"If what you need to know about finishing isn't there, then you don't need to know about it! ", Terry Daniel, Ellijay, GA
At last, the video presentation of my "Finishing Secrets" messages. These are the same "Secrets" that I have shared in print format through the AAW Journal, local Chapter newsletters and demonstrations, and the Internet. Many woodturners have come to rely on these "Secrets" to learn the basic techniques for finishing turned wood, or to improve the finishes on their woodturnings. Now you can SEE how it is done, through the video medium.
Everything is here, the surface preparation, the finishes, how the finishes are used on real turning projects, and several topics that are new on these videos. These are presented in a six (6) hour presentation on 3 DVD discs. The VHS video tape version of the "Secrets" will still be available.
New topics
Several new topics have been added to the video version of "Finishing Secrets". These include waxes as a finish and grain enhancement, a thorough presentation of the buffing wheel, and CA glue as a grain-sealer and as a finish. There is also a discussion of the properties of the different finishes and their affect on the surface of the wood.
What is on the videos??
This is a copy of the contents from of each of the three (3) tapes in this set.
An introduction to finishing and preparing the surface for the "finish"
Introduction
The "3 Secrets" to a good finish
Hand sanding on the lathe
Power sanding
Topping it off with finer grits
The rythym and the dance
Sanding passively
Sanding in the real world (A large natural edge bowl
is sanded in real time)
Voids, cracks, and knotholes
Buffing for a surface and a finish
The Finishes DVD 2 of 3
Here is where we put something on the wood. The reasons for a finish and what a finish cannot do.
Why a finish
Why not a finish? What a finish cannot do.
Wax, the original finish
Wax to accent the wood grain
Dying the wood
Lacquer ,
the "Deft" touch
With a brush, Deftly
As a grain sealer
Spraying
Dipping
Shellac
Introduction to shellac
The french polish
The power polish
As a sanding sealer
Doing it with a brush
The Finishes (Cont'd), DVD 3 of 3
This tape is about friction polish, oils, varnishes, CA glue, and ends with a discussion of which might be the best finish for a piece of wood.
Friction polishes explained
The commercial products
A recipe for a homebrew polish
CA glue as a finish
Oils and Varnishes
Drying and non-drying explained
Mineral oil
What is in the can?
The label and the "submarine"
Selection a finish, the 7 reasons
Safety Meeting
Summary and conclusion
There isn't much more that I can tell you about
finishing turned wood.
This page was last updated: December 10, 2011
FINISHING SECRETS.... The Video
Everything I know about finishing turned wood
a video presentation
by Russ Fairfield
"Finishing Secrets"
Now on DVD
Technology has come through with a reasonably priced software that will allow me to offer the same 6-hours of "Finishing Secrets" in DVD. All orders received after November 15, 2005 will be shipped in DVD.
VHS will still be available for the same price to the US only, but you will have to specifically order the VHS tape version.
