Osmo LED Smart Oil

[luvmytoolz]

Are you sure the UV curing unit is a full $4K for you? Dusty said in an Instagram comment on that same video that that the lamp was around 1K in Canada which seems wildly low...it's pushing 2K here in the US, but that might be from crazy tarrifs. Everything imported to the US is nutty expensive now. All Osmo products took a huge jump in the last year.

Have you checked with your Osmo dealer/rep for a price?

I haven't checked with Osmo yet, but yes unfortunately the single supplier is pretty expensive.

In Oz we get absolutely reamed on anything from Europe or the States. A local supplier has a much cheaper 25W Cuvo branded one, but my concern is that it's one of the Asian imports, it might be great or it might be ordinary.

 

[PaulMarcel]

Long ago, I went and helped a fellow FOGger take a dining table top to a local drawer factory. Monster facility and only makes drawers. He was having them run the table top through a UV curing machine. I hadn't heard of that at the time. Popped it on a conveyor, first booth sprayed the top from all sides leaving what looked like a goopy mess. Advanced to the next booth where iirc it vibrated the piece slightly. Third booth warmed it up for a bit (not super hot, but likely enough to ensure a good cure). Last booth was the UV chamber. It came out perfect. Been eager for some of that tech to be available for us. The shop guy pulled out a sample board that had fully cured. Ran an 80 grit sander on it for a while and you couldn't tell. Crazy.

The more crazy part was that we took the tabletop there, got it clear-coated, then drove to the customer's place and installed it. Nice.

 

[Chainring]

Blacktail Studio uses a UV curing finish and he uses one heck of a fan cooled LED UV wand to do the curing. Vesting oil is what he calls it.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Blacktail Studio uses a UV curing finish and he uses one heck of a fan cooled LED UV wand to do the curing. Vesting oil is what he calls it.

Cam uses the large $4k light I posted a pic of earlier in the thread, as well as the small handheld cordless one I've attached a pic of here that's $1k here in Oz.

The Cuvo branded ones I also attached a pic of earlier seem to be used professionally for the Clean Armor UV cured finish product (cures from 365nm to 405nm), and from reviews and videos appear to be legit good. Cheaper than the Osmo unit but still expensive I think:

CUVO SlimUV H24 Handheld UV Curing Light – Compact Precision

Compact 305 mm handheld UV curing light for Clean Armor coatings. The CUVO H24 cures small areas quickly and evenly with professional precision and minimal heat.

hammerroo.com.au

I have been doing some digging and these dirt cheap units on Ali seem to have very good reviews, and the power output is incredible, the 800W in particular puts out 1100mW/cm2 and is $227AUD shipped:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008818386114.html

 

[smorgasbord]

Blacktail Studio uses a UV curing finish and he uses one heck of a fan cooled LED UV wand to do the curing. Vesting oil is what he calls it.

Here is Vesting's page:

VESTING LED-Hardwax Oil | LED Coating Solutions

LED Coating Solutions supplies Vesting LED-Hardwax Oils. Vesting LED-Hardwax Oils cure instantly with our line of LED curing equipment. Standard & custom colors available.

ledcoatingsolutions.com

I think Cam also sells it.