C_Ludwigsen
Member
Thanks for taking an interest in the Finishing forum of the IAP discussion boards. My experience has been that you can work very hard on a turning project, select beautiful wood, turn it cleanly and precisely, sand it to where people doubt it is wood to begin with, but lose much of that on a poor finish. For that reason, the finishing step has become critical to me to considering a project successful. But I have also come to realize that what might be considered the best finish for 1 type of wood or for a certain pen profile, might not work well for other woods or profiles. For example, a CA finish is great, but very difficult for sculpted pens.
And then comes the issue of health concerns. Which is what ignited my interest in other finishes to begin with.
My hope is that this forum will server several purposes.
1. To collect information and techniques for a variety of finishing regimens and present them in collected form for new and experienced turners. My hope is that we can periodically cull the posts and replies in this forum into specific sticky posts where folks can get the basic process questions answered as quickly as possible.
2. To help understand why we prefer different finishes and what variables may come into play with various plans. Do certain types of wood benefit better from using BLO in the finishing process versus others, and what does BLO mean anyway? - that sort of thing.
3. A place for healthy and constructive debate over the merits of different finishes for different purposes, constraints or whatever.
4. A place where we can not only discuss the what, why, and how of finishes, but where we might find the best products and values in finishing tools and materials.
I'm quite sure that this great group of turners will never fail to generate new and interesting conversations surrounding this topic. While we are getting this forum running, we may beg your forgiveness if we move conversation threads from the other forums into this one if they lend themselves to the topic.
Thanks for letting me serve as your moderator here. Enjoy...
Chuck Ludwigsen
And then comes the issue of health concerns. Which is what ignited my interest in other finishes to begin with.
My hope is that this forum will server several purposes.
1. To collect information and techniques for a variety of finishing regimens and present them in collected form for new and experienced turners. My hope is that we can periodically cull the posts and replies in this forum into specific sticky posts where folks can get the basic process questions answered as quickly as possible.
2. To help understand why we prefer different finishes and what variables may come into play with various plans. Do certain types of wood benefit better from using BLO in the finishing process versus others, and what does BLO mean anyway? - that sort of thing.
3. A place for healthy and constructive debate over the merits of different finishes for different purposes, constraints or whatever.
4. A place where we can not only discuss the what, why, and how of finishes, but where we might find the best products and values in finishing tools and materials.
I'm quite sure that this great group of turners will never fail to generate new and interesting conversations surrounding this topic. While we are getting this forum running, we may beg your forgiveness if we move conversation threads from the other forums into this one if they lend themselves to the topic.
Thanks for letting me serve as your moderator here. Enjoy...
Chuck Ludwigsen