Tru Oil Prep

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Jim from Illinois
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Re: Tru Oil Prep

Post by Jim from Illinois » Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:26 am

Hi Dave, I've been practicing on a scrap piece of mahogany, sanding with TO, and it's looking great. Will the slurry stain maple wood binding? How do you avoid that?
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Dave Bagwill
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Re: Tru Oil Prep

Post by Dave Bagwill » Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:12 pm

Hi Jim - Yep, the slurry can stain the bindings, so sealing them with some shellac is a good idea, as well as masking them - the narrow pinstriping tape from an auto parts store works fine for that, but any tape you have will do the job.
I'm glad to hear the slurry is working for you.
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Jim from Illinois
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Re: Tru Oil Prep

Post by Jim from Illinois » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:52 am

I have used Sealcoat too but is it any different than regular shellac flakes dissolved in DA? I would like to mix small amounts instead of having the quart of Sealcoat go bad over time.
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Jim
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ken cierp
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Re: Tru Oil Prep

Post by ken cierp » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:47 am

While SealCoat is primarily wax free shellac, I believe it contains added solids perhaps silica. Good question to ask the techs at Bull's Eye Zinser.
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Dave Bagwill
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Re: Tru Oil Prep

Post by Dave Bagwill » Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:22 pm

Here's a new (to me, anyway) application guide from Birchwood-Casey that covers such thing as how to get gloss or satin, pore filling and such. Useful.

https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/Manage/l ... -2013.aspx
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