barley twist vase

Thanks every one, cheers Stuart i think you are right , Glenn the vase is 301mm x 215 diameter. Just need to finish it now if hopefully tomorrow, well see nearly at the end now

 

ok i got five coats on today i left it 1hr between coats
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
you can see the layers starting to even out the surface smoothing out the pores i am going to leave it while thursday for the finish to properly cure before i flatten out the finish with sand paper and possibly add more layers, we'll see

 

yeh not every on likes that hi gloss, i some times stop at two coats as i don't mind still being able to see the pores in the Finnish as long as it is even. But i do like to try and get a perfect surface, on thursday i will make a assessment whether it is fully cured and if it is i will take some 400 grit abranet abrasive to it and flatten out the surface, i may then add more layers well see.
Some times if you get a good flow with the new layer after sanding you can get a amazing Finnish without going through the grits and polishing. If you are going to sand through the grits then polish you need enough lacquer on it to get to the end of the job without sanding down to wood. But i am happy so far, its a long process though,

saw your bowl on the gallery it looks pretty sweet if you don't mind me saying well done, you'll be designing a new one now won't you? Are you going to do another follow along project?

 

It takes me ages to think of a themes these days, ive had a serious lack of inspiration of late

 

ok checked on finish tonight and i was satisfied the finish had cured so i continued

this is how it had cured you can see the pores again its not a bad finish but it is far from smooth

so i sanded it on the lathe with 400grit and almost got it all flat, theres only a tiny bit of the pores left showing as shiny spots so i am almost there

so I've continued to add a further 3 coats at 1hr intervals i am now confident that, that will be enough to sand flat up to a fine grit and polish to a glass finish on friday fingers crossed. I've got a nice thick layer on now

so back friday

 

so i kind of finished this project and then ruined it on removing the chuck and cleaning up the bottom but ill take you through the steps i took and show you the finished item still on the chuck and tell you what went wrong
This all took place on thursday and not friday as i said it would, had i don it on friday i think things would have been ok.

here is the vase all coated up, 8 coats in total you can see the brush stroke but not the pores

i sanded it late with 400 grit mesh abrasive

after that i continued with wet and dry paper using water as lubrication i sanded with the following grits 800,1200,1600,2000,2500

i then applied t-cut much like you would your car allowed to dry to a cloud and the polish off

this is what i was trying to achieve i was very happy with this so all i had to do was part off the base clean up, and sign and date, this is where it went wrong

i turned a bowl blank flat and cut a spigot in the middle the size of the vase opening to centre it on the lathe up between the tail stock, i then unscrewed the chuck on the btm of the vase and reverse the vase on the spigot with a piece of cloth separating the vase from the bowl blank(protect the finish so i thought) . I manage to do what i wanted to the bottom but when i removed it off the lathe i notice the cloth had stuck to the vase in the finish, i pulled the cloth off and it had ruined the finish on the vases top ring, the finish cant have been fully cure on the internal top ring properly. I tried to rub it flat but it was no good i soon found wood and it was all over.

subsequently have managed to remount the turning on the lathe and are re applying the finish again so yeh is what it is, i won't post any more steps of this project as i feel there no point as i would be repeating my self, ill post the completed vase on the gallery when complete shortly, kind of infuriating to be honest it was finished lol

 

no worries like i say ill put it up on the gallery when complete, thanks for reading

 

on a side note i am going to try a epoxy finish next time that you put on once then leave to cure for a hard finish. It might turn out to be a disaster but it might not. If it works i will certainly be a lot less work. it might be a short follow along but if anyone interest in following let us know i might just turn a simple bowl out of a solid blank or i might refinish my last project that i made with laminate pro that i used danish oil with i was never really happy with that finish. leave a comment if anyone interested

 

Hi glenn i dont think it has to be rustins plastic coating i think any laquer will work just the same , i have just ordered some art resin epoxy which i am going to try, ill post the results soon, thinks it just getting a nice thick layer that can be sanded flat that is the key to the process not the product, you might find a better product your side of the pond

 

Bit of suspense i suppose, sorry, i did ruin the finish which was bad enough. If the whole thing had gone in the bin id have been beside myself thats for sure i am still waiting for that day to happen

 

You was lucky with that one, i do the same, i use a thin parting tool to do it most of the way through and then i finish it off with a hand saw, its definetly the most tense part of the whole project if i was to be honest with myself