My Secret Finish

[Rob Bourgeois]

Dont know if it makes a differnce...but that shellac is not dewaxed shellac. So any other finishes might not stick to it if you decide to change.

My question is have you tried with dewaxed shellac like the other liquid product by the same company. The names escapes me at the moment. I am also wondering if the was in this shellac might be helping the luster/hardness of the finish.

[John Hart]

Extra, Extra!!!

An Ohio man experiments with secret formula. His wife said "I thought I smelled something funny coming from the basement, my husband said, this is going to be the "miracle finish", and will create a big entrance for all the turning world to see.

I just thought of an alteration to the formula. Mainly this thought was incited by Chris Barton's questions. Maybe I should cook this stuff. Wouldn't want to do it with the alcohol in there or Bill might be right. But maybe if I added a little heat to the oils, then add the shellac...then a little of my DNA......heh heh heh...cough...BOOM!

[Ernie Nyvall]

Thanks for the secret formula John. I'll have to giver a try.

Ernie

[Carole Valentine]

I just thought of an alteration to the formula. Mainly this thought was incited by Chris Barton's questions. Maybe I should cook this stuff. Wouldn't want to do it with the alcohol in there or Bill might be right. But maybe if I added a little heat to the oils, then add the shellac...then a little of my DNA......heh heh heh...cough...BOOM!

Uh, John? The Antique Oil has thinners in it that are combustible. Let's not get carried away here. I don't want to lie awake all night worrying about you blowing yourself up!

[Frank Chaffee]

Careful John,
There are ethical issues involved when using your own DNA in experiments.

Perhaps you should ask for independent peer oversight before publishing beyond SMC.

Of course, none of us here really care, we'll try anything at least once.

Respectfully,
(wheez, cough, cough)
Frank

[John Hart]

Uh, John? The Antique Oil has thinners in it that are combustible. Let's not get carried away here. I don't want to lie awake all night worrying about you blowing yourself up!

Awwww c'mon Ma!!! Just a little heat...just a little. Hey! how 'bout some boiling water!! I promise to turn the flame off before I bathe it!

Careful John,
There are ethical issues involved when using your own DNA in experiments.

Frank.....You're talkin' to a ground hog wearing a Santa suit. I think we're waaay past ethics!!

[Loy Hawes]

I just happened to stumble across this picture of John working in his lab! Let me tell you guys. He has some amazing things in the works!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

You folks have got to stop turning those exotics.....or quit putting the "oregano" on your brownies!

[Andy Hoyt]

Yup. there she goes. Time for a new keyboard

[John Hart]

heh heh heh....cough!

[Jim Ketron]

Loy your one funny Guy!
Glad it you this Time John

[Jim Becker]

John, many of my turnings are finished with the Minwax Antique Oil Finish and it's worked out very well. ("Push" technique, using friction to heat it during application) Buffing about a week later with the Beall system brings out a nice warm shine. I would have to say that this is the one Minwax product I actually like outside of the Minwax...wax...I use on my table saw!

[Ernie Nyvall]

You folks have got to stop turning those exotics.....or quit putting the "oregano" on your brownies!

Oregano in brownies? Ya'll been holdin out.

Ken, you just need to get yourself a lathe.

Loy Loy Loy Loy Loy, I'll use a phrase on you my grandmother used to say to me... You beat all I've ever seen. Course I was in trouble when she said that to me.

Ernie

[John Hart]

John, many of my turnings are finished with the Minwax Antique Oil Finish and it's worked out very well. ("Push" technique, using friction to heat it during application) Buffing about a week later with the Beall system brings out a nice warm shine. I would have to say that this is the one Minwax product I actually like outside of the Minwax...wax...I use on my table saw!

Well....then, I was just doing it wrong!(what a shock eh?) I followed the instructions but I never tried to get any heat to it. I'll give it another go. By the way....Should this thread be moved into the Finishing Forum? I started it here in Turners because it was dealing mostly with turning.

[Bill Stevener]

You move this thread over to the finishing forum and you'll surely get a little heat, it will probably smoke.

Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>