Ro125 polishing with

[DanielOB]

I make my own stuff from wood.
Will use Ro125 (Festool) for polishing solid wood (Oak) table, furniture, .. What I want is a mirror shine and smooth surface that fly cannot land on it without slipping.

Looking at:
1. polishing compaund Festool MPA 8000 grit (any other sugestions)
2. polishing sheepskin (Festool), how to use it what it does?
3. Honneycomb polishing sponge (Festool) used with #1 (am i right?)
4. polishing pad (Festool), or i need something else?
5. carnuba wax as final coat (is hand application/baffing the best?)
[unsure]
Many thanks for your time

 

[DanielOB]

adding a question

how many things i will need for one table 1x1 m2 (3x3 ft2)?
e.g. 0.25 liter of compaund + 2 sponges + 3 sheepskins ...

 

[leakyroof]

while Brian Sedgeley of Festool can be found demo'ing just this with Oak on YouTube, he admits right in the video that open pored, unfilled wood will be harder to pull this off than either filled open pore wood or tight pore wood.
so, are your pieces going to be filled or unfilled to start with?
  Any compound can get into the open pores of wood that has the large openings like oak or similar species. Then, if it dries, it can be harder to get out after you've buff the wood surface.

 

[Brandon]

I make my own stuff from wood.
Will use Ro125 (Festool) for polishing solid wood (Oak) table, furniture, .. What I want is a mirror shine and smooth surface that fly cannot land on it without slipping.

Looking at:
1. polishing compaund Festool MPA 8000 grit (any other sugestions)
2. polishing sheepskin (Festool), how to use it what it does?
3. Honneycomb polishing sponge (Festool) used with #1 (am i right?)
4. polishing pad (Festool), or i need something else?
5. carnuba wax as final coat (is hand application/baffing the best?)
[unsure]
Many thanks for your time

I just started using the festool polishing system and love the results. I watched a bunch of videos and talked to Brent over at festool to get all my info. Here's what I've had success with-
- sand your initial finish all the way to 4000 grit Platin
- orange medium polishing sponge with mpa 5000
- orange medium polishing sponge with mpa 8000
- buff it out with the sheepskin if you want then, although it doesn't need it really

1 orange sponge and 1 sheepskin is all you'll need for your table, the MPA is water based so can rinse out the polishing sponges after use, they seem to hold up well

You're going to need a good grain filler though for your oak, I don't recall what I have at my shop but maybe other members can help with that or just google grain filler and see what you can find.

Heres a good link for the polishing aspect of your project


And here's a picture of first attempt which came out flawlessly, the grey one is just a lacquer I sprayed and top coated on mdf the second is just a scrap piece of walnut ply, I did not use grain filler on this though,
Hope this all helps

 

[tbellemare]

What is the finish on the walnut, Brandon?

Impressive...

Tom

 

[Brandon]

Thanks, both are finished a 20 sheen Valspar ultra conversion lacquer then polished all the way to the mpa 8000. I've done a couple projects since that have turned out great. I'm really digging the system

 

[DanielOB]

Thanks Brandon. Your surfaces are what i wish to make.
Can you please advise what is area, approximately, that i can get polished
with one orange sponge before i discard it,
with one tube Festool 8000 grit paste
with one sheepskin

I will not be able to reorder later on.

Thanks