Tayler_mann
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So this week I finally did a project for myself. It took me longer to find a finish I found acceptable than it did to build it. I put a chamfer on the inside reveal and just broke the outside edges with sand paper.
The point of the frame was all in the finish. I have been kicking around ideas of using polished accent pieces that require low to no protection other than a moisture block. So I invested in all of the polishing accessories and compounds to get started. I decided right away the minimum grit I wanted to hit was 1,000 before any finish touched the surface. I tried shellac to seal and was very bummed on that. It took the pop of the grain that the 1,000 grit have it away and treated it like an instant finish. It polished nicely with the compounds but hid the character of the natural wood I was after. I tried to just plain polish the wood to 11,000 grit but if I looked at it wrong it marred the surface and left marks. I was getting frustrated at this point and [member=37411]Edward A Reno III[/member] suggested using wax. So I sanded a sample through 1,000 grit, than polished with 5,000 compound and the Orange sponge, and finally applied the paste wax and polished with the bonnet. It was exactly what I was looking for and was more pleased than I have been in awhile with projects.
The only thing wrong is that in one corner one of the chamfers was about .5 mm off and it bothered me. Hit it with sand paper to even it out and you'd never guess it was there. With that being the largest hang up I had in the project I felt it went splendidly.
Quick disclaimer: lighting was terrible at night I'll upload more once I can get some in daylight. Also, only Fedtool tools used to make this frame.
The point of the frame was all in the finish. I have been kicking around ideas of using polished accent pieces that require low to no protection other than a moisture block. So I invested in all of the polishing accessories and compounds to get started. I decided right away the minimum grit I wanted to hit was 1,000 before any finish touched the surface. I tried shellac to seal and was very bummed on that. It took the pop of the grain that the 1,000 grit have it away and treated it like an instant finish. It polished nicely with the compounds but hid the character of the natural wood I was after. I tried to just plain polish the wood to 11,000 grit but if I looked at it wrong it marred the surface and left marks. I was getting frustrated at this point and [member=37411]Edward A Reno III[/member] suggested using wax. So I sanded a sample through 1,000 grit, than polished with 5,000 compound and the Orange sponge, and finally applied the paste wax and polished with the bonnet. It was exactly what I was looking for and was more pleased than I have been in awhile with projects.
The only thing wrong is that in one corner one of the chamfers was about .5 mm off and it bothered me. Hit it with sand paper to even it out and you'd never guess it was there. With that being the largest hang up I had in the project I felt it went splendidly.
Quick disclaimer: lighting was terrible at night I'll upload more once I can get some in daylight. Also, only Fedtool tools used to make this frame.
