Natural - Satin finish - Finishing

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Anonymous 33640 — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:06:36 +0000

Really looks amazing, the finishing is also nice ..Utilization of the lockdown

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Robin — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:21:54 +0000

@ndakota

22/06/2021 7:45 am

That's beautiful! That is what i would like to get! Is that still pine or you combined 2 types of wood? If it is still pine how did you get that color?

No that's not pine. The top is 12mm thick mahogany, again with three coats of Danish Oil. It started of looking like this.

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Anonymous 27985 — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 06:45:42 +0000

That's beautiful! That is what i would like to get! Is that still pine or you combined 2 types of wood? If it is still pine how did you get that color?

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Robin — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:15:19 +0000

@ndakota

I quite like the white colour of the pine, the other side is brown though.

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Rocknroller912 — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:26:24 +0000

@robin

Good finish, Danish Oil is my favourite and good point about the cloths. I know a violin maker who burned his workshop down by throwing wet cloths in a bin full of wood shavings

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Anonymous 27985 — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:15:29 +0000

That's nice! I think I'll give it a bit of colour more cause I like the brown rather than that white.. though the effect seems good and with some coats more and good sanding it can also become more satin you'd say?

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Robin — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:08:26 +0000

@ndakota

This is the finish that I got on pine with Danish Oil, I think it was three coats. As for disposal of the oiled cloths, I layed mine out on a concrete slab to dry, once they're dry you can bin them.

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Jonathan Hodgson — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 18:19:27 +0000

@ndakota there's a video where Chris from Highline Guitars talks about how he handles oil soaked rags (or, more precisely, "handled" as he now uses alternative finishes when he wants the oil look). You may be able to find it.

If I recall correctly, as he's working he throws them in a bucket of water, then later he takes them out and lays them out separately and leaves them for a while (probably overnight) till they're dry, at that point the exothermic reaction would be pretty much over (I can't remember if he took any further precautions).

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Anonymous 27985 — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:00:08 +0000

One warning with oil finishes is to be careful with your application cloth/paper disposal. The curing is pretty exothermal and apparently, it's not unknown for things to catch fire if you just lob the rags in the bin.

Yeah i heart of that. I wondering what may be the good way of disposing it, i guess throwing it out in an extinguished firepit may do the job..

By the way, what about liquid wax? What would be the effect of that finish? I think oil may still be better, but I wanted to do some tries..

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Tej — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:26:09 +0000

@jonhodgson yes I’ve been warned about that before, no idea how likely it is to actually happen but not worth the risk to find out !