Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
epoxy finishing
Jacob
>hi i turn bowls out of all kines of wood up to 16" so far i have a drying room all that i need but i have a prob on what to use to finish the bowls with i want a class look finsh so i have used epoxy befor but need to put some kine oil or somthing to bring out the color in the wood but it has to work with the epoxy like should i mix the 2 together or do one at a time could some one tell out to get this finish im looking for and what to used thanks
Re: epoxy finishing
Richard Allen
>There is an experinced artistic woodturner named Phil Brown. If you google him you will find he has all your answers. BTW Phil will be doing a demo for the Apple Valley Woodturners in Winchester VA this Saturday.
It is more than just products. There are also procedures and a good deal of experince need to perfect any kind of finishing. Epoxy is no differnt in that respect.
The basics that I know of are:
Prepair the turning to within 1/32" of final deminsions. That 1/32" will disapear in future sanding.
Warm the wood and apply gin clear epoxy.
Two or more days latter sand off all the surface epoxy.
Warm the turning and apply a second coat making sure epoxy covers everything (put more on if it all soaks in).
Sand off the surface epoxy.
Apply several coats of laquer. Remember laquer will not dry if air doesn't get to it. So the inside of a bowl must "spill" the laquer fumes for it to dry. Rub out the finish and buff.
Good Luck
Richard
