Wood Calling all Woodworkers: best sandless polish option?

[VictorViper]

Wow! Beauty! Why wouldn't you want to just do it right the first time type of thing with it?? It might cost you a little time with the mod but the results will be 10 fold!! Why chance it really??!! Just my thoughts......

Well honestly, I went into it thinking beeswax would be my best (sandless) protectant, and I had the option immediately so I polished it up as soon as I got home (I always break down, clean and reassemble a new mech). I know it's a good option for furniture, but I started to wonder if it was my best choice where constant handling was involved.

 

[Rabbit Slayer]

Ask and ye shall receive! Carvings here, yes, which is one of my main concerns with sanding. Excuse the shockingly white leg. Been in my trunks all day trying to stay cool.

Oh, that is very nice(not the leg )

 

[Nermal]

Howdee VV,
I never use wax for a fine wood finish. I prefer Watco Danish Oil.
JC

I've always been happy with Watco Danish, but be sure to get the uncolored variety. Also, the coating isn't dry till you can't smell the oil.

 

[Froth]

If I do end up using Tung oil, I'll stick with the pure stuff. I'm trying to avoid polymers, petroleum and citrus. Thanks though!

Honestly if it were me I'd just keep hitting it with beeswax every week or so, I've got numerous copper mods and I clean the contact points and such pretty often, I don't see much difference in the maintenance just a bit of a different procedure.

 

[VictorViper]

Can't get too much smaller than a box mod!

Am I being overbearing about the mineral spirits? I'm set on avoiding citrus oils since they're photosensitive but if I'm honest, I'm kind of blindly waving off petroleum-based stuff.

 

[WharfRat1976]

On ECF go to ecig technical-modding forum- woodcraft.

Whole forum on this topic.

 

[VictorViper]

What have you done by showing me that section and why the heck is it so far down. Great, drool worthy forum, but out of scope for this question.

 

[WharfRat1976]

What have you done by showing me that section and why the heck is it so far down. Great, drool worthy forum, but out of scope for this question.

Au contraire grasshopper. Hundreds of posts on finishing the wood grasshopper.

 

[VictorViper]

I've gotta be missing something, then. I see 51 total threads, all about members' remarkable handiwork.

 

[Bunnykiller]

tung oil or if you have the time to do some clean up after application... Carnauba wax.

 

[KentA]

If you use tung oil, fear the rags you use. I had them spontaneously combust in my cabinet shop, & had a woodworking friend with the same experience.

 

[suprtrkr]

If you use tung oil, fear the rags you use. I had them spontaneously combust in my cabinet shop, & had a woodworking friend with the same experience.

Good advice there. I often jump the gun and burn my used Tung rags in a metal can, to avoid the Christmas rush.

The thread moved on after I went to bed. Having now seen the pic-- I'd tell you it's beautiful, but you already know-- Tung is going to be a bear to do. You'll have to soak the excess out of the tiny crevices, or the Tung will fill them. (I don't have to mention lint-free cloths rather than paper towels, do I?) Cleaning it will also be a problem if you handle it a lot between coats. Of course, beeswax will fill them too...

 

[hashtag]

if you have the time to do some clean up after application... Carnauba wax.

This is what I was going to recommend. Gives a nice hard protective finish and made to withstand high temperature

 

[VictorViper]

Hmm, for whatever reason I hadn't even considered carnauba. Seems like it splits the difference between beeswax and tung quite nicely. Thanks again for all the insight.

 

[suprtrkr]

tung oil or if you have the time to do some clean up after application... Carnauba wax.

Carnauba is also a good choice.

 

[VictorViper]

@Bunnykiller, @hashtag, et al: I have a local source for pure carnauba but I'm finding it difficult to find a recipe that involves turpentine over mineral spirits. Any insight as to ratios?

 

[retired1]

Wood Craft | E-Cigarette Forum

 

[VictorViper]

Wood Craft | E-Cigarette Forum

This was already suggested and I appreciate the direction, but that forum consists of 51 threads, each one explicitly dealing with the creation of wood mods. While I may get the attention of more woodworkers in there, I can't help but feel that a mundane question like this is out of scope.

 

[retired1]

So you're saying this is a project that isn't related to e-cigarettes?

 

[VictorViper]

No, I'm saying it isn't a project. It would be better suited to the maintenance forums but those are a ghost town.