Hi all,
Just bought some nice mahogany and african walnut logs and gave some drawings to a woodturner. He'll turn some barberstyle and beehive handles, and some simple cylindric ones I can use with DE razor kits. So far so good. I'm about to find a new hobby. Or get disappointed badly pretty soon.
So my questions. What's next once the turner did his job? (I'm not just a noob, but English is not even my mother tongue, and just recognized I don't have the necessary vocabulary here way out of my comfort zone.)
I guess I will need some untinted wood pickle (soak?) not to recolor my wood, but to enhance its grain. Or something that can change the color not covering the original nice grain of the wood. What shall I look for?
Then I assume the next thing is some water-resistant lacquer. What kind of lacquer will I need, and how do you create a long-lasting finish?
Can someone point me in the right direction? I will read everything of course, but I don't really know where to start.
Many thanks
szekelya
Just bought some nice mahogany and african walnut logs and gave some drawings to a woodturner. He'll turn some barberstyle and beehive handles, and some simple cylindric ones I can use with DE razor kits. So far so good. I'm about to find a new hobby. Or get disappointed badly pretty soon.
So my questions. What's next once the turner did his job? (I'm not just a noob, but English is not even my mother tongue, and just recognized I don't have the necessary vocabulary here way out of my comfort zone.)
I guess I will need some untinted wood pickle (soak?) not to recolor my wood, but to enhance its grain. Or something that can change the color not covering the original nice grain of the wood. What shall I look for?
Then I assume the next thing is some water-resistant lacquer. What kind of lacquer will I need, and how do you create a long-lasting finish?
Can someone point me in the right direction? I will read everything of course, but I don't really know where to start.
Many thanks
szekelya