My adventures with clear coat and a question or two. (All for for your amusement)
Have built about 70 cues and have tried cyno, cue coat, water based finish etc, etc. but not clear coat and aside from the warnings it still intrigued me.
So.... after inquiring on AZ, talking to my local body shop and watching a gazillion Utube videos, I took a small plunge.
I had a small compressor on hand, which I learned was adequate, so I went out and spent couple of hundred on other stuff. A gun, respirator, chemicals, and so on until I was ready to dig into it.
Back to Utube, to the body shop, and any one else I suspected had a clue about the subject. until this morning, when I wuz as ready as I ever would be to gett 'er on.
Had a cue with an ebony forearm and points that I had screwed up in another way and it was to be my first victim.
Dressed up with mask. hat, gloves, safety glasses, long sleeve shirt, shooed the cats away from the shop. Only thing missing was a set of scuba fins to make me look like a demented space man.
Loaded up the gun, took the cue out the back door, laid the wrap area on a 1" x6' board on saw horses and rolled it slowly as I applied the clear coat. Waited 15 minutes, laid another coat and so on 'till their were four coats on it. It's now sitting waiting to dry. It may be thoroughly dry before I get the gun cleaned and everything put away, but that's another story.
Now the questions.
How long should it dry before I fine sand and polish it?
No the finish isn't perfect. A few drops of overrun. Can they be sanded out or do I start over?
Is less clear coat and more coats the way to avoid the drip problem? I think so. Duhh....
How many coats on average have you found to be appropriate? Does it depend on the wood?
Bottom line, at this point is, I love the finish and want to continue as I get more efficiency and experience.
Your comments are welcome and appreciated.
Herb aka Weegee
Have built about 70 cues and have tried cyno, cue coat, water based finish etc, etc. but not clear coat and aside from the warnings it still intrigued me.
So.... after inquiring on AZ, talking to my local body shop and watching a gazillion Utube videos, I took a small plunge.
I had a small compressor on hand, which I learned was adequate, so I went out and spent couple of hundred on other stuff. A gun, respirator, chemicals, and so on until I was ready to dig into it.
Back to Utube, to the body shop, and any one else I suspected had a clue about the subject. until this morning, when I wuz as ready as I ever would be to gett 'er on.
Had a cue with an ebony forearm and points that I had screwed up in another way and it was to be my first victim.
Dressed up with mask. hat, gloves, safety glasses, long sleeve shirt, shooed the cats away from the shop. Only thing missing was a set of scuba fins to make me look like a demented space man.
Loaded up the gun, took the cue out the back door, laid the wrap area on a 1" x6' board on saw horses and rolled it slowly as I applied the clear coat. Waited 15 minutes, laid another coat and so on 'till their were four coats on it. It's now sitting waiting to dry. It may be thoroughly dry before I get the gun cleaned and everything put away, but that's another story.
Now the questions.
How long should it dry before I fine sand and polish it?
No the finish isn't perfect. A few drops of overrun. Can they be sanded out or do I start over?
Is less clear coat and more coats the way to avoid the drip problem? I think so. Duhh....
How many coats on average have you found to be appropriate? Does it depend on the wood?
Bottom line, at this point is, I love the finish and want to continue as I get more efficiency and experience.
Your comments are welcome and appreciated.
Herb aka Weegee
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