Thank you all for having such a great community! I am learning quite a bit from you guys, including the fact that I want to do so much more than I thought about. I am hoping someone here has had the same problem I have.
When applying my second through whatever coat of CA finish, I seem to get "streaks" in the CA. My first coat is Thin and coats two through five are medium. I am using a blue shop rag and have the lathe turning at about 800 RPM. I use about three or four drops of CA that I apply directly to the shop rag and then make three passes (a pass being one direction not both) on the blank. I then wait a second, use the accelerator, wait another couple of seconds, and then procede to the next coat of CA.
These streaks are rather annoying. At first I thought it was due to substandard sanding before the CA application. The video (StickFast) show sanding to 400 and then applying the finish. The helpful people at WoodCraft say they sand through 1200 then apply the finish. I have done both of those methods as well as sanding all the way through 12000 on my MM. All three sanding methods have resulted in the same "streaks" when applying the CA finish.
Please help.
Elliott
When applying my second through whatever coat of CA finish, I seem to get "streaks" in the CA. My first coat is Thin and coats two through five are medium. I am using a blue shop rag and have the lathe turning at about 800 RPM. I use about three or four drops of CA that I apply directly to the shop rag and then make three passes (a pass being one direction not both) on the blank. I then wait a second, use the accelerator, wait another couple of seconds, and then procede to the next coat of CA.
These streaks are rather annoying. At first I thought it was due to substandard sanding before the CA application. The video (StickFast) show sanding to 400 and then applying the finish. The helpful people at WoodCraft say they sand through 1200 then apply the finish. I have done both of those methods as well as sanding all the way through 12000 on my MM. All three sanding methods have resulted in the same "streaks" when applying the CA finish.
Please help.
Elliott