|
|
The Newbies Arena Are you new to knife making? Here is all the help you will need. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Finish for cocobolo?
I'm (late) in completing my entry for the current KITH. The handle is cocobolo, and as a test on some scrap, I dabbed on a light coat of tung oil (formby's, so it's really a blend) and it isn't curing up well, still quite tacky after 48 hours. What would work better for my finish?
Thanks -Radar |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
I use true oil on woods like cocobolo
__________________ Matthew 6:33 - It's how I seek to live. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
buff with pink no scratch and then put a little Mothers on it
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
From what I've found, it sounds like TruOil is very similar to the Formby's I'm using. I wonder why mine isn't curing. Do you clean the oils out of the wood with lacquer thinner or something before applying?
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Like in car wax?
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
You might try a super glue finish, just sand it to a 600 grit and clean good with acetone. Then rub a couple coats of super glue on and hit it with 0000 steel wool between coats then buff it out.
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
This is the last Cocobolo I did with true oil __________________ Matthew 6:33 - It's how I seek to live. |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
My personal recipe:
Sand to 600 Optional but really worth it> a light pass with 1200 to bring up chatoyencey Buff on bare stiff white wheel Healthy amount of almond oil(resists filmy polymerization on cocobolo) Gulf wax (for a kitchen knife I lean towards less toxic materials) Buff with old t-shirt |
Tags |
coat, glue, handle, kitchen, kitchen knife, knife, knives, materials, sand, scratch, steel, wax, white, wood, woods |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Cocobolo? | Pelallito | Fit & Finish | 10 | 07-26-2009 07:19 AM |
how to finish cocobolo | Brett Holmes | The Newbies Arena | 2 | 11-03-2006 12:18 PM |
Cocobolo | DracAmy | The Newbies Arena | 4 | 05-31-2002 07:00 PM |