Finishes for wood/leather

[ilan]

got one of stew excelent hoof knifes The handle as he said is functional , I found it a little uncomfortable to hold , so 15 mins with a file and i made some finger grips took off the "hard " back surface and gave it a bit of palm shaping . Stripping off the yellow varnish reveals a nice beech grain so i finished it with 600 grit . Wanting a waxed finnish i melted a mixture of pine resin, bees wax, linseed oil and turps in a jam jar in a bowl of hot water once melted i stirred in a tea spoon full of cedar wood oil. once set the resultant mixture is easy to apply to the wood a polishes up great and of course smells great to? Does any one have a pet mixture they use on leather or wood ?

 

[fred gordon]

Hi,
That sound ideal for a box I want to protect. Any chance of the proportions for the ingredients?

 

[leon-1]

got one of stew excelent hoof knifes The handle as he said is functional , I found it a little uncomfortable to hold , so 15 mins with a file and i made some finger grips took off the "hard " back surface and gave it a bit of palm shaping . Stripping off the yellow varnish reveals a nice beech grain so i finished it with 600 grit . Wanting a waxed finnish i melted a mixture of pine resin, bees wax, linseed oil and turps in a jam jar in a bowl of hot water once melted i stirred in a tea spoon full of cedar wood oil. once set the resultant mixture is easy to apply to the wood a polishes up great and of course smells great to? Does any one have a pet mixture they use on leather or wood ?

Sounds a good mix, I have been using a mixture of linseed, beeswax, carnuba wax, tung oil and turps. It gives quite a nice finish.

 

[ilan]

must admit its a bit of try it and see if its to runny just melt in more bees wax think it must have been
2 heaped table spoons bees wax 2 of turps 1 linseed oil lump of resin about the size of a large acorn and a tea spoon full of cedar oil i melted it all in a jam jar in a bowl of boiling water ian

 

[Marts]

got one of stew excelent hoof knifes The handle as he said is functional , I found it a little uncomfortable to hold , so 15 mins with a file and i made some finger grips took off the "hard " back surface and gave it a bit of palm shaping . Stripping off the yellow varnish reveals a nice beech grain so i finished it with 600 grit . Wanting a waxed finnish i melted a mixture of pine resin, bees wax, linseed oil and turps in a jam jar in a bowl of hot water once melted i stirred in a tea spoon full of cedar wood oil. once set the resultant mixture is easy to apply to the wood a polishes up great and of course smells great to? Does any one have a pet mixture they use on leather or wood ?

Any pictures of the knife Ilan? I'm looking for some inspiration on altering the handle on my hoof knife.

 

[pierre girard]

got one of stew excelent hoof knifes The handle as he said is functional , I found it a little uncomfortable to hold , so 15 mins with a file and i made some finger grips took off the "hard " back surface and gave it a bit of palm shaping . Stripping off the yellow varnish reveals a nice beech grain so i finished it with 600 grit . Wanting a waxed finnish i melted a mixture of pine resin, bees wax, linseed oil and turps in a jam jar in a bowl of hot water once melted i stirred in a tea spoon full of cedar wood oil. once set the resultant mixture is easy to apply to the wood a polishes up great and of course smells great to? Does any one have a pet mixture they use on leather or wood ?

On leather, I use carnuba wax.

PG