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Unusually for me I decided to move away from my highly polished CA finishes and try out Turners Retreats Diamond Coat Pen Polish. It doesn’t look so bad on the Thuya Burr pen. I guess it gives a more natural finish some would say. My question to you all is this. Is this just another brand of...

Is Yorkshire Grit and Chestnut Cut & Polish the same thing???

really dont know what what to do with this, but it sure is pretty. do i cut it up and cast it for pens leave as is, sand and polish it as an an ornament something else.. your suggestions are welcomed cos im at a loss what i should do thanks y'all

Couple of Gent pens RB/FP. dressed in English Oak complemented with an English Oak bespoke box. Pens finished with Melamine and box is a polish finish.

Hi all, No1 for today's offerings is this TM Epsilon with a Cs blank I managed to squeeze out.... Its OD was spot on finish size so just a polish on the cap end:ciggrin: I do love this stuff, if it wasn't so awkward!

Anyone here use friction polish to buff up your pens? I think this is the first time I have asked a question on here without me writing a 5 page essay before it :ciggrin:

Made this Yew bowl this morning 8” x 4” with a silky smooth polish finish

Hi all, had to work late tonight, so took the opportunity of a bit of workshop time!! I think I saved the best till last, it might be a keeper or very expensive :face:.... Might give it another polish later:praying:

I found some veneer on the web as I wanted to use wood as the inserts rather than plastic cards. Did have some issues and had to do some repair work on the knot, now hidden, mostly, by the clip. Tried as I said in another thread to polish 6 coats of sanding sealer with micofine - that did not...

Is Friction Polish the same as burnishing cream? I have some friction polish and thought I had some burnishing cream but just can not find it anywhere and as such I am a little reluctant to purchase some more. Could I use the friction polish in-between layers of CA when finishing pens? Gary

Hello well it's been a good school weekend First pen snagged and shattered so I had to start again. Oak Bur I think? Sedona Fountain oak pen It is lighter in real live anyway finish is oil and wax that's it no CA no polish just the beall polish mops, I would love to know what you...

A slimline dressed in red acrylic finished Farecla 300 & 500 polish.

A slimline dressed in molten gold acrylic finished with Farecla 300 & 500 polish.

This was my first attempt at making a pen. Made with Zebrano wood to a slimline pen-kit. Struggling with the finishing process at the moment, as this was sanded to 600 grit, then a coat of friction polish and microchrystalline stick to finish. Regards. John :banana:

Curious to understand what speed range people here use to turn pens. I work between 550 for roughing out a blank up to 1750 for sanding and friction polish. Just wondering whether it would be worth changing the belt and moving to a higher speed range.

Hi all, I have just cast some Acrylic picture embeded pen blanks and can not take the chance of water entering the ends of the tube during polishing. I think Mark mentioned something on this subject a few years ago.I have a 3 wheel buffing system and the relevent waxes. I would like to know...

Burl on a SS One Piece Core. Size 9.5 X 6 Finished with 8 coats of Med CA. Polished with AUTOSOL metal polish. Les

This time Acrylic ones.. Lons few more to see the idea of that they look like Pen kit - Chrome dog pen Blank - red/black and white acrylic (Timberbits) Finish - MM to 3200, TCut, MM to 12000 and final polish Pen kit - Chrome dog pen Blank - Red acrylic. Finish - MM to 3200, TCut...

Kit - Chrome Epsilon Blank - Onyx Acrylic Finish - MM's and final Polish

Epsilon Gold and silver acrylic Pen kit - Epsilon Gold plated Blank - Gold and silver Acrylic Finish - through the MM's and final polish