My name is Chad with DreamWood rings! We are here to have fun and learn some of the best and easiest ways to make your own wood rings. We use bentwood, opal and stone inlays, and may different metal choices. I like to keep things light hearted and fun here. Thank you for your support and happy making!
You need to do a full dip in UV resin for a complete coating and then set it all in one go. Can then file/sand it down a little bit if its a bit thick. Gives an amazing finish as its a complete coat all the way around in one go 👍
Since there are a lot of comments about the wood "breaking"... Softening "any" wood is best when using a multiple of tricks. But it is always - Water or alcohol, with an added conditioner. There are many things you can add to the liquid if you are having problems. Like, "salt, bleach and baking soda". Heat, time and sometimes "pressure" are your primary variables. (Try using a "pressure cooker" to heat the veneer for a short time). "Especially" with the harder, tighter grained hardwoods. (Like "Bloodwood", Rosewood etc.)! The standard is warm-hot water with a quality "wood conditioner" added to the heated water. "Most conditioners are glycerin based". Ask/call the veneer companies and always shop around"! (There isn't a wood you cannot bend to your will). Well... "Except for maybe old, fully dry-cured, "African Ebony", also called "Ironwood"! Some "Burlwoods", like "Mappa Burl" can be problematic because of their inherent structure, which can cause, "Crumbling" but there are ways around that too! Experiment! Good Luck!
This was so helpful! I was so worried that it'd be really easy to scratch through the plating given how soft gold is and how thin the plating is. I know that y'all don't sell them yourselves, but a video testing the durability of the finish on timascus rings (like the ones sold by The Opal Dealer) would also be very helpful.
I have been thinking about this actually! It might be awhile but I think I will go through a similar test as this for several more plated and etched rings.
Great guide! I now know to be careful with sandpaper and just scrape with a high quality carbide cutter. The one ring I made so far with one of your gold blanks held up great and I lost none of the gold! Very high quality blanks! Thanks!!!
@@DreamwoodRings I also got gold tungsten and black ceramic blanks for you. Can you tell me if the gold tungsten is gold throughout, or is it gold coated? Meaning, if I sand the edges, am I going to see silver or will it stay gold? Thanks in advance!
@@hobbycow5346 It is just plated gold. Go to my main channel and go to my shorts. I have a quick 60 second video on the gold tungsten rings you should take a look at.
@@DreamwoodRings Thanks! Though the one gold tungsten ring I made held up well to cutting sanding and polishing. None of the gold plating came off! So they must be a very high quality vs. the gold plated stainless blanks from Amazon. Are you getting size gold 8 and 11’s back in stock soon?
This is great information-thank you so much! I bought all the things but can’t get the darn spindle off my lathe/polisher! Any suggestions? And thanks so much again-you make it look so easy😊
@@DreamwoodRings Hi! I don’t think so, it’s a mini polisher with a couple of different tools you can change out with the spindle-one is a ring mandrel-it doesn’t slide back and forth like a lathe but everything else is the same. It’s a really cool little piece, but I just can pull the spindle of to put the ring mandrel off! Gah, it’s frustrating! Lol
Shoot! The ring mandrels are acetone resistant, so sometimes using that can help get a ring unstuck. But Gary send me an message if it was one of our mandrels.
love the video and your ongoing commentary. did you remove the black finish? it looked like that when you finished polishing! i thought that was a no no. i have not been able to do a plated ring without taking off the polish. maybe i am seeing this wrong. help me out please. nice looking ring no matter. if the black plating has been removed is that a bother to the customer? do they notice? thanks in advance for your answer.
This is actually a black ceramic ring. It is not plated so the black could never be rubbed off. If you were to use a black plated ring then yes sanding or polishing could remove the black plating.
I have a tungsten wood and opal inlay, how do you polish and buff these rings to bring them back to shine? I was told it can not be by a jeweler because it has resin on top?
Hey, you can definitely do it with some Zam and a cotton wheel with a Dremel or other rotary device. Do you have a Dremel? You can send us a few images to info@dreamwoodshop.com and we may possibly be able to give you a quote on fixing it up as well.
Yes we do! It is a bit harder of a material so I would sand as high in grit as possible but then you should finish with a polish compound like zam that we have on our site!
