Handmade.....finishing Touches

[wuyang 513]

 

I've seen some lovely handmade catapults on here..... Way beyond anything I'd expect to achieve, but never the less I'm having ago at a natural and I'm surprisingly enjoy myself.

 

So I'm wondering what's your preferred method of finishing......oil.......varnish etc.

 

I've just bought some rust-oleum polyurethane finish to try,,, I did intend getting the plasticote version, but it was sold out at b n q....so this looked like it would do the job. I did also see while I was looking ' clear gloss spray ' and didn't really know what the difference was.

 

I've made a little natural for my daughter and covered that with some osmol top oil '3058 clear' which is a mixture of oil n wax....which I had left over from treating a worktop.

 

Anyway I'm looking forward to trying the spray.......any tips appreciated.

[the big chief 3,099]

tru oil is what i would use and have used make sure you go through all the grades of sand paper 1st then get some fine wire wool after you have puut a couple of thin coats of it on and dries use the wire wool to flatten it off then give it a good wipe them more thin coats of tru oil till you get the finish you are looking for

[wuyang 513]

Thanks, never heard of tru oil before.

[the big chief 3,099]

Thanks, never heard of tru oil before.

its for high end gun stocks you can get it off ebay good stuff

[ruggers13 268]

You could use boiled linseed oil leave your catty in a bucket with something to hold it down n pour the oil in leave for overnight n it will harden the wood n also give it a nice finish hope this helps atb

[j j m 6,478]

true oil is good i use it when ive took a stock back to bare wood

[.338winmag 78]

Iv'e done a few in laccquor works nice for a clear coat ,but i like a linseed oil mixed with a bit of turpentine an just rubbedon the wood several times then use a carnuba wax based produt to finish again rubbed on till you like the finish .