| Project by RussellAP | posted 01-11-2013 07:59 PM | 840 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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This is a lesson piece. I learned a lot on it.
The maple was holey and I couldn’t turn the inside more than a couple inches without risking the whole thing exploding.
I filled the holes which went all the way through one side, with Elmers Wood Filler. I left a depression so I could inlay the rocks. This was done entirely with Thin CA. I think it works better and certainly faster than medium CA.
Given a choice, I’d not do this to soft maple again, the turquoise is very hard and the wood is very soft so sanding makes it uneven to the touch, kind of wavy.
I wanted a light blue cast to the whole thing, but it refused to take an even stain. I had to sand it out several times.
The finish is dewaxed shellac, one coat. After it dried, I used a 1/3 mineral spirits with shellac to give a french polish. It’s only about 50 coats so not really a french polish, but it looks good enough.
All in all it is not what I wanted, which begs the question, should I want, or should I just strive to get the best a piece has to offer?
Thanks for looking.
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 01-11-2013 08:24 PM
Interesting.
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#2 posted 01-11-2013 08:42 PM
Did you mean alcohol and shellac? Mineral spirits is for oil based applications. I think it came out cool. Where did you get the turquoise from?
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#3 posted 01-11-2013 09:41 PM
Given when I saw it last with the holes in it, I think you did a good job. It has a unique look to it. Well done.
RussellAP
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#4 posted 01-11-2013 10:46 PM
Lumberjoe, I mixed the mineral spirits in with the shellac when I should have just used the mineral sp as a lubricant. Next time I’ll know better. I get my inlay from a lot of different places. Couldn’t say for sure unless I look and that takes a lot of time. It comes my the OZ in a small ziplock bag.
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lumberjoe
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#5 posted 01-12-2013 07:28 PM
I’d like to get some of that some day. I’ll have to look around.
Mineral spirits shouldn’t be used around shellac at all. Mineral oil can be used as a lubricant for the pad.
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RussellAP
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#6 posted 01-12-2013 08:25 PM
Lumberjoe, I meant mineral oil.
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#7 posted 01-12-2013 10:40 PM
I agree with you ” True creativity is throwing out the plans ”
And here is the proof.
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