CA sanding seal

Re: CA sanding seal

Greg W. in NC

>DW (nice to see you over here!)

I use yellow paper I get from Klingspors - cloth backed, and it works very well. Usually I sand with 240 to do the CA / slurry. With the lathe turning SLOWLY, put a fairly thick coat of thin CA on your item, and start sanding. As the paper cuts the wood, it'll create a slurry, and deposit these particles back into the pores. Simply sand until it is dry. You'll need to move your paper some, just don't glue your fingers to the paper. I did a CA slurry on an antler pen once, and the very large pores covered so nicely you could hardly even see them. I have not had any problems with the yellow sandpaper leaving any extra residue in the pores.

You can use thick CA, but I like the thin the best, as I think it tends to penetrate deeper, getting more of the particles into the pores. If your lathe won't go below 500, you might *try* thick, as it won't tend to sling off so easily. Whatever you do, be sure you wear a face shield, and you might want to protect your ways as well.

Re: CA sanding seal

DWFII

>Greg,

Thanks for the help. That's exactly what I was looking for.

Where do you get the Klingspor? Direct? What do you ask for?

thanks again!!

DWFII

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Greg W. in NC

>DW,

Since our club meets at their main store in Hickory, I usually buy directly from them while I'm there, sometimes from their cutoffs (best deal on paper I've found!). But yes, you can order directly from them. Ask for the yellow paper, they'll know what that is. I like the 1.5" strips, and I fold that in 1/2 so I have about a 12" strip that is 3.4" wide. Works great on pens, or I can open it and use it on larger items. Since the paper is on cloth, it's easy to tear in a straight line, so you can form smaller pieces easily. Good luck!


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Re: CA sanding seal

DWFII

>Thanks Greg, I'll check it out.

DWFII

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Rick Prevett

>DWFII, if you're looking at Klingspor, and would like to take advantage of a 10% discount, check out the deal they are offering over at the pen turners site. Go to the 'Group purchase' (or some such) folder.

rick


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Re: CA sanding seal

Aaron H

>I had the same thing happen last week. I was making my 4-5th pen total, and was doing one out of tulip wood. I sanded to 320, tried to do the CA trick. Who knows if I get that right or not....and then I continued to sand up to 400 with dry paper. When I went to the wet 600 (the black paper) my blank was also filled with grey in the pours of the wood. I wasn't able to sand them out so I chucked the tubes. Too bad.....that tulipwood looks like it was going to be nice.

Aaron

Re: CA sanding seal

John Showler

>On pens: I sand wood only to 600, then burnish w/shavings. Then apply 6 layers of CA on the corner of a paper towel, lathe running fast. CA will build up. Also hit it with accelerator to help it cure. Then wet sand w/a drop of oil with 800, then 1200. Then buff with EEE compound, then Novus #1 polish. Follow w/several layers of High Gloss, then 2 layers of shellawax.

Then sit and take a breather :)

Re: CA sanding seal

DWFII

>Aaron,

I'm sure you've probably seen and turned tulipwood before, so I'm not gonna tell you anything new if I say that tulipwood is one of the most striking woods I've even seen. On the face of it you wouldn't automatically be all that enthralled by a wood described as pink and cream (I wouldn't, anyway) but it really is gorgeous. I don't see many pens made from it but I'm thinking of a Platinum Gents or Jr Gents...or maybe a streamlined American Classic in Platinum or Sterling--lots of wood.

I've thrown away my wet/or Dry. Think I'll stick with either the Klingspor or some of that white sanpaper coming out of Japan, in 300-400.

DWFII