high gloss

I am trying to achieve a high gloss finish on a wood pen. My procedure thus far is: (a) make a little puddle of BLO in a rag (b) put some medium CA in the puddle (c) apply to the pen blank at 3600 RPM. (d) repeat the above steps 5-7 times. The above gives me a nice satin finish, but not a...

three questions on finishing.... 1. What is everyone's favorite plastic polish? and 2. When do you use it? (after 12000 MM as a last step, or after 6000 MM then buff etc....) 3. What do you apply it with/buff it with?

I would like to find out what techniques folks are using to finish the swirl blanks ankrom et al sell. Here's my method: 1. After turning, sand with 320 abranet. 2. Stop lathe and sand lengthwise until all circular scratches are gone and you have lengthwise scratches 3. repeat 1-2...