Jr. Woodchuck sending up flairs!!

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Cuttin' Craig

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Dear Walosi and other esteemed experienced woodchucks:

Got my Chitlangi from Uncle, and it is in the throws of the patent pending gunstock finish. I finished the third coat last night. the cross hatched checkering is time consuming, but the problem lies with the tons of @#%&! jewelers rouge in the wood. Normally I've been able to get to the wood surface by coat two, but it's still fairly red. Should I give the handle an alcohol bath ( Did this initially) after I take down the Gunstock oil finish to the semi-bare wood next time? Please pass along your pearls of wisdom, Por Favor!

-Craig:confused:
 
..all over again :) I went through this with mine, and posted a sorta solution. Murphy's Oil Soap (Wally World, household section). Dip a toothbrush in the neck and use the full concentrate. Scrub out two-three times, wiping down with a scrap T-shirt each time. I came to believe this was an attempt to dye the wood, in keeping with (maybe) the different brass treatment, and some traditional coloring (?) Whatever, it wasn't just rouge from the final polishing. Alchohol? BAD BAD!! Dries out the wood the wrong way, but the oil soap should correct just one treatment. Don't apply pressure to the checkering with anything hard until the soaping has dried completely - it will soften the checks (and the ring) and make them easy to chip. I let mine dry two days after soaping (and chipping off a square in the checkering) and then started the oil routine. Got a nice Saatisal result :) but still has a red hue to it - it won't all come out, which leads me to think it is a dye.
 
Whatever makes jewelers rouge red is the problem. It's just like, well maybe not "just like", the rouge women sometimes wear for rosy cheeks has a similar effect. Who knows it could probably be used for polishing too.:)
It almost reminds me of the blue grease we used to use for scraping in machine slides and other precise stuff. Can't recall the proper name for it right now but that damned blue got all over anything it touched and it spread for a mile with just a pin head drop of it!!!!!!
Went and looked at my Warehouse tool catalog, they're calling it "High Spot Blue" which works for me, but ain't what we called
it.:)

The problem with some of the jewelers rouges is that it's in a kind of hard grease base and heat melts it. When it melts the grease becomes more like an oil and we know what happens when oil gets on wood. It's carried into the grain. And at the heat the kamis generate with that 2 horse, or more, buffer they have it's also gonna help open the wood grain. It all adds up to the jewelers rouge dye being carried into the heatopened wood by the oil/grease base.
And it's gonna be especially hard to get outta the
grooves.

Bro Walosi has came up with about the best way to handle the problem. Anything more aggressive than the Murphy's is goona be to hard on the wood.
 
My dad tried to teach me to use it to high-spot jobs for a milling machine. After that, I knew why the Celts painted themselves blue - get a little on you, and you're mad enough to fight :D
 
Originally posted by Walosi
My dad tried to teach me to use it to high-spot jobs for a milling machine. After that, I knew why the Celts painted themselves blue - get a little on you, and you're mad enough to fight :D
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That's It!!!! Dayum my memory goes out at some awkward times.;)
And you're exactly right bro. I very tiny amount put under the handle on an engine lathe would be all over the guy running it by the end of the shift.
And ya better not let him find out who did it either!!!!:D
 
Great Wal, Great! I was certain you'd been down this road before. I was experiencing both ends of the spectrum at the same time: The uncooperative Chitlangi handle and the fantastic BGRS handle.

Another question, Wal: I'm assuming (normally dagerous!;) ) that the Murphy's come in a spray bottle now. I just remember the stuff in the jars growing up that you scooped out .

Also, just for clarification: Use the oil soap straight -work it in - and wipe it off. No rinsing just wiping between coats, Correct?

Thanks, Wal and Yvsa, for rescuing the marooned Woodchuck.

Boy it pays to send up flairs around here!:cool:

-Craig
 
...so send them up when the occasion arises. The Murphy's I have is a pint plastic bottle, with a 3/4" neck, just large enough to dip a toothbrush in, and remove it without spraying it all over the place. The directions recommend diluting it with various amounts of warm water (depending on the jobs) but I dipped it straight out of the bottle with the brush, and just wiped off the suds (and rouge), for IIRC three to five applications. In retrospect (since I chipped off the little square) it might be smarter to do two applications, let it dry, and then one or two more. Any liquid will soften wood, but when this dries it leaves the wood in good condition, as opposed to "dried out" as with water. The woods they intended it to be used on aren't hurt by a water dilution, but handles are, IMO, a little too susceptible to water damage after all their travels, plus having just been sanded down and steel wooled. This stuff is supposed to be like chicken soup for dry wood - "Couldn't hoit" ;) It may have been the grade of wood Durba used for the handle, but it seemed that the Tru-Oil set up a bit better and faster after the Murphy's scrubbings. I'm thinking (dangerous, like you said) about sanding down the burl-handled UBE one more time, using the Murphy's on it, and oiling it again. Problem is, if I ruined that burl the Woodchuck's code would force me to open a vein, with the other end of the UBE :eek:
 
Wal, by risking life and limb in pursuit of oil-finished excellence you could single handedly ( since you'd only have a single hand left, right....no left! afterwords:eek: :barf: ) elevate Woodchuckery to an extreme sport if you dare to "Better the Burl" according to the Woodchucks Code.

As Bartyles & James so eloquintly put it their wine coolers commercials, " Thank you for your support!"

-Craig
 
No need to send up flares anymore---

Just light up (blare of trumpets)....

THE WOODCHUCK SIGNAL...

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Wherever wood is at risk, Saatisal needs saving, Burl needs buffing, or walnut needs... uh... nutting (??), just hit the switch and the WOODCHUCKs will lope to the rescue.




Another friendly service of the HI forum... any resemblance to actual furry critters is totally circumstancial and by no means meant to insult/embarass said critters. Void where prohibited by law, action figures sold seperately...


:D:D:D

Alan
 
Nice work...your mother would be proud, but she is making jalapeno dip to take to the office. If she gets home with any, I'll show her your artwork. (Buy 'em books, send 'em to school, and all they do mumblegrumpgritch)......Can you really buy action figure Woodchucks?:cool:
 
HHHMMMmmm...Dust Bunnies might be really good at polishing handles....but would they give the knives back when they're done?:rolleyes:
 
It has been my experience to never trust a dust bunny. They are cute and fuzzy at first, but will grow big and ugly fast and before you know it, organize and try to take over the house :eek: . It can get ugly quick.... I wouldn't recommend arming them!!





Wal, thanks for your opinion on the woodchuck signal. What can I say... it was very late (early) and I was in a creative mood (or something) :rolleyes:.

Now you and Yvsa can be called from the far reaches of the world whenever trouble raises its ugly head in Khukdom ...


Alan
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino
Sot of reminds me of the Batman signal.
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Looks like the kami who bit one too many khukuris to check the steel and chipped his teeth out.:D

I got that from Readers Digest I think it was. A Dentist's wife was commenting on the Batman Searchlight and said something about the Batman signal reminding her of two incisors and two molars. I have never been able to see the Batman symbol since!!!!!!LMRRAO!!!!
 
Sort, not SOT. No wonder we used to get all those odd items come aboard the Warrington. I couldn't type requisitions any better than I can these posts I make here.

Captain: "Martino, I said a gold plated cup, NOT an old plated cup. Why don't you learn to type you lousy sob. I should court martial you."

Yessir.

But I never did and he never did!!!!!!!
 
... na na na na na na na.... WOODCHUCK!!!

:D:D:D

(now I'm going to have that theme song in my head all night)...


Alan
 
Alan: I had to run out of town before I could comment on the Pic. ----Most excellent! It almost made pepsi shoot out my nose! Ya know you should think about putting that on the Official HI Woodchuck tee!

Thanks for your graphic input--I've got it hanging up in my shop now:D

-Craig
 
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