New here... new to pen making... Heck... new to wood working!
I have looked around reading a lot of the posts... I enjoy reading them. I have not seen any posts about my problem. I started making pens only a few months ago... mostly did the HUT friction finishes... then experimented with CA finish and found that I liked that finish. ( I am mostly turning OAK for now) I am finding that after turning a nice pen and putting it all together... there are a few little tiny holes in the surface of the CA finish...!!!! (I did one coat of thin CA then two coats of medium CA as per instructions... then I used the material (not sand paper) sent in the CA finish kit to sand it down... then used the micro pads... then satin polish and then gloss polish)
The Oak is pretty porous and the holes seem to show that the CA did not fill and cover some of the pores of the wood. I usually do not see the holes until after I polish the blank, leaving dried white polish in those holes. I love the finish... but not those pesky holes!
Where did I go wrong?
Ralph
I have looked around reading a lot of the posts... I enjoy reading them. I have not seen any posts about my problem. I started making pens only a few months ago... mostly did the HUT friction finishes... then experimented with CA finish and found that I liked that finish. ( I am mostly turning OAK for now) I am finding that after turning a nice pen and putting it all together... there are a few little tiny holes in the surface of the CA finish...!!!! (I did one coat of thin CA then two coats of medium CA as per instructions... then I used the material (not sand paper) sent in the CA finish kit to sand it down... then used the micro pads... then satin polish and then gloss polish)
The Oak is pretty porous and the holes seem to show that the CA did not fill and cover some of the pores of the wood. I usually do not see the holes until after I polish the blank, leaving dried white polish in those holes. I love the finish... but not those pesky holes!
Where did I go wrong?
Ralph