A couple of times I've seen Norm (genuflect) give a project a coat or two of finishing oil and THEN suggest that a couple coats of polyurethane on top of that wouldn't go amiss. Somehow that just doesn't seem very right, but I don't know why. Of course he tends to coat almost EVERYTHING with poly. I think he gets off on the vapors.
FoggyTown
One of his heavy sponsors is PARKS, three guesses what they make. Dave
Thinner, Thinner, Thinner?
I suspect he is using MinWax for the finishes.
Never watched Norm, but I do it occasionally on butternut or some other woods that respond really well to BLO. Unfortunately BLO does almost nothing to protect the wood, so I will put pu over the oil.
The oil is fine for a finish as long as you are very careful not to spill or scratch the surface. The poly is stronger protection.
Quite often, oil can give a pleasing tone, with protection and some gloss added via a film finish.
A very common, classic finish on white oak is a rubbing with BLO, followed by sprayed nitrocellulose lacquer. Sitckley calls it "Limestone Oak."
Actually Parks is a division of Zinnser, which sells several polyurethane finishes under the "Parks" brand. But I doubt that that's why he uses it.
I stumbled into finishing white oak with BLO.
Very happy with results.
Rather than use something like poly, lacquer or shellac, used bees wax cut 1:1 with turps over the BLO.
IMHO, looks quite nice; however, piece is in a home occupied by adults and will not be exposed to tough duty.
Lew
Sorry - what's BLO? I know tung, danish, blends.
FoggyTown
I think it was "FoggyTown" who stated:
Boiled Linseed Oil
No need to be sorry . . . TLAs and ETLAs can take some getting used to; I know, I've worked for IBM thirty years . . . .
Don
TLAs? ETLAs? IBM? :)
FoggyTown
I think it was "FoggyTown" who stated:
TLA = Three Letter Acronym (like "IBM" ;^)
ETLA = Extended TLA, where three aren't enough.
In my years at IBM, I actually ran into nested TLAs where one or more of the letters stood for another TLA and sometimes the nesting went three levels. I can't think of any examples; this whole topic is making my brain hurt.
-Don
It's cheap too, available at any hardware or paint store, and home centers, at ~ $5/qt or $11/gal. Do not be swayed by boutique brands of boiled linseed oil.
DO lay rags flat to dry, hang them in open air, or drop them in a bucket of water. This is the stuff your shop teacher warned you about when he mentioned "spontaneous combustion", and he wasn't kidding.
: TLA = Three Letter Acronym (like "IBM" ;^)
: ETLA = Extended TLA, where three aren't enough.
: In my years at IBM, I actually ran into nested TLAs where one or more : of the letters stood for another TLA and sometimes the nesting went : three levels. I can't think of any examples; this whole topic is : making my brain hurt.
I'd be interested in seeing some of those.
There's also recursive acronyms, where one of the letters stands for the overall acronym, e.g., SAAB (Saab Automobile Aktiebolaget), and VISA (VISA International Service Association).
And there's a type I don't know the name of, but where one of the words represented in the acronym appears elsewhere in the overall term. ADAP (a chain of East Coast auto parts dealers) was originally American Discount Auto Parts, but was later renamed ADAp Discount Auto Parts.
-- Andy Barss
| And there's a type I don't know the name of, but where one | of the words represented in the acronym appears elsewhere in the | overall term. ADAP (a chain of East Coast auto parts | dealers) was originally American Discount Auto Parts, | but was later renamed ADAp Discount Auto Parts.
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Don't take Norm's advice on _anything_ to do with finishing.
That said, many variations of "shellac over oil" are well-established and sensible techniques. Using yucky poly instead maybe not so much...
"B Crawford" wrote in news:pkEjh.97919$hn.60156@edtnps82:
Well, the steel wool was actually a fuel, too. We used it frequently in my younger days as a campfire starter, with a wooden match.
Patriarch
I used to light it off with my Lionel train tracks.
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