| From: motherlode
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| Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Any advise on refinishing Rosewood. Thanks
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| From: KDdog
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| Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Birch wood casey
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| From: Sixby
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| Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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I seal it with several coats of thin superglue . Put it on with a rubber glove and spread thin. Then finish with whatever finish you like. I like to use High Gloss Helmsman as it seem to hold up real well for me . I spray four or five coats and then lightly wet sand with 400 grit. Do not sand through. then spray a couple of finish coats and let dry thoroughly. I then rub out with 3 M perfect it 11 Rubbing Compound . very lightly. God bless and have fun. Steve
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| From: Phil Magistro
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| Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Sand it down well and consider using either a sealer or shellac to seal the pores. Otherwise you'll have to build up lots of coats of finish. But if you take your time you can make it look excellent.
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| From: motherlode
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| Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Thanks guys , on the super glue sealer. Any super glue ?
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| From: motherlode
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| Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Phil , what type of sealer other than shellac ? This is where I am stuck , can't find local dewaxed sealer Shellac, thinking about ordering and mixing myself unless I can figure out another sealer.
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| From: Sixby
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| Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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I use the Loctite Professional in the blue bottle. It drys fast and is very thin and crystal clear./
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| From: camodave
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| Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Rosewood is a pretty generic term. I would need to know about what sort of Rosewood it is and also how old it is. The Brazilian Rosewood in my 1960 Kodiaks or 1963 Kodiak Special shows absolutely no signs of any lingering oiliness that would require sealing. Tru-oil is a fine product but I prefer GB Linspeed. I learned pretty much everything I know about rosewood here on the Wall, not the least of which is about the site hobbithouseinc.com. Read in particular the discussion about "true rosewoods". And if you have not already done so do a search on here for Brazilian Rosewood. Many of us are great fans of that particular true rosewood as our pics will show you.
DDave
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| From: camodave
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| Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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The discussion in hobbithouseinc.com is under Brazilian Rosewood and is title "The Rosewoods, Real and other". Cocobolo, a true rosewood, has now joined Brazilian Rosewood on the CITES lists.
DDave
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| From: Phil Magistro
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| Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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If you do a quick search on sanding sealers you'll find many to choose from. One caution - you need to make sure all the old finish is sanded out or the sealer will soak in more in some places than others and cause a blotchy look with areas of light and dark.
camodave - I've never had any trouble with oil in any bow I've done but on woods with open pores like rosewoods there are only two choices - fill the pores with a sander or build up many coats of finish. Building up finish requires a lot of wet sanding.
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| From: neuse
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| Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Beautiful Phil.
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| From: Jim Keller
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| Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Wow, that is beautiful Phil.
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| From: unhinged
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| Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Zinser "Seal Coat" is a prepackaged dewaxed shellac in a 2lb cut. Should have it almost anywhere paint is sold. If it has lots of pores, you could use a clear grain filler first. It would save having to build many coats of sealer first.
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