[ATM] shop tip

[marco.pm at btopenworld.com (Marco Miglionico)]

When i'm doing woodwork at home I 
always finish with fine steel wool,
It works very well. 

Marco Milgionico


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ina Ron Lippard Renaissance Reproductions <renrepro@surfglobal.net>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:06 PM
Subject: [ATM] shop tip


> 
>     Next time your building a plywood dob,even if it looks strangely like a 
> kitchen cabinet,here's a finishing tip.Sand-papering can leave a fuzz that 
> is hard to deal with prior to sealing and varnishing.Drag marks from a 
> planer can be a real pain to.Try this.Go buy a box of dry-wall knife 
> blades. These ziggurat shaped blades can be used as scrappers to cut the 
> fuzz and high drag marks on wood.Just take the blade between your thumb and 
> fingers,and scrape the wood surface at a 70 degree angle.The resultant 
> finish is almost glass smooth.You only need to seal and varnish.The surface 
> is very smooth and silky.A few coats of urethane only make the obvious even 
> better.As the blades dull,save them for re-sharpening.I'm working on my 
> 4-drawer dobsonian and it looks great!
> regards, Ron
> 
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