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I have been thinking lately that after sanding I may use cardboard to burnish the surface to a natural glow.
I have in the past used stiff cardboard to blacken edges of turnings in ebonizing it but that was all.
What do you guys think?
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(09-18-2017, 04:35 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: I have been thinking lately that after sanding I may use cardboard to burnish the surface to a natural glow.
I have in the past used stiff cardboard to blacken edges of turnings in ebonizing it but that was all.
What do you guys think?
I've never used cardboard. I would think the sharp corners where it creases when you bend it would dig grooves. I do burnish with a paper towel at fairly high speed. 2,000 rpm on a 10" dia piece, for example.
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Nope. Never was into burnishing of any type. I prefer to use steel wool to get the last traces of sanding marks out.
It's pretty rare that I don't apply a finish so burnishing doesn't have a purpose for my work.
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(09-18-2017, 04:35 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: I have been thinking lately that after sanding I may use cardboard to burnish the surface to a natural glow.
I have in the past used stiff cardboard to blacken edges of turnings in ebonizing it but that was all.
What do you guys think?
Kraft paper. Same stuff paper grocery bags are made of. Cardboard is too stiff, and corrugated cardboard has glue in it, which will scratch your work.
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(09-18-2017, 11:45 PM)AHill Wrote: Kraft paper. Same stuff paper grocery bags are made of. Cardboard is too stiff, and corrugated cardboard has glue in it, which will scratch your work.
^^^ This. No, it won't suffice for smoothing sanding marks. The principle behind the burnishing is heating and hardening the surface, not abrading it.
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Something you might try, just for fun, is to burnish with the smooth back side of your gouge.
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I haven't done a lot of turning and haven't for years now but I always used a handful of sawdust.
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(09-21-2017, 07:17 AM)Large Wooden Badger Wrote: I haven't done a lot of turning and haven't for years now but I always used a handful of sawdust.
Make sure it's not shavings from harder wood used on softer.
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