Spectraply Finish

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I use thin CA (about 7-8 coats). I do take the grits up a bit higher than normal (maybe to the third or fourth micro mesh pad) before starting with CA as the plywood surface can stay a bit rough at 600 grit.
 
What are you using the wood on??? I have used CA but also have used waterbased lacquers. always trying to keep the colors true.
 
I ordered some of the 2x2 specials and planned on making stoppers. I want something easy to apply with a nice gloss. CA gives that but takes a while to build up.
 
beck3906 said:
I ordered some of the 2x2 specials and planned on making stoppers. I want something easy to apply with a nice gloss. CA gives that but takes a while to build up.
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I am using Watco lacquers for some birdhouse ornaments. I just got mine yesterday.
 
I have used CA and now Solarez Thin Hard over engraving.

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For ornaments, since they do not get handled much, hard to beat shellac friction polish after sanding to a fairly high grit number. Wax buff finishs it off easily. I tend to use Johnsons Floor Wax on ornaments as final pass.

Really sharp tool helps with spectraply. Very little sanding dust.
 
For this small box, I used two coats of a version of shine juice (1/3 DNA, 1/3 BLO, 1/3 Shellac) a friend had and then finished it with two coats of Johnson's Paste Wax.

(Apologies for the sideways view :mad:)
 

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Very nice John. It is amazing what that wood can do to a project. It gives it that special look that a straight grained piece of timber just does not. Thanks for showing.
 
I've made a bunch of ornaments, stoppers and openers with the spectraply. I've had really good luck with sanding to 240, applying a coat or two of shellac and then a couple coats of Watco spray lacquer. Easy to apply and it dries fast...
 
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