polyurethane. Did you use a Minwax spray can on it? Darrell Eisner

 

[S.A.Mappin]

Thats generally the finish I use, it leaves such a wonderful finish!

 

[rd_ab_penman]

Very nice, I love the finish is it durable?

The MINWAX Poly was designed for use on hardwood floors, so it is very durable.

Les

 

[rd_ab_penman]

Hi Les...That is a great pen and finish. One does not see a lot of pens finished with polyurethane. Did you use a Minwax spray can on it? Darrell Eisner

Thanks,
Have a look at my tutorial, it should answer any questions you have.

Les

 

[johncrane]

Very nice work Les! i agree with you on the Minwax last's well as a finish.

 

[MatthewZS]

Hi Les...That is a great pen and finish. One does not see a lot of pens finished with polyurethane. Did you use a Minwax spray can on it? Darrell Eisner

Thanks,
Have a look at my tutorial, it should answer any questions you have.

Les

Gorgeous looking pen, nice work! I'm curious tho, where is the tutorial you refer to?

Thanks

 

[rd_ab_penman]

Hi Les...That is a great pen and finish. One does not see a lot of pens finished with polyurethane. Did you use a Minwax spray can on it? Darrell Eisner

Thanks,
Have a look at my tutorial, it should answer any questions you have.

Les

Gorgeous looking pen, nice work! I'm curious tho, where is the tutorial you refer to?

Thanks

Thanks Matthew.

It's in the Library Articles 2008
http://content.penturners.org/articles/2008/minwaxfinish.pdf

Les

 

[Toni]

Wow GORGEOUS PEN!!

 

[lorbay]

Wow GORGEOUS PEN!!

What Toni said.
But man this is a lot of time in your tutorial to get one pen finished, it's like 2 or 3 days between all of those coats. Nice finish, but I think I will stay with CA.

Lin.

 

[MatthewZS]

Hi Les...That is a great pen and finish. One does not see a lot of pens finished with polyurethane. Did you use a Minwax spray can on it? Darrell Eisner

Thanks,
Have a look at my tutorial, it should answer any questions you have.

Les

Gorgeous looking pen, nice work! I'm curious tho, where is the tutorial you refer to?

Thanks

Thanks Matthew.

It's in the Library Articles 2008
http://content.penturners.org/articles/2008/minwaxfinish.pdf

Les

DOH, of course! I was looking for it IN this post

Thanks!