Saw these on FT this morning and thought I'd lend an enabling hand to this thread:
$64.45 Authentic ULTRONER Mini Stick Mechanical Mod + Ultroner RDA Kit - 1*18350 / stainless steel + stabilized wood at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
(ships in 5 days, supposedly, I'll guess we shall find out)
$64.45 Authentic ULTRONER Mini Stick Mechanical Mod + Ultroner RDA Kit - 1*18350 / stainless steel + stabilized wood at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
(ships in 5 days, supposedly, I'll guess we shall find out)
Saw these on FT this morning and thought I'd lend an enabling hand to this thread:
$64.45 Authentic ULTRONER Mini Stick Mechanical Mod + Ultroner RDA Kit - 1*18350 / stainless steel + stabilized wood at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
(ships in 5 days, supposedly, I'll guess we shall find out)
Mmm... tempting. I have to see if my charger will work for 18350s.
I’ve been spending some time- a lot of time and a lot of elbow grease - working on sanding and polishing one of my Asmodus Thor’s.
Asmodus doesn’t spend much time if any on the polishing aspect of their stabwoods since it’s time consuming and therefore costly. This is one way to keep the prices of the mods so affordable besides being mass produced.
Some of their mods look fantastic with the matte finish but some just scream out for some loving attention and a shine!! A good sanding/polishing can take at least 40 hours by hand. That’s one of the reasons custom mods are so expensive (besides being custom of course).
I started this thread not only so we could show off our beautiful “woodies” with each other but to learn the best ways to care and maintain them. Also to learn how to polish them to get a super glossy finish if that’s what you’re looking for in a particular mod.
I’ve been using the MicroMesh method as described in the beginning pages of this thread as taught to me and others by a member of another group.
I’ve been working on this mod on & off for quite some time and I’m getting pretty happy with the results. It definitely is a beauty with a glossy finish!!
I’ve only done the one side so far and still need to put the “final” coat of either renaissance polish or acrylic coating on it. I haven’t yet decided.
I forgot to take a b4 photo of the side I’m working on but you can see by the dull finish of the opposite side what it looked like and how it looks now.
This is the dull finish before ...
Now the side I’ve been working on...
I’m really pretty psyched about how it’s coming out.
So, has any other proud stabwood parent done any polishing that they’d like to share and how they did it.
Or does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Especially regarding the “final” polish- oil, wax & buff or renaissance polish or even an acrylic finish?
Thanks
Asmodus doesn’t spend much time if any on the polishing aspect of their stabwoods since it’s time consuming and therefore costly. This is one way to keep the prices of the mods so affordable besides being mass produced.
Some of their mods look fantastic with the matte finish but some just scream out for some loving attention and a shine!! A good sanding/polishing can take at least 40 hours by hand. That’s one of the reasons custom mods are so expensive (besides being custom of course).
I started this thread not only so we could show off our beautiful “woodies” with each other but to learn the best ways to care and maintain them. Also to learn how to polish them to get a super glossy finish if that’s what you’re looking for in a particular mod.
I’ve been using the MicroMesh method as described in the beginning pages of this thread as taught to me and others by a member of another group.
I’ve been working on this mod on & off for quite some time and I’m getting pretty happy with the results. It definitely is a beauty with a glossy finish!!
I’ve only done the one side so far and still need to put the “final” coat of either renaissance polish or acrylic coating on it. I haven’t yet decided.
I forgot to take a b4 photo of the side I’m working on but you can see by the dull finish of the opposite side what it looked like and how it looks now.
This is the dull finish before ...
Now the side I’ve been working on...
I’m really pretty psyched about how it’s coming out.
So, has any other proud stabwood parent done any polishing that they’d like to share and how they did it.
Or does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Especially regarding the “final” polish- oil, wax & buff or renaissance polish or even an acrylic finish?
Thanks
CA, aka "superglue" makes an exceptionally durable and beautiful finish. It is commonly used small items that are handled often such as wood pens and knife handles, as well as many high-end stabilized wood mods.
The obvious downside of this is if you scratch or nick it, it'll be difficult to repair.
Renaissance polish IS wax
And keep in mind with any waxing, you really limit your retouch options. Nothing likes to adhere to wax
Thanks for the warning. That’s why I’m using MicroMesh pads.The key is to be very patient and work slowly using the highest grade pad as possible.
Yes, I realize that renaissance polish is indeed a wax but I wanted to differentiate the product from other wood waxes/paste that most people are familiar with from the big box stores.
It would take a great deal of effort on my part to nick the wood and a scratch well... that can be sanded out lol!! Stabwood is an incredibly hard product due to the process used in making it. That’s why it’s a perfect product for knife handles, high end pens, the list is endless and of course now vape mods.
If you’re interested in seeing how stabilized wood is made I linked up a YT video near the beginning of this thread. There are also lots of others as well. It’s actually a pretty amazing thing to watch how it’s done. It gave me a new appreciation of what goes into making these products!!
Do you have any preferred “final” finish that you can suggest?
Yes I’ve read a bit about CA but I’ve never worked with it before so I’m not quite sure if I want my 1st project with it to be a $350 mod.
Have you used it before? If so how difficult is it to work with and apply? It really would be the type of gloss and finish I’d like to achieve on this particular device.
Any advice would be welcomed!!!
Haha,yeah a nice mod would definitely not be a good first try with it.I have not yet applied it to any mods or flat surfaces for that matter,but i do use it alot on pens,and it takes some practice to get it right.The good thing is,is that it's fairly easy to sand down if you make a mistake.
Is there some reason polyurethane couldn’t be used? I guess that just seems like an obvious choice to me, but then my husband worker for a time refinishing furniture, and we re-did all the hardwood downstairs
One of my pipes after a brief micro-meshing, a little oil, and finished with a bit of conservator's wax (like renaissance wax). This was only a short mesh session, not intended to go for a full on mirror type finish, just a couple hours to go through all the grades to bring up the lustre a bit.
Looks beautiful! Not all Stabwood is made for a gloss finish imo and the finish you have right now looks wonderful!! What kind of oil did you use? Mineral oil?
No, I've not applied it myself, but I do own quite a few mods that are finished in CA and I'm really impressed with it.
At one point in 2015, I bought some other wood mods that were finished in polyurethane and the quality of the finish wasn't even close. I no longer own those mods.
A little coconut oil rubbed in before and after the micro meshing, then applied the conservator's wax and buffed with microfiber cloth.
I’ve never used coconut oil. Must smell nice. What micro mesh grades did you start with then finish with? You didn’t really go through all of them or did you? Maybe that’s what I should be doing. I really like the “luster” on that. It’s not matte and it’s not semi gloss. That would look good one one of the EOS IIs. To only polish I’ve been using the finest one - 12000 I think. Maybe I should start lower.
It’s a great looking e pipe and the finish looks great on it with that particular Stabwood coloring. I think it takes a good eye and experience/ judgment to decide what finish will work best with which wood and type of mod.
Yours is really perfect!!
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I’m afraid to try it. Maybe I should practice with it on something else 1st. It’s not like it’s expensive. There are a couple of wood forums that chat about it.
Better yet would be to find a professional to do it for me lol!!
Yup, went through the standard 9-pad kit: 1500, 1800, 2400, 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000, 12000. Mind you, it isn't a fresh set (the 1500 in particular is pretty well used). It wasn't poorly finished to start with. Not a lot of surface area to cover, and I only spent perhaps 10-15 minutes with each grit -- for a couple hours total.
I did the squonker I showed on page one of this thread the same way ... that one, however, could use a fuller treatment, starting with a really good going over with wet/dry 1000 sandpaper to get it to a better starting point, and then maybe and hour with each mesh pad.
Do you use the micro mesh wet or dry? On their website it says it can be used either way but I was worried about using it wet on the stabwood. It really shouldn’t be bad for it since the water shouldn’t be absorbed into the wood.
On the mod I’m working on now I didn’t start with a low enough grit pad and my arm started to fall off until I went down to 3600 and lower. Lol!!
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