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Post by brokennock on Jun 10, 2023 5:04:35 GMT -7
Please help Mr. Forgetful here. I've seen, many, many, times in topics that involve finishing a piece of wood on a few of these forums, the suggestion to use a 3M pad instead of steel wool.... What is the finest grade/coarseness they offer? I recall they are identified often by color, please help with what I am looking for.....
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Post by RyanAK on Jun 10, 2023 5:19:22 GMT -7
Please help Mr. Forgetful here. I've seen, many, many, times in topics that involve finishing a piece of wood on a few of these forums, the suggestion to use a 3M pad instead of steel wool.... What is the finest grade/coarseness they offer? I recall they are identified often by color, please help with what I am looking for..... What are you trying to finish?
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Post by brokennock on Jun 10, 2023 5:27:10 GMT -7
Please help Mr. Forgetful here. I've seen, many, many, times in topics that involve finishing a piece of wood on a few of these forums, the suggestion to use a 3M pad instead of steel wool.... What is the finest grade/coarseness they offer? I recall they are identified often by color, please help with what I am looking for..... What are you trying to finish? Multiple stalled projects need to be finished. Most immediate is a set of tapered wood arrows that have been in process over two years. The Massey Finish I applied 2 weeks ago had some issues so need to be rubbed back and another coat applied. Steel wool likes to stick to this finish. Then is a small trekking size cutting board. I have a couple pocket size slingshots waiting to be cut out of a maple board, need to get these done by end of summer.
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Post by artificer on Jun 10, 2023 8:43:41 GMT -7
Here are the basic colors and basically/sort of the same abrasiveness as "aught" grades as steel wool of the 3M Abrasive Pads.
Maroon - OO Grey - OOO White - OOOO
I use the Maroon as the last abrasive on wood before applying finish.
MOST of the time I use only Grey for lightly abrading between coats of finish AND as a final polish when I want a "warm" look to the finish and not a shiny finish. Buff vigorously with clean terrycloth rag/towel after final abrasion.
The only time I use the White is when I'm going for a mirror finish on gun stocks. One final THIN coat of oil is rubbed on after the final abrasion.
Gus
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Post by brokennock on Jun 10, 2023 14:10:10 GMT -7
Thank you Gus. That is the info I needed.
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Post by artificer on Jun 10, 2023 23:12:59 GMT -7
You are most welcome. Gus
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Post by Black Hand on Jun 11, 2023 10:08:26 GMT -7
A vigorous rubbing with a piece of canvas will likely do the job. It's worked for me....
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Post by RyanAK on Jun 11, 2023 10:18:28 GMT -7
I’ve had good luck with “non-abrasive abrasives” as well. I used to meticulously go through the grits on brush-applied spar varnish on bamboo fly rods. I eventually moved on to allowing the finish to cure, hitting the nuns with high number wet/dry, then must rubbing down with canvas (coarse) or microfiber.
Wood finishes are fun to work with. Just takes some experience to find what works for you.
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Post by brokennock on Jun 11, 2023 11:57:21 GMT -7
A vigorous rubbing with a piece of canvas will likely do the job. It's worked for me.... Tried this. The finish was still so tacky the fabric just stuck. It is starting to become less tacky so I'm just going to give it more time for now.
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Post by brokennock on Jun 11, 2023 11:59:15 GMT -7
....Wood finishes are fun to work with. Just takes some experience to find what works for you. They can be fun to work/experiment with. I've used this before, many times, never had an issue, so right now I'm not finding it fun having problems with a finish that has always been good to me.
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Post by Black Hand on Jun 11, 2023 13:57:08 GMT -7
A vigorous rubbing with a piece of canvas will likely do the job. It's worked for me.... Tried this. The finish was still so tacky the fabric just stuck. Sounds like your application was too heavy. Multiple light coats rather than fewer heavy coats. If you use a "flood" coat, remove the excess before it starts getting tacky.
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Post by brokennock on Jun 11, 2023 17:29:29 GMT -7
Tried this. The finish was still so tacky the fabric just stuck. Sounds like your application was too heavy. Multiple light coats rather than fewer heavy coats. If you use a "flood" coat, remove the excess before it starts getting tacky. Normally that's what I would think too. But this is heavily thinned with acetone. I'm pretty certain that the ratio of epoxy to hardener was off, with not enough hardener. It will work out. Just taking more time than I hoped.
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Post by Keith on Jun 11, 2023 18:00:07 GMT -7
I can only answer for use on horn, the original method of polishing hornwork was wood ash on sheep's fleece. Keith.
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Post by brokennock on Jun 11, 2023 18:13:26 GMT -7
I can only answer for use on horn, the original method of polishing hornwork was wood ash on sheep's fleece. Keith. Hmmmmm, interesting. Thank you. I don't think I would use that for this application but I am definitely going to try it for polishing some projects made of antler and goat horn.
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Post by Black Hand on Jun 12, 2023 8:14:11 GMT -7
Pumice and/or rottenstone and oil. We used this to final polish wooden bows finished with spar varnish.
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