Micromesh v Burnishing Cream

[mick the pen]

I always use a quality wax such as auto glym or maguires for the final finish, as burnishing cream or cutting paste need finishing wax to protect the finished article.

 

[Neil]

I always use a quality wax such as auto glym or maguires for the final finish, as burnishing cream or cutting paste need finishing wax to protect the finished article.

Why is that Mick, I don't use anything after using burnishing cream on corian, and other acrylic?

 

[Penpal]

Right - got it, that's why the seat of my trousers is so shiny?

Canberra is the seat of Govt here in Australia and an old joke from forever back what is the definition of a Public Servant ...He who wears his trousers out notwithstanding.

Peter.

 

[Penpal]

Walter, grateful you opened up this discussion on finishing a lot of commonsense has flowed onto the forum as a result giving real progress IMHO I have noticed a lot of Corian that at first blush looks even dreadful comes up to exhibition standard whilst in some sheets the colour is not fully infused evenly through the material, guess there are Mondays and Fridays making Corian and Casting blanks as well.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[Lons]

Interesting thread!

I have only turned a couple of acrylics and a mistral (corian) but am lucky enough to have aquired from my old days in plastics distribution, some perspex no 1 and no 2 polish. This worked very well on the materials I turned but I haven't made any comparisons - me being a newbie like

The perspex stuff was produced specifically to bring a dull finish to near perfect factory gloss on cast acrylic. Was 25 years ago so maybe things have moved on a pace?

Bob

 

[rowdyyates115]

I have always used Micromesh, TCut and Mer Wax up to now. I might move over but first a question.
What brand of burnishing cream is recommended by the forum?

 

[Doug]

What brand of burnishing cream is recommended by the forum?

I've always been very happy with Chestnut's burnishing cream Rowdy, brings up a lovely shine.

 

[Grump]

Brian, nope that's not your bog floor, that is corian, I've made one pen from your piece and got another one or two left. Got to say that I preferred turning your concoction, it wasn't quite as dense as the corian

No Picture didn't happen, you know the rules Neil.
What happened to my bog floor?

 

[Neil]

No Picture didn't happen, you know the rules Neil.
What happened to my bog floor?

Think it's the bottom pen in the thread some more corian streamlines for a change

 

[Walter]

I have always used Micromesh, TCut and Mer Wax up to now. I might move over but first a question.
What brand of burnishing cream is recommended by the forum?

Hi Rowdy

I used Mylands on the piece in this thread, but I also have Chestnut and to be honest I can see no difference, they both produce a good finish. However, I don't think there is anything wrong with your current system.

Interesting thread!

I am lucky enough to have aquired from my old days in plastics distribution, some perspex no 1 and no 2 polish.

Hi Bob

I have used Xerapol which is supposed to be for removing scratches from perspex with good results so I would expect perspex polishes to be good too.

 

[Woody]

I have always used Micromesh, TCut and Mer Wax up to now. I might move over but first a question.
What brand of burnishing cream is recommended by the forum?

Save your money Rowdy you wont get any better results mate in fact I think Tcut is better than burnishing cream personally after all it is designed to burnish paint so in effect it is a burnishing cream the same with the halfords product Jim & Terry use

 

[Woody]

Halfords are now doing the tubes of Tcut 3 for £10 Halfords | T-Cut Scratch Remover 150g

 

[bellringer]

Save your money Rowdy you wont get any better results mate in fact I think Tcut is better than burnishing cream personally after all it is designed to burnish paint so in effect it is a burnishing cream the same with the halfords product Jim & Terry use

I agree with this I use the French version of it as it was to hand but still use micro mesh

 

[Doug]

Save your money Rowdy you wont get any better results mate in fact I think Tcut is better than burnishing cream personally after all it is designed to burnish paint so in effect it is a burnishing cream the same with the halfords product Jim & Terry use

Wouldn't have said there was much in it money wise mate, 500 ml of Chestnut burnishing cream is around the £9.50 mark normal retail & you can usually get 10% off if you wait for an offer at Turners Retreat or the like, the 3 tubes of T cut would give you 450g.
I used to use a car cutting paste like T cut but found it would go hard in the container over time where as my present bottle of burnishing cream is about 6 years old & shows no signs of setting. It's also runnier than the cutting paste I used to use, that may be why it hasn't set, but it's certainly economical as it goes a long way hence why I've had it such a long time.

Just my 2p's worth & certainly not meaning to disagree & as I said earlier in the thread they are all only abrasives the finer the abrasive the higher the shine.

 

[Woody]

Wouldn't have said there was much in it money wise mate, 500 ml of Chestnut burnishing cream is around the £9.50 mark normal retail & you can usually get 10% off if you wait for an offer at Turners Retreat or the like, the 3 tubes of T cut would give you 450g.
I used to use a car cutting paste like T cut but found it would go hard in the container over time where as my present bottle of burnishing cream is about 6 years old & shows no signs of setting. It's also runnier than the cutting paste I used to use, that may be why it hasn't set, but it's certainly economical as it goes a long way hence why I've had it such a long time.

Just my 2p's worth & certainly not meaning to disagree & as I said earlier in the thread they are all only abrasives the finer the abrasive the higher the shine.

They also do the 500g bottle for £5 Doug http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=l&a...w:search|crid:33910835764|dvc:c|adp:1o1|bku:1

 

[mick the pen]

cutting pastes dont have the protective ingredients in them like finishing wax, if you cut the paint back on your car and dont seal it with wax it will just dull up again.

 

[Woody]

cutting pastes dont have the protective ingredients in them like finishing wax, if you cut the paint back on your car and dont seal it with wax it will just dull up again.

You may have a point there Mike what finishing wax do you use

 

[Neil]

cutting pastes dont have the protective ingredients in them like finishing wax, if you cut the paint back on your car and dont seal it with wax it will just dull up again.

Mick,

I take it that this is in response to my question as to why you suggest that you need to use wax after using burnishing cream? If paint dulls on a car when not sealed I can understand the need for wax, I take it that something like oxidisation will have happened to the exposed paint, but surely this doesnt happen to acrylics?

 

[Walter]

Mick,

I take it that this is in response to my question as to why you suggest that you need to use wax after using burnishing cream? If paint dulls on a car when not sealed I can understand the need for wax, I take it that something like oxidisation will have happened to the exposed paint, but surely this doesnt happen to acrylics?

A fascinating subject about which I know very little but would be interested to know more. Modern car paints are mostly acrylic based (AFAIK) so there may be some similarity in behaviour with the acrylic materials used in pen blanks, but other factors may also come into play like the environmental factors that car bodywork is exposed to such as exhaust fumes, salt, road dirt etc.



Edit: I usually protect all my pens with microcrystalline wax but I do it to reduce marking from fingerprints.

 

[Woody]

Well I for one will give it a try once Mike tells us what he uses just to satisfy myself as I said it seems to make sense

Just found were you said what you use Mike and am ordering som thanks mate