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Ornate cigar

Bluefoxy

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Ornate click cigar pen in Italian olive. Finished with cellulose clear lacquer sprayed on to the blank at high speed on the lathe. 4 coats finally finished with burnishing cream. This is my preferred method as CA makes me come over all queer (Oh er missus!)


Click cigar 2 by Bluefoxy1966, on Flickr

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That looks really nice Ray, I love the grain.:thumbs:

Funnily enough I was given 3/4 of a can of Chestnut Lacquer and the matching sanding sealer today, so in my seemingly never ending task to get a finish on a pen I'm actually happy with, its next on my list.

Do you use a sanding sealer first? I see it pretty much insists you should use the matching sealer on the side of the can or the world might end or something. :funny:
 

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Nice pen that Ray, have to get me some of this olive wood
(was supposed to be being sent some but must have got lost in post or something)

That looks really nice Ray, I love the grain.:thumbs:

Funnily enough I was given 3/4 of a can of Chestnut Lacquer and the matching sanding sealer today, so in my seemingly never ending task to get a finish on a pen I'm actually happy with, its next on my list.

Do you use a sanding sealer first? I see it pretty much insists you should use the matching sealer on the side of the can or the world might end or something. :funny:

Ed I use the same finish & use any sanding sealer to hand, does it matter? probably but I haven't had any adverse effects yet.
 

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Ed,

I use this stuff Tetrosyl CLEAR LACQUER Professional Trade Spray Paint 500ml ATS019 | eBay

I don't use sanding sealer. I sand the wood down right the way through 240 grit to all the micromesh grits. I then clean the wood using meths or thinners (I once used gin when I'd run out of the other 2) this takes all the dust and any oil present on the surface. I then wind up the lathe speed to about 2000 rpm and spray the blank from about 100mm away. If done carefully in one pass you don't get 'peel'. 4 coats 5 minutes apart and then burnished works for me. If need be it can be rubbed down with 800/1200 wet and dry and then burnished. I finally finish with renwax (as I do all my wood blanks).

I've tried CA with some success but it does have an effect on me (my wife says she once found me in a semi comatose state speaking fluent Russian!!!! :whistling:

Ray
 

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Very nice !

A kind soul sent me some Olive wood the other day, was wondering what it could look like, now I know. :thumbs:

Good to see an alternative finish to experiment with as well, comes up lovely !
 

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Ed I use the same finish & use any sanding sealer to hand, does it matter? probably but I haven't had any adverse effects yet.

You mean your tongue hasn't swollen to gigantic proportions and your eyes didn't explode? :thinks:

Maybe its OK to used the normal stuff after all! :thumbs:

Thanks for posting your method Ray, I'll give it a try. I've used meths on other projects, don't know why I didn't think of it before. Probably the CA fumes! I'll save the eBay link for when my freebee runs out.
 

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That is a nice looking pen Ray, the finish looks good also ... :thumbs:
 

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That looks really nice Ray, I love the grain.:thumbs:

Funnily enough I was given 3/4 of a can of Chestnut Lacquer and the matching sanding sealer today, so in my seemingly never ending task to get a finish on a pen I'm actually happy with, its next on my list.

Do you use a sanding sealer first? I see it pretty much insists you should use the matching sealer on the side of the can or the world might end or something. :funny:

Ed,

Its wise to use the right sealer as it can otherwise react with the top coat. The way that the lacquer adheres to the sealer is by making the sealer surface tacky through a chemical reaction and then sticking to it, sio I'm told but believe me and my school teachers, I aint no chemist! What I have experienced though is an effect akin to liming on the blank that has appeared after a few days. It look grotesque and has occured after I have put melamine lacquer on top of cellulose spray sealer. I thought that combination was ok but it didn't work for me. I've used the spray Ray talks about, but unless you leave it a long time you need to be very careful about how agresive you are with the burnishing cream otherwise you can end up wityh a blank covered in gunge.

Frankly I always stick with my favorite, sand to 600 with the grain, seal with EEE and polish along the grain and then finish with Shellawax. The first pen I ever made still looks good despite having been used on a building site most days of its life.
 
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