Show Off Your Stabwoods Thread

[jandrew]

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!!

I used water with the first couple grits -- but not dripping wet -- more just cleaning the pad surface in some water, then blotting on a towel then sand/rinse/blot/repeat.

You do have to start lower ... most of the products we get are not finished at micro-mesh grit levels, and spending hours with a 12000 grit pad won't get you far on something that was finished at 1000 or 800 grit (it may shine up the shine, so to speak, but won't significantly alter the finish of the wood). Start with the lowest grit pad and work up (or even start lower with wet/dry sandpaper if needed).

 

[charlie1465]

My two cents? Polishing is really about making finer and finer scratches on an object until it is shiny to the naked eye.

If you move to early from one grade to another you may not get the shine. Each grade of ''scratching'' enables the next grade to work so you need to make sure that each time you go up a grade that all the surface has reached the level of the grade before it.

I hope this makes sense

 

[Zazie]

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 ...

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Now the side I’ve been working on...
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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 didt's 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

It's looking beautiful, Sara (I can't tell you how hard it is for me to resist throwing an h onto your name after a lifetime of insisting on mine).

 

[Fidola13]

It's looking beautiful, Sara (I can't tell you how hard it is for me to resist throwing an h onto your name after a lifetime of insisting on mine).

Thank you! I’ve been procrastinating on starting the other side where there is mode wood that needs sanding!

They may as well have left an “h” on my name since I ALWAYS have to say “without an H” It’s annoying as all... well you know!!

 

[Fidola13]

I used water with the first couple grits -- but not dripping wet -- more just cleaning the pad surface in some water, then blotting on a towel then sand/rinse/blot/repeat.

You do have to start lower ... most of the products we get are not finished at micro-mesh grit levels, and spending hours with a 12000 grit pad won't get you far on something that was finished at 1000 or 800 grit (it may shine up the shine, so to speak, but won't significantly alter the finish of the wood). Start with the lowest grit pad and work up (or even start lower with wet/dry sandpaper if needed).

Well I found that out the hard way! I have some serious muscle buildup in my right arm!!! I ended up starting over at some point and using the lowest mesh anyways then continued up. I was nervous because I’d never used it before and I’d never spent $300 on a mod either !!

At 1 point I tried it with a slightly dampened mesh like you describe but decided to stick to dry sanding instead. Any pros or cons for either way?

Thanks for your help.

 

[dom qp]

You guys are making me feel like I neglect my stab wood.

The only polishing they get is from the gripping of my palm with drippings of pork fat from my soup dumplings, bacon grease, or french fry oil.

I find on my cheap stab wood, like the Lunas, they actually look better from wear. From my more expensive stuff, I just wipe them clean with a dry cloth. They're so impregnated with whatever they use to stabilize the wood that I haven't had any issues yet.

Kind of makes me giggle when I see people handling their mods with gloves. Meanwhile people are dropping their $1000 phones in toilets, sinks, on ceramic tiles, and concrete floors.

 

[Zazie]

Thank you! I’ve been procrastinating on starting the other side where there is mode wood that needs sanding!

They may as well have left an “h” on my name since I ALWAYS have to say “without an H” It’s annoying as all... well you know!!

And with my last name, hoo boy. The battle is eternal.

 

[Fidola13]

And with my last name, hoo boy. The battle is eternal.

What’s ur last name?

 

[Zazie]

St. Onge. I'm miscalled, among other things, Onge, Stonge--pronounced variously Stawnge, Stonege, and Stunge--St. Orange, and Street Onge. One of my favorite incidents: after I corrected a telemarketer who had asked for Ms. Onge, he nervously began addressing me simply as St. Onge, clearly thinking he'd called some nut with delusions of sanctity.

Much more annoying than the way people say my name is the way they alphabetize it. I can't count the number of times I've been misfiled. And computers haven't helped, because they get confused by the period and/or the space.

On the other hand, the occasional rainbow can appear amid the clouds, like the time someone referred to me as "the exquisitely named Sarah St. Onge," so it's not all bad.

 

[B2L]

St. Onge. I'm miscalled, among other things, Onge, Stonge--pronounced variously Stawnge, Stonege, and Stunge--St. Orange, and Street Onge. One of my favorite incidents: after I corrected a telemarketer who had asked for Ms. Onge, he nervously began addressing me simply as St. Onge, clearly thinking he'd called some nut with delusions of sanctity.

Much more annoying than the way people say my name is the way they alphabetize it. I can't count the number of times I've been misfiled. And computers haven't helped, because they get confused by the period and/or the space.

On the other hand, the occasional rainbow can appear amid the clouds, like the time someone referred to me as "the exquisitely named Sarah St. Onge," so it's not all bad.

Cool name

 

[dom qp]

St. Onge. I'm miscalled, among other things, Onge, Stonge--pronounced variously Stawnge, Stonege, and Stunge--St. Orange, and Street Onge. One of my favorite incidents: after I corrected a telemarketer who had asked for Ms. Onge, he nervously began addressing me simply as St. Onge, clearly thinking he'd called some nut with delusions of sanctity.

Much more annoying than the way people say my name is the way they alphabetize it. I can't count the number of times I've been misfiled. And computers haven't helped, because they get confused by the period and/or the space.

On the other hand, the occasional rainbow can appear amid the clouds, like the time someone referred to me as "the exquisitely named Sarah St. Onge," so it's not all bad.

We have a lot of St-Onges here. Extremely common in French communities in Northern Ontario - I think I know 3 of them are not directly related to eachother.

My mechanic is a St-Onge!

 

[DeloresRose]

You guys are making me feel like I neglect my stab wood.

The only polishing they get is from the gripping of my palm with drippings of pork fat from my soup dumplings, bacon grease, or french fry oil.

I find on my cheap stab wood, like the Lunas, they actually look better from wear. From my more expensive stuff, I just wipe them clean with a dry cloth. They're so impregnated with whatever they use to stabilize the wood that I haven't had any issues yet.

Kind of makes me giggle when I see people handling their mods with gloves. Meanwhile people are dropping their $1000 phones in toilets, sinks, on ceramic tiles, and concrete floors.

I love the finish on my Lunas. Very matte, but completely smooth and consistent. I’m really pretty surprised. I think they’d look good in semi-gloss but I’d hate to screw one up trying to achieve it.

 

[DeloresRose]

@Zazie from here on out, I’m going to think of you as St. Orange, patron saint of stabwood.

 

[Zazie]

We have a lot of St-Onges here. Extremely common in French communities in Northern Ontario - I think I know 3 of them are not directly related to eachother.

My mechanic is a St-Onge!

Yeah, it's super common in certain parts of the world but exotic everywhere else. In France, one of my teachers laughed at it: Saintonge is the name of a former province but the surname doesn't exist there. He felt the way someone here might feel meeting a person named Nathan New York.

Have you ever experienced the genius of Mme St. Onge? She's a marvel.

I'm listening to her now. My cats find her voice very disturbing.

 

[Fidola13]

St. Onge. I'm miscalled, among other things, Onge, Stonge--pronounced variously Stawnge, Stonege, and Stunge--St. Orange, and Street Onge. One of my favorite incidents: after I corrected a telemarketer who had asked for Ms. Onge, he nervously began addressing me simply as St. Onge, clearly thinking he'd called some nut with delusions of sanctity.

Much more annoying than the way people say my name is the way they alphabetize it. I can't count the number of times I've been misfiled. And computers haven't helped, because they get confused by the period and/or the space.

On the other hand, the occasional rainbow can appear amid the clouds, like the time someone referred to me as "the exquisitely named Sarah St. Onge," so it's not all bad.

Oh that does sound famous!!

 

[Fidola13]

Smoant Battlestar in Stabwood. Not feeling it at all. especially the wood which doesn’t look like any stabilized wood I’ve seen b4 and price at $175. But to each his own. Vaping and personal preference is what it’s all about.

 

[PJReid]

I shared my beauty in the Asmodus Owners thread but don't think I shared it here. It is the prettiest thing I have ever seen - as far as mods go.

 

[Fidola13]

I love the finish on my Lunas. Very matte, but completely smooth and consistent. I’m really pretty surprised. I think they’d look good in semi-gloss but I’d hate to screw one up trying to achieve it.

I have 2 EOS IIs and one is a beautiful matte.

The other needed help. The colors were too muted and needed some micro meshing to make them pop with a glossy finish to top it off.

 

[DeloresRose]

Smoant Battlestar in Stabwood. Not feeling it at all. especially the wood which doesn’t look like any stabilized wood I’ve seen b4 and price at $175. But to each his own. Vaping and personal preference is what it’s all about.


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I agree. Not pretty.

 

[Fidola13]

Saw these on FT this morning and thought I'd lend an enabling hand to this thread:

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(ships in 5 days, supposedly, I'll guess we shall find out)

Thanks for the help!!! Lol