♫ εηdεd ♫ Pepper Mill Swap . . . With 'A Twist'

Cliff here's one of the monkeypod mills finished with Dr Walnut's pens plus. Nothing but that. 4 coats.
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Here's one that was soaked liberally with DO 3 days ago and hit with 3 coats of Dr Walnut pens plus today.
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The other side of the DO + Dr Walnut . . .
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I don't like either finish. I guess once you use your body shop buddy you are forever spoiled and nothing can ever compare. Here's your mill. The bleach didn't get all of it white but Ithink once it's finished it'll balance out. But the question is do you really want me to do the DO + Dr Walnut? Because I suck at this. I am pretty good with a rattle can of lacquer though . . .

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semi gloss lacquer right? How am I going to buff the live edge part?

@woodintyuuu
 
P.S. I don't own a buffing system. :blush-33:
 
I bought one of the Beal Knock offs- cheap and works great.
Some of us that are not even in the Pepper mill exchange are getting mills- Must be part of the Twist- Or maybe a Twisted :irish:

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Thank You...........
 
Wildthings said:
What's in between the 2 towers of fire - a piece of granite?
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I guess I should said something about that little chunk of gold. It is hickory burl that the crazy texican irishman gave away. I have Anchor sealed it and hidden away until it dries. BEAUTIFUL stuff. It almost looks like a south western scene.

Thanks Kevin I sure wish you would not have sent it to me though- now I am stuck with the quest of finding more....... And I do not even like hickory- well except in my smoker.
 
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I will chime in on finish- Oil will darken and poly is durable. wipe on poly. arm-r-seal The finish for dummies...........
 
Been down that road too. Like I said I don't think I will ever find a finish I like all things considered. Except the body shop. I bet I'm the only one here that's ever done that. I also bet if any of you ever did, you'd also be forever spoiled. Take my word . . . don't do it. Either that or send it to Mike Jones and let him finish it.
 
Kevin said:
Been down that road too. Like I said I don't think I will ever find a finish I like all things considered. Except the body shop. I bet I'm the only one here that's ever done that. I also bet if any of you ever did, you'd also be forever spoiled. Take my word . . . don't do it. Either that or send it to Mike Jones and let him finish it.
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I have been using the WOP and then using wax and steel wool- it feels and looks wonderful. Perfect- is but an illusion.
 
Mike1950 said:
I have been using the WOP and then using wax and steel wool- it feels and looks wonderful. Perfect- is but an illusion.
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I respectfully disagree.
 
Kevin said:
semi gloss lacquer right? How am I going to buff the live edge part?

@woodintyuuu
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yes semigloss laquer a buffing pad in a drill will be fine until it isint you can get cupla pads for cheap at the hd or auto parts store and get a slop of compound at same time, will be great Or charge um with rouge and stay out of the natural edge part , tripoli and carnuba wax done deal
 
Kevin I've been down that road. I use the two part automotive clear coat to put a wet look gloss for my final coat on the fish that I mount for customers. I built a custom black lacquer fish aquarium cabinet for my son and we used the automotive finish on it. It looked as wet as the aquarium did. It's just a real pita to setup for and to cleanup for just one item.
 
@woodintyuuu Cliff I got it done for beter r worse. All I'll say about the finish is that it isn't quite terrible. I'll have to ask you to buff it if you desire. Hope you like it.

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I have to admit it's a damn site prettier than the other one I made for you lol.
 
Kevin, I don't know about Cliff, but I'd be darn proud to own that! Great job!!
 
Shout out to @TimR for showing me a better way to make these mills. I never thought of doing the tenon the way he did mine. I've been using his idea and experimenting with various sizes. I was using tenons before but not insetting the mechanism top into the tenon all the way like that. That's Tim's mill top on the right with the ladybug on it. Tim also turned me on to archive pens. I learned a lot from all of you in this swap thank you all who helped me and who participate.

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And i'm happy I wasn't the last to finish. :lol::rofl::lol:
 
Mike1950 said:
Looks like you took that pic on the big ol Persimmon.
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It is a persimmon but not the one I felled recently. Ronnie Packard called me a month or so ago and said come get a persimmon log my neighbor is gonna burn it. I says oki doki. :smile:
 
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