Rough Surface

[dfurlano]

Anyone ever successfully finished a piece that had a rough or course finish? Something like a rough sandpaper feel but not as dense. If you have and wouldn't mind tell me what you did I would appreciate the info.

Dan.

 

[Grizzlyss]

Hi Dan, what type of finish did you use, and on what type of wood?

Sheldon

 

[dfurlano]

It was a CA finish on Palm wood. They are hair sticks and there are too smooth to stay in place I would like to make it rough from the tip to the middle band.

 

[dbriski]

Just thinking out loud here.
You can try (on a test peace) sanding with rough paper like 100 or 80 by hand to rough up the surface and then with like a spray lacqur or something put a very light coat over it so all the sanding groves are still there. Or you can use your skew point to make some groves around the item. Or take some ca and some sanding dust and mix the sanding dust in with your ca (thick) and apply this will put all the dust nibs in the finish to make it rough.

Just do all the wrong things when trying to get a smooth finish

 

[LEAP]

Dan,
I wonder if a thin coat of clear silicone would do the trick.

 

[wudnhed]

Be careful how much you rough them up. They may pull strands of hair, not fun!

 

[JimGo]

Dan,
Couldn't you just apply a little CA to the hair once the pins are in place?

 

[dfurlano]

I never thought of that! [}]

Originally posted by JimGo
<br />Dan,
Couldn't you just apply a little CA to the hair once the pins are in place?

 

[wudnhed]

BTW, they are very pretty! Are you sure they're too slick? You have to wrap the hair a certain way and stick the picks in a certain way also.

 

[Randy_]

I agree that a spray lacquer would be the way to go although I suspect the suggested 80-100 grit sand paper would produce too rough a surface. You will just have to experiment a little to find the correct degree of roughness. Think I would start at about 200 grit and then go up or down as necessary.

 

[btboone]

Another idea that might work is to finish them like normal and simply roll them over rough sandpaper such that the rocks of the sandpaper dent the surface. It would take some force, but you could press on a flat board or something on the top side of the stick as the stick rolls across the sandpaper.

 

[bjackman]

Maybe a coat of spray laquer, then while still wet/tacky dribble some colorful decorative crushed stone while the lathe turns, then a few more coats of laquer to seal and partially cover the stone.

 

[Russb]

How about texturing with something like the Sorby texture tool?