Finish for plane rack question.

Re: Finish for plane rack question.

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Mine is unfinished but I'm lazy some day it will be BLO. I think any thing will work because the planes won't be on it untill it is dry.

Re: Finish for plane rack question.

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>I used milk paint and Minwax tung oil finish. The red milk paint goes nicely with the black gas springs. Hee hee hee

Re: Finish for plane rack question.

deanj

>I'm not sure if there is any historical reference -- But how about no finish? Don't we want the wood to act as a moisture buffer and adsorb what it can? And a finsih only hinders that process?

Adam, is there any evidence of that line of thought?

-Dean

Re: Finish for plane rack question.

deanj

>Oops, I was thinking of a tool BOX, not a rack.... Nevermind....

I just had a thought...

Matt Malin

>If I properly oil my planes and keep them clean with routine maintenance. It may not matter if the wood is finished or not.

Re: Finish for plane rack question.

Gary in Vancouver, BC

>I just finished a cabinet for my planes recently. The design is such that the planes sit on a level shelve (yes, with blade edges potentially touching the shelve - ooohhh! )

I reasoned that a pure tung oil finish was the way to go instead of a surface film finish, since its easy to touch up the finish when scratches and scuffs occur. I don't believe there is a moisture "trap" situation that occurs from resting the sole of the plane on a shelve. Just my opinion.

Milk Paint & Tung Oil?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Scott,

I have never used milk paint. Why does one put tung oil on top of it?

Re: Milk Paint & Tung Oil?

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>Hi, Don -

Milk paint, while pert near indestructible on it's own, is incredibly sucseptible to water stains if left unfinished. Think there are two main schools of thought - finish with some kind of wax, or finish with some kind of oil/varnish. Acrylic clearcoats also have their advocates. Guess that's three schools. Oh well. The color of the paint darkens a bit, and becomes a little more homogeneous, a little more water/stain resistant, and a little less chalky.

For my plane rack, I finished the milk paint with Minwax tung oil finish (which is an oil/varnish blend), and the walnut dividers got the Minwax finish straight. Aside from needing a good dusting, the finish has held up fine.

Sheeeeeessshhhhh!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>What a blatant biased gloat!...Again!

Rock on dude.;)

Re: Milk Paint & Tung Oil?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Aha. Thanks, I also did not know that MinWax Tung has some varnish resins in it. I imagine that makes it a bit more water/alcohol resistant.

Thanks.