I would like to add that the reason the blue shop towels are so good for CA glue is because they don't cause a reaction with the CA glue. Some paper towels that contain cotton will cause the CA glue to smoke and dry too quickly from a reaction between cotton and cyanoacrylate. Cheers!
Been using it to finish my knife handles and sheaths; works better than any lacquer, and yeah it looks like freaking glass when it's done. I take it up to 2000 grit wet and it looks amazing. Didn't know about the gloves and blue towels though; and I usually don't go more than a couple coats, but I'm totally switching to this process, like as soon as I can get to a store and get the blue shop towels. I always thought it was weird that regular paper towels start smoking after a bit.
Awesome video. Another thing I learned from being married to a restoration tech...paper towels are actually ULTRA fine abrasives so you can rub this out with blue towel and get a beautiful satin sheen...sometimes, even gloss.
I just made a ring box for a friend, and used several coats of a blend of BLO, poly, and thinner, finished with wax. I wish I had done this instead! Seems like finishing would have been the work of an hour instead of days
That African Ironwood looks awesome, I'll bet it has a ton of chatoyance . I've been using superglue to finish some of the canes I make for a few years, using just regular super glue from dollar tree. I notice that you put one coat on after another , with no Haze? I always have to make sure each coat is fully dry before moving on I'm bound to get a gazed finish. Maybe cuz I'm using cheaper glue ? Hmm. To finish the job, I never use my buffer because you can burn the finish if not cautious, I just get a fuzzy towel with some Flitz or Mother's mag polish and use that to polish the ca glue finish, works like a charm. Thx for the video
Great video! You guys are generous with your information and I appreciate you. I wanted to ask tho, if you wanted to finish that whole board in sections, could you? Or would you see an overlap in the finish?
I'd want to try applying regular CA glue to a small board with a razor blade. Not a large board, because then I'd need to sand, and I don't want to breathe in the dust, or have it crack from wood expansion.
I hear guys swearing by CA glue as the perfect guitar neck finish all the time. Since it hard an durable with a relatively high solids content you can get a great THIN finish. You could also do thicker finishes with ot but CA is the perfect candidate for thin guitar neck finishes.
Originally CA glue was developed as a clear canopy material, like acrylic, just that they noted it would stick to every surface, unlike acrylic. Thus the use as an adhesive, but it is still used as an optical bonding agent as well in lenses, where it works very well. As it adheres very well to glass that made it useful, plus the refractive index can be controlled during manufacture over a range to match the glass.
Why all the rubbing when you apply? Why not lay a coat down, smooth and let it harden? Must be a good reason. I experimented and was wiping off everything I was applying
Im confused why if your doing a bigger project why you have to do all twelve coats in a small area and then move on? Why not coat the whole project at once with each coat?
