Glorious Yew

[TrollSpiel]

You gave it away??????????

 

I sure did! Gladly too! To the tree surgeon I once worked for, who gives me all my timber (sometimes free!), lets me mill at his yard, moves it all with his grab for me, educates me, and really without him doing all this could be So much harder.

 

Small price to pay, I think ;-)

[TrollSpiel]

Cheers mate, some great info there, I take it you've got some sort of spray booth too.

Is the water based stuff easier to use?

What's the stuff they use on cars? I was thinking of befriending some car sprayers and doing some in their quiet spells.

 

No booth! either outdoor or blow out the workshop. You don't really have to be that fussy. Outdoor is fine, between each coat you need to "de-nib" it anyway. If doing a small piece, spray it and bring it in. Big stuff, set up a gazebo with sides.

 

cars (my trade 25 year ago - pre trees) are all sorts, 2 pac, pre/acid cat, cellulose... much the same for wood. lacquer is lacquer. it just depends on the end use of the product. Water based is super tuff - what you might find on bar tops where lots of spillage occurs. Next down the line is a pre or acid cat, where you can pick from satins to 90% super high gloss finishes (of course, rubbing out to insane grits like 4000). Pick your % to suit your finish. You can't polish rubber to a gloss, no more than you can a 50% satin product.

 

that table, very wet coats of that water based are touch dry in 30 mins. leave 2 weeks before rubbing out. that table was not polished.

 

as for taking your stuff to a car sprayers.. I'm not sure they'd devote 5 coats and 5 lots of denibbing/sanding for 20£ in their pocket !

Edited November 28, 2011 by TrollSpiel

[TrollSpiel]

Table looks great.

 

For the record, every bit of Yew is poisonous and caution should be taken at all times.

 

Having said that I always forget the face mask and spend the next few days choking, astmatic as well think I'd learn, haven't done yet after 30 years of sanding.

 

not every bit, you can eat the berry flesh ;-)

 

I could understand if i got sick from making yew dust soup for dinner, but didnt expect such nastiness from dust snorting. 3rd time now and definitely a lesson learned. Doctor (arrogant fart-knocker) said impossible to get sick from wood dust - but then he would, they're usually full of their own pee & importance..

 

& ta for the compliment ;-)

[Taupotreeman]

I sure did! Gladly too! To the tree surgeon I once worked for, who gives me all my timber (sometimes free!), lets me mill at his yard, moves it all with his grab for me, educates me, and really without him doing all this could be So much harder.

 

Small price to pay, I think ;-)

 

Fair call.

[Mesterh]

Stunning.