Finishes.

[Dave Monk]

What type of finish do you like to put on your projects?

 

 

[ike]

I spray mine with Lacquer

[Dan]

I spray on poly.

[JohnR48]

Mainly Danish Oil because I like the feel and sheen.  Give it a quick buff with a brown paper bag for a final finish.

[LarryEA]

BLO mix topped off with laquer

[Dave Monk]

John, How many coats of Danish Oil? Larry, what is BLO mix? Thanks, dave

[orangeman]

For my colored puzzles (colored with food coloring) I will use a lacquer. A lacquer provides a good sealer so the food colors won't "run" when wet.

 

For my natural wood puzzles I use a 50-50 mixture of Watco Danish oil and Min WaxTung Oil finish. By themselves I have found the tung oil is a little too thick and accumulates in the kerf where a puzzle piece is cut for some reason, like a dog's mouth. And the Danish oil is a little too thin. So 50-50 works best for me. Usually only one coat because time is money. More coats however would give it more shine.

 

When I made wall clock cases I would alternate coats of danish and tung for a really good finish with depth.

[Frank Pellow]

If it is solid wood rather than plywood, I usually use Polymerized Tung oil.

 

If it is plywood, then I usually finish in one of two ways:

• With stain or acrylic paint, then satin spray varnish
• Just with semi-gloss spray varnish

[Young_Scroller]

BLO-boiled linseed oil is always nice, will use it with some projects, others usually just spray polyurethane

[Phantom Scroller]

Lemon oil, spray lacquer and bee wax mixed with baby oil. Not all at the same time mind you.     Roly

[dgman]

There are a lot of ways to finish wood projects and I have tried all of them over the years. This is what I have settled on. Every project I cut except jigsaw puzzles are finished this way.

I use a 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits. The oil brings out the natural color and grain of thr wood, and the mineral spirits thins the oil allowing it to flow around the project easily. But most importantly, allows the oil to dry in 24-36 hours depending on humidity.

Once the oil is dry, I top coat with a semi gloss spray lacquer. I use Deft spray lacquer in a spray can.

Edited January 10, 2016 by dgman

[Dave Monk]

Thanks to all of you. I can see I have a lot of techniques to experiment with. dave

[amazingkevin]

What type of finish do you like to put on your projects?

I'm with Dg man and young scroller

[LarryEA]

John, How many coats of Danish Oil? Larry, what is BLO mix? Thanks, dave

BLO mix is Boiled Linseed Oil mixed 1/2 & 1/2  with lacquer thinner. 

If I have this right:    * BLO  by itself takes ages to dry, mixed with lacquer thinner speeds the drying.

                                * BLO mix is a mixture that is similiar to Danish oil.

I put two coats of Blo and when dry I coat with Lacquer.

[wbr]

BLO mix is Boiled Linseed Oil mixed 1/2 & 1/2  with lacquer thinner. 

If I have this right:    * BLO  by itself takes ages to dry, mixed with lacquer thinner speeds the drying.

                                * BLO mix is a mixture that is similiar to Danish oil.

I put two coats of Blo and when dry I coat with Lacquer.

A mix similar to Danish oil would be equal parts of BLO,mineral spirits,and an oil based vanish.

I say equal parts but it can be modified to personal likes,and some people us Naptha or Turpentine as the thinner but I always just used Mineral spirits.

You can also just thin down a varnish for a wipe on finish.

[wbr]

As for me I use a lot of ML Campbell's precatalyzed Magnamax Lacquer.

I also use a lot of their woodsong stain.

It's acetone based and can be sprayed with Lacquer after just 20 to 30 minutes.

[WayneMahler]

Depends on what I am working on. Spray poly, lacquer, tung oil, danish oil. 

[John M]

I use brush on lacquer on all my projects as I like natural finishes.

[heppnerguy]

For me,  I am still searching for the right finish. I have be scrolling and intarsia for quite a few years and I still have not found the finish that I 'know' is going to turn out the way I want it to, every time. Some times I think, "that worked great" but the next time I do the same thing, it does not. So I try this and that and I am still ignorant as all get out. Gluing up intarsia and putting on the finish have always been difficult to for me. Not sure I will ever catch on to either of those things..

 

Dick

heppnergy

[Uncle Ricky]

I use clear glaze that i found at walmart when you spray one coat on it's like spraying three coats on every coat you put on and it looks good.

[sullyscroller]

I use water based clear poly from Lowes on all my projects. It does raise the grain slightly but a quick sanding with 220 grit on my orbital between coats and i'm ready for the next coat. What i like most besides the smooth finish is the cost and cleanup WATER !!!! I spray,brush and roll it on, and have even dipped the smaller pieces .

 

sully

[woodduck]

For my segmentation jobs I use varnish mixed with a 1/3  penatrol Most of the others i mainly use satin or gloss spray varnish except for smaller projects where I might use rubbing polish.

[stoney]

I also use a variety of finishes but one I use quite often is an aerosol clear acrylic finish made by Krylon.   I like the satin the best but it is available in gloss as well,   The best feature is it dries super fast,10 minutes or less providing the humidity isn't to high.   I generally apply several thin coats lightly sanding between coats as necessary.   What this all means is you can have a project completely finished in much less time than some of the other available finishes.   It works great for me every time I use it.       

[tomsteve]

depends on what it is. christmas ornaments get BLO/ms. things that hang on a wall get laquer in a satin sheen. yhings that get stuff set on it get poly. things that go outside get either exterior latex paint or water based varnish.

 

and occasionally i use a blo/ms/poly combo and wipe it on.

[scrollerpete]

I used all kind of finish, for trivet I use Tung oil, for my bowls inside is mineral oil and bees wax, outside is shellac.

I also use spray poly, lacquer and shellac onotherstuff that I cut.