I know this vid is over 4 years old but I want to thank you for making it. I have been turning pens for a few months now and was using the CA method with pretty good results. But tonight I went and bought the items used in your video and finished a black walnut pen in this juice and WOW did it come out beautiful 10 times better than the CA and 10 times faster. Thank you Cap'n and O.B.
Eddie I can't stress how valuable the information you put out is including this video! It has helped me learn so much about wood turning and get started. Denatured alcohol is called methylated spirits here in Australia and elsewhere. The lac beetle is an insect that lives in India and Thailand. They suck resin out of certain trees where its chemically changed in their body and then they secrete it all over the tree branches. Its harvested by cutting branches of the trees processed to remove the resin.
very true! and also to be a nerd-the insect is not a beetle (despite the fact that it is often confusingly referred to as one) but a "true bug"-a scale insect in the insect order Hemiptera.
Concerning linseed oil: BLO is simply raw Linseed oil with Cobalt dryer/catalyst. The name is confusing because they used to boil it with a lead oxide which worked as a catalyst, plus the boiling increased the molecular weight by getting some of the oil molecules to start polymerizing. Now if the linseed oil is actually boiled it is usual called double boiled linseed oil. It has the catalyst and has been boiled. Raw linseed oil also called stand oil is simply linseed oil without the metal catalyst. The linseed oil will still polymerize over time only slower. Polymerization happens when the oxygen in the air forms radical at the unsaturated double bonds in the oil and cross-link with other oil molecules. Concerning Shellac: Shellac has a pot life of about one year once put in the can with denatured alcohol by the manufacturers.pot life
I like French polish Oui j’aime beaucoup!!. Thank you for your recipe. Very informative. You know what? Your a heck of a good sport. You present so well. Be safe.
great info on the O.B juice. I really appreciate the simple mixing instructions; I too am challenged on fractions or at least was the case in school. love you videos and have learned a ton.
Hey Capt. Eddie, I'm going to try this finish. I usually use beeswax and mineral oil but never too old (I'm 69!) to try something new. By the way when I've used a liquid friction polish I just use an small aluminum basting pan I bought from the dollar (now $1.25 🥴) store. It fits exactly under the chuck and sits securely on the bed. Catches any drips just fine. Good video and still relevant MANY YEARS after you first posted it.
I mixed up some Shine Juice last night and tried it out on a small bowl I was finishing. Wow! That stuff really shines up nicely. Shine Juice is a good name for it. I mixed up some concentrate in a mason jar and then added more denatured alcohol and mixed it in a squeeze bottle to use. Works great! Thanks for the tip! Larry
Finally got around to making some of this O.B. Shine Juice. Thank You for saving me a ton of money while making a very effective and attractive finishing for just about everything I turn out on the lathe. Salute, Captain !
Just wanted to add my kudos to your videos. I went out and bought the products for this shine juice today. I turned a little egg cup and applied it. I was so happy with the results. I have just started turning and enjoy your videos. Thanks and keep it up.
I found a product called Butchers Block at Lowes that is food safe and is much less effort to put on. 3 to 4 coats on a bowl with a paper towel and it looks like glass. Thought I would pass it on. Have enjoyed your show many times over the years. Thanks my friend.
Butcher's Block oil is great, but it's just plain Mineral Oil. Looks good for a few months, then evaporates off and has to be reapplied. It does NOT build up a finish like shellac, Linseed, poly, CA, lacquer, etc that gives the glassy look. However, Butcher's Block Oil IS food safe (in fact it's sold cheaply at drug stores as a laxative), but just know it has to be reapplied regularly and offers no actual hardening protection.
Sounds like a French Polish. I make period furniture and pad on shellac as I am terrible with brushed finishes. I love your videos. Thanks for making them Frank (VA)
love the sign! I'm lucky as I live 2 blocks from a tree service dumpsite! I chop wood for charity ... but keep some to turn. You are an inspiration to this novice turner Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm headed to get those ingrediants TODAY!!
I’m retired now and have fallen in love with yet another adventure in my art world. I haven’t even bought a lathe yet but I’m taking a class first...last time I turned I lost a thumb nail and almost a thumb! Haven’t done it since...so I shall try again! Thank you. For all your info...
Another great money saving idea. I already have those items in the shop and now I can use them. Thanks. Cap. Well better get back to work, building my new bench. Tom
Thanks for recipe! By-the-way: shellac is not made fro wings, but from the pooh of the female Lac beetle. Not only is Lac Beetle pooh refined into shellac for wood, but also into a product used to make food shinny...like M&Ms.
BALDY NEEDS TO VAPE SOME CANNABIS HOME GROWN.I HOPE HE DOESENT SMOKE THESE INGREEDIENTS.HE SHOULD HAVE BLAZED UP A JOINT OR BOWLFULL PIPEFULLS .MARIHUANA $$
Cap'n Eddie I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed this video!!! I happened upon it doing some research on Lathes and such, as I am probably going to try turning some wood sometime. The narrative was great and I can tell you have a fabulous way of communicating with people. I wish other people's videos on You Tube were half as good as this one. As I have time I look forward to watching other ones you have produced as well as checking out your Web Site. Thanks again for the info and making me laugh! Best Regards, John Ebell
I'm fairly new to turning, alot if what I have learned came from watching turni g videos. I had heard of shine juice and finally got serious, went to google and they brought me to capt. Eddies. I have a few pieces of pecan I got from my nephew and wanted to expand on what I've learned. I turned some green wild cherry about a month back and use spray clear paint. Nice but want to learn all I can.......
I use my shellac-mixture without any oil. I bring it on the rotating piece with paper towel as often as i like and then i put beeswax or floorwax with very fine steelwool on it and it shines like a (diamond?) ;-)
Thanks for the video,I tried using this finish awhile back from your tips package and was unhappy with the finish. But now I see I was applying it wrong so I will try it again on the next piece I turn. Keep the videos coming I have learned a lot from them.
Over the weekend I made some of this shine juice. Oh man! do I like this stuff! turned a set of salt & pepper grinders from zebra wood,,,,oh boy did this stuff make the finish!
Thankyou for the tip....I make a lot of goblets, and I love to shine it on the lathe.... always concerned about food safe..... so I shine it with olive oil......then I was told olive oil could develop bacteria..... so we don't use them just display them.....also with the oil..... you constantly have to re shine them...... again thanks for the tip......
You are spot on with the "never bring a rag to the lathe" Cap'n Eddie, when I first started working in a machine shop, I was wearing cotton gloves on a drill press and made hand just got NEAR the bit and it grabbed the glove and freakin' near broke my hand! Great safety point and good work!
jim bettridge I worked machine shops for years too. One was so cold I had to wear a winter parka at the lathe. I was terrified the whole time. Those shavings are a real danger.
@jbailey8129 Just to be clear, I used pure tung oil. I believe minwax is a modified tung oil with driers and other such additives which may make it tacky, they also may interfere with the shellac and how it cures. I know the pure stuff didn't get tacky and it cured just fine. Still, paraffin oil is super cheap and I have a ton of it (it's lamp oil), so I'll keep on using that. A luthier actually turned me onto french polishing with paraffin oil. Gotta say, it works great!
Hey Capt. Eddie, I've got that formula from your tips package and actually bought the ingredients...well, I need to get some more denatured alcohol now. I just need to mix some up and try it. I'm looking forward to it. I'll have to use it on my next bowl. Hey, have you ever turned chinaberry? It's a beautiful wood, and it grows wild all over the place. Birds eat the berries and drop the seeds far and wide so I'm sure it grows in your area, too. If you haven't, you should give it a try. Larry
Eddie, Great video as always. I have all these items in my shop and I will be giving this juice mixture a shot. I like the look of it and will try it an different wood. BTW I love all your videos as they are very informative. I also look at your web site and am woeking on getting the funds together to buy some of your tools that you make. I am no good at making tools but can see the use in the ones you have made. Great job.
So after having a heck of a time trying to find denatured alcohol on the west coast of Canada, I tried Isopropanol, thinking that should be just as good. Nope it ain't. It's cut to a certain % with water. In my case 50/50. Turned my shine juice to wet cottage cheese (water and oil, right). Switched to Methyl Hydrate. 99.9% pure. Works great. $5.00/L at Canadian Tire.
Hi,I have bought 2 centrifugal plates,steel and aliminium,but they dont fit to either my small or large chucks,the chuck teeth holes are to close on my chucks,please advise
@Aharndts Never tried or even heard of that...... but I will definitely research it...... It's funny I've been a carpenter/wood worker for ( wow ) 38 years now.(where does the time go ) ... one of my new found passions is the wood lathe ( as of 4 yrs ago ) I never had to worry about someone trying stick a piece of my furniture in their mouth before, and I love making goblets.... so food safe finishes are a concern to me when I give them to customers as a gift......
Hey buddy I hope you are having a fantastic day Well in my country I can't find any of thee denatured alcohol 🤦🏻♂️is there anything I could exchange with?
Good day to you Cap’n. I’ve followed your video to the letter and don’t get the finish you do with the Shine Juice. It’s given my work a bit of a sheen but I’ve seen other videos where the finish is like glass! I’m not getting anywhere near such a gloss finish. What am I doing wrong? I apply with a paper towel using enough pressure to hurt my hands. I’m doing several coats. I need a little Cap’n magic!
Have you used Isopropyl alcohol at the same or higher proof in place of the denatured alcohol? Here in California the denatured stuff has been irrationally outlawed.
@LJG781 Have you ever tried putting the goblets in a stock pot of Bee's wax? I simmer them for about an Hour. Pull them out gently pull off the excess, then buff to a nice satin luster. The Plus side, It is almost Hypo Allergenic... Except by those allergic to Bee's wax.
I have tried the OBSJ on a couple of bowls and I am real happy with the results. I only problem I am having is at the center of the inside of the bowl where I get rings/ridges. I have tried ramping up the speed (a lot) and I can't seem to get a smooth finish in the center. Any suggestions?
Hi Captn. Eddie, I made a batch of OB shine juice and the sanding wax yesterday. They both work great. Can you recommend a mind abrasive to put in the wax as a polish that would compare to the EEE shine wax. Best wishes , and Thanks as always.
I used the shine juice on a segmented vase. It seems that applying poly over waxed shellac is not recommended. The shine finish is not as glossy as I hoped. Any suggestions?
Hi , I have a quick question on the shine juice, I have been told to leave a oil finish for 3 weeks to let cure before covering with wax . Is it the same with shine juice?
Great video ! Are you from the Lafayette area ? I live north of Scott and am thinking of getting into wood turning as my next hobby. Would love to drop in on a Bayou Wood turning meeting and pick a few brains. Any info would be appreciated !!
By law... all finishes have to be food safe after they cure. We call some finishes "Food Safe." Like walnut oil or mineral oil.... but what we mean is... easy to take care of finish. You can put a poly on a bowl and once it cures... it is food safe. But once it wears (if used for food)... you've go a pain in the butt to refinish. But, walnut and mineral oil... any one can fix up... ever for someone who doesn't turn.
I have heard that some people use bees wax in their friction polish. Is that possible to mix it in and if so how would you go about doing it so the wax does not solidify and how much would you use in a 1 to1 to 1 solution?
I love your projects Eddie,u are awesome,pls can u tell me how to mix Shellac flakes with BLO and DNA to make O.B shine juice,On your video i see u use solved shellac,but i have SHELLAC FLAKES. thx u for answer
The Zinsser Clear Shellac he uses is a 3lb cut (meaning the ratio is 3lb of shellac flakes per gallon). Since he uses 1/3 oil, 1/3 Zinsser clear shellac, 1/3 denatured alcohol, we see that he has a 1:1 mix of the Zinsser to denatured alcohol. In other words, he’s diluting the 3lb cut to a 1.5lb cut. So if using shellac flakes, make a 1.5lb cut mix. Then use 1/3 oil, 2/3 of your 1.5 lb cut mix! Hope that helps!
Hello Cap'n! I've watched this video over and over again, just to check if I missed something but the result is the same. I followed the recipe for the formula. (about four times) but when I apply it, I get shiny stripes all over the piece. I tried slow and fast speeds but I cant get it right. I was wandering if anyone had the same problem as me and if you can tell me what I am doing wrong. Thank you for all the knowledge you share.
Had to come back and visit just for this. Thanks Captain
Cap'n, thanks for the recipe. You re truly a riot to watch. I'll have to watch more of your videos
I know this vid is over 4 years old but I want to thank you for making it. I have been turning pens for a few months now and was using the CA method with pretty good results. But tonight I went and bought the items used in your video and finished a black walnut pen in this juice and WOW did it come out beautiful 10 times better than the CA and 10 times faster. Thank you Cap'n and O.B.
Eddie I can't stress how valuable the information you put out is including this video! It has helped me learn so much about wood turning and get started. Denatured alcohol is called methylated spirits here in Australia and elsewhere. The lac beetle is an insect that lives in India and Thailand. They suck resin out of certain trees where its chemically changed in their body and then they secrete it all over the tree branches. Its harvested by cutting branches of the trees processed to remove the resin.
very true! and also to be a nerd-the insect is not a beetle (despite the fact that it is often confusingly referred to as one) but a "true bug"-a scale insect in the insect order Hemiptera.
tips like these keep new woodworkers going, thank you.
Concerning linseed oil:
BLO is simply raw Linseed oil with Cobalt dryer/catalyst. The name is confusing because they used to boil it with a lead oxide which worked as a catalyst, plus the boiling increased the molecular weight by getting some of the oil molecules to start polymerizing. Now if the linseed oil is actually boiled it is usual called double boiled linseed oil. It has the catalyst and has been boiled.
Raw linseed oil also called stand oil is simply linseed oil without the metal catalyst. The linseed oil will still polymerize over time only slower. Polymerization happens when the oxygen in the air forms radical at the unsaturated double bonds in the oil and cross-link with other oil molecules.
Concerning Shellac: Shellac has a pot life of about one year once put in the can with denatured alcohol by the manufacturers.pot life
I like French polish Oui j’aime beaucoup!!. Thank you for your recipe. Very informative. You know what? Your a heck of a good sport. You present so well. Be safe.
great info on the O.B juice. I really appreciate the simple mixing instructions; I too am challenged on fractions or at least was the case in school. love you videos and have learned a ton.
Hey Capt. Eddie, I'm going to try this finish. I usually use beeswax and mineral oil but never too old (I'm 69!) to try something new. By the way when I've used a liquid friction polish I just use an small aluminum basting pan I bought from the dollar (now $1.25 🥴) store. It fits exactly under the chuck and sits securely on the bed. Catches any drips just fine. Good video and still relevant MANY YEARS after you first posted it.
I mixed up some Shine Juice last night and tried it out on a small bowl I was finishing. Wow! That stuff really shines up nicely. Shine Juice is a good name for it. I mixed up some concentrate in a mason jar and then added more denatured alcohol and mixed it in a squeeze bottle to use. Works great! Thanks for the tip!
Larry
Finally got around to making some of this O.B. Shine Juice. Thank You for saving me a ton of money while making a very effective and attractive finishing for just about everything I turn out on the lathe. Salute, Captain !
I have used this for years love it thanks for the memories Eddie
Just wanted to add my kudos to your videos. I went out and bought the products for this shine juice today. I turned a little egg cup and applied it. I was so happy with the results. I have just started turning and enjoy your videos. Thanks and keep it up.
I found a product called Butchers Block at Lowes that is food safe and is much less effort to put on. 3 to 4 coats on a bowl with a paper towel and it looks like glass. Thought I would pass it on. Have enjoyed your show many times over the years. Thanks my friend.
Butcher's Block oil is great, but it's just plain Mineral Oil. Looks good for a few months, then evaporates off and has to be reapplied. It does NOT build up a finish like shellac, Linseed, poly, CA, lacquer, etc that gives the glassy look. However, Butcher's Block Oil IS food safe (in fact it's sold cheaply at drug stores as a laxative), but just know it has to be reapplied regularly and offers no actual hardening protection.
Sounds like a French Polish. I make period furniture and pad on shellac as I am terrible with brushed finishes. I love your videos. Thanks for making them
Frank (VA)
love the sign! I'm lucky as I live 2 blocks from a tree service dumpsite! I chop wood for charity ... but keep some to turn. You are an inspiration to this novice turner Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm headed to get those ingrediants TODAY!!
Thanks a ton Eddie. Greta entertainment along with an education!
I’m retired now and have fallen in love with yet another adventure in my art world. I haven’t even bought a lathe yet but I’m taking a class first...last time I turned I lost a thumb nail and almost a thumb! Haven’t done it since...so I shall try again! Thank you. For all your info...
Many thanks. This is really useful. You're a natural as a teacher and video maker.
Another great money saving idea. I already have those items in the shop and now I can use them. Thanks. Cap. Well better get back to work, building my new bench.
Tom
Thanks for recipe! By-the-way: shellac is not made fro wings, but from the pooh of the female Lac beetle. Not only is Lac Beetle pooh refined into shellac for wood, but also into a product used to make food shinny...like M&Ms.
Man, and I used to like M&M's.
BALDY NEEDS TO VAPE SOME CANNABIS HOME GROWN.I HOPE HE DOESENT SMOKE THESE INGREEDIENTS.HE SHOULD HAVE BLAZED UP A JOINT OR BOWLFULL PIPEFULLS .MARIHUANA $$
Also probably what Clark Griswold used in his non-nutritive cereal varnish 😂
That bowl is spectacular.!
funny guy :) great video - thanks for sharing
its good to know why its called OB and its good to know that you knew him. also im going elliptical circular or you know round and round :D
This looks like an old video but I've learnt so much!
11years late to the party, but at 83 , I'm not to old to learn something new. Gotta get some shellac tomorrow
Cap'n Eddie I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed this video!!! I happened upon it doing some research on Lathes and such, as I am probably going to try turning some wood sometime. The narrative was great and I can tell you have a fabulous way of communicating with people. I wish other people's videos on You Tube were half as good as this one. As I have time I look forward to watching other ones you have produced as well as checking out your Web Site. Thanks again for the info and making me laugh! Best Regards, John Ebell
Love your intro music
Great demo Eddie! Still works today as it did then.
O B Shine Juice is SUPERB! After curing a couple days I apply carnauba wax and buff.
I'm fairly new to turning, alot if what I have learned came from watching turni g videos. I had heard of shine juice and finally got serious, went to google and they brought me to capt. Eddies. I have a few pieces of pecan I got from my nephew and wanted to expand on what I've learned. I turned some green wild cherry about a month back and use spray clear paint. Nice but want to learn all I can.......
I use my shellac-mixture without any oil. I bring it on the rotating piece with paper towel as often as i like and then i put beeswax or floorwax with very fine steelwool on it and it shines like a (diamond?) ;-)
This stuff really works, as long as you can remember to get the complex formula mixed properly.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for the video,I tried using this finish awhile back from your tips package and was unhappy with the finish. But now I see I was applying it wrong so I will try it again on the next piece I turn. Keep the videos coming I have learned a lot from them.
Love watching and listening to you. You remind me of granddaddy ( he was full of bull to) he used to make me spinner tops. With i was 8 to10
Hi cap'n iv come over prom Doug drop pohl barn's recomendation ,this shine juice is great I use it all the time .subbed you man
Over the weekend I made some of this shine juice. Oh man! do I like this stuff! turned a set of salt & pepper grinders from zebra wood,,,,oh boy did this stuff make the finish!
Good video! I am from Lafayette and live in Lafayette!
Capt'n Eddie I love you videos. If I ever roll through LA I gotta stop by and see ya.
Thankyou for the tip....I make a lot of goblets, and I love to shine it on the lathe.... always concerned about food safe..... so I shine it with olive oil......then I was told olive oil could develop bacteria..... so we don't use them just display them.....also with the oil..... you constantly have to re shine them...... again thanks for the tip......
Tried your Shine juice. Worked great! Thanks for the info.
You are spot on with the "never bring a rag to the lathe" Cap'n Eddie, when I first started working in a machine shop, I was wearing cotton gloves on a drill press and made hand just got NEAR the bit and it grabbed the glove and freakin' near broke my hand! Great safety point and good work!
jim bettridge I worked machine shops for years too. One was so cold I had to wear a winter parka at the lathe. I was terrified the whole time. Those shavings are a real danger.
thanks for the recipe!! Time to make chips!!! (AND, Make the project shine!!)
Thank you 👍
@jbailey8129 Just to be clear, I used pure tung oil. I believe minwax is a modified tung oil with driers and other such additives which may make it tacky, they also may interfere with the shellac and how it cures.
I know the pure stuff didn't get tacky and it cured just fine.
Still, paraffin oil is super cheap and I have a ton of it (it's lamp oil), so I'll keep on using that. A luthier actually turned me onto french polishing with paraffin oil. Gotta say, it works great!
Hey Capt. Eddie, I've got that formula from your tips package and actually bought the ingredients...well, I need to get some more denatured alcohol now. I just need to mix some up and try it. I'm looking forward to it. I'll have to use it on my next bowl.
Hey, have you ever turned chinaberry? It's a beautiful wood, and it grows wild all over the place. Birds eat the berries and drop the seeds far and wide so I'm sure it grows in your area, too. If you haven't, you should give it a try.
Larry
Thank you capt. Eddie it works great on my pens
Eddie,
Great video as always. I have all these items in my shop and I will be giving this juice mixture a shot. I like the look of it and will try it an different wood. BTW I love all your videos as they are very informative. I also look at your web site and am woeking on getting the funds together to buy some of your tools that you make. I am no good at making tools but can see the use in the ones you have made. Great job.
Thank you Cap'n! I use this finish all the time!
Thanks for sharing your juice!
Great tip! I'll try this. Thanks.
So after having a heck of a time trying to find denatured alcohol on the west coast of Canada, I tried Isopropanol, thinking that should be just as good. Nope it ain't. It's cut to a certain % with water. In my case 50/50. Turned my shine juice to wet cottage cheese (water and oil, right). Switched to Methyl Hydrate. 99.9% pure. Works great. $5.00/L at Canadian Tire.
i think denatured alcohol 'methylated spirits' outside the US
Hello Cap'n
Just wanted to say thanks. I tried the shine juice, and love it! I used the orange shellac because I had it and I like the color it gives.
Nice video. new to your channel but as they say better late than never.
Hi,I have bought 2 centrifugal plates,steel and aliminium,but they dont fit to either my small or large chucks,the chuck teeth holes are to close on my chucks,please advise
Great info thanks! Can I use other oils like Mineral, Tung or Danish Oil instead of Boiled Linseed Oil?
@Aharndts Never tried or even heard of that...... but I will definitely research it...... It's funny I've been a carpenter/wood worker for ( wow ) 38 years now.(where does the time go ) ... one of my new found passions is the wood lathe ( as of 4 yrs ago ) I never had to worry about someone trying stick a piece of my furniture in their mouth before, and I love making goblets.... so food safe finishes are a concern to me when I give them to customers as a gift......
Shellac is collected in asia from branches the Lac bug deposits it on. They do not use Lac wings to make shellac.
Very Informative, thanks!
Hey buddy
I hope you are having a fantastic day
Well in my country I can't find any of thee denatured alcohol 🤦🏻♂️is there anything I could exchange with?
Thanks mister! Is methyl hydrate can replace the denaturated alcohol ? Its seem to be very rare in Canada...
Good day to you Cap’n. I’ve followed your video to the letter and don’t get the finish you do with the Shine Juice. It’s given my work a bit of a sheen but I’ve seen other videos where the finish is like glass! I’m not getting anywhere near such a gloss finish. What am I doing wrong? I apply with a paper towel using enough pressure to hurt my hands. I’m doing several coats. I need a little Cap’n magic!
Bullseye makes 3 different Shellac's oil based, alcohol based, and water based all in the same type can, which one do you use?
Can you put a Polly over shine juice to seal the shine
@Ron4701 I've done well with that, but if you heat it up too much, you will move it. I often buff it our with a wax pad and nothing more.
Have you used Isopropyl alcohol at the same or higher proof in place of the denatured alcohol? Here in California the denatured stuff has been irrationally outlawed.
What would the result be of using raw linseed oil instead of boiled linseed oil?
Does anyone know of this is suitable for outdoor use on a stool top that will be under a roof. So outside but not rained on directly.
How do you make the sanding sealer?
@LJG781
Have you ever tried putting the goblets in a stock pot of Bee's wax? I simmer them for about an Hour. Pull them out gently pull off the excess, then buff to a nice satin luster. The Plus side, It is almost Hypo Allergenic... Except by those allergic to Bee's wax.
Great video, makes me wonder if the formula for Mylands Friction polish is about the same, since when it separates it looks very similar.
Thank you
Hey Captain. Love your videos. Why do I get streaks and dry spots in my shine juice finish?
I have tried the OBSJ on a couple of bowls and I am real happy with the results. I only problem I am having is at the center of the inside of the bowl where I get rings/ridges. I have tried ramping up the speed (a lot) and I can't seem to get a smooth finish in the center. Any suggestions?
Bags out of cereal boxes are cheap and work as well as bought wax paper.
Hi Captn. Eddie, I made a batch of OB shine juice and the sanding wax yesterday. They both work great. Can you recommend a mind abrasive to put in the wax as a polish that would compare to the EEE shine wax. Best wishes , and Thanks as always.
How about keeping it in the bottles the alcohol comes in?
Captain, I made the juice as you said. However, the shine is not as gloss as Mylanta friction polish. Why?
great eddie so can I use isopropyl alcohol cause I live in mexicali but I can not find it thanks
Hi... I used the same measure eg 200mls of each on Cedar but it just would not "Shine" as you show... please advise..Cheers.
I used the OB shine juice for the first time today and I mixed it with raw linseed oil. Why exactly shouldn't I use the raw one?
I used the shine juice on a segmented vase. It seems that applying poly over waxed shellac is not recommended. The shine finish is not as glossy as I hoped. Any suggestions?
How durable is this finish please ❓❓❓❓
I was anxious to try this but didn't have denatured alc handy. Turns out it works pretty good with mineral spirits too!
Hi , I have a quick question on the shine juice, I have been told to leave a oil finish for 3 weeks to let cure before covering with wax . Is it the same with shine juice?
Great video ! Are you from the Lafayette area ? I live north of Scott and am thinking of getting into wood turning as my next hobby. Would love to drop in on a Bayou Wood turning meeting and pick a few brains. Any info would be appreciated !!
By law... all finishes have to be food safe after they cure. We call some finishes "Food Safe." Like walnut oil or mineral oil.... but what we mean is... easy to take care of finish. You can put a poly on a bowl and once it cures... it is food safe. But once it wears (if used for food)... you've go a pain in the butt to refinish. But, walnut and mineral oil... any one can fix up... ever for someone who doesn't turn.
Keep in the Frig. Slows down or stops loss of alcohol.
I have heard that some people use bees wax in their friction polish. Is that possible to mix it in and if so how would you go about doing it so the wax does not solidify and how much would you use in a 1 to1 to 1 solution?
what is the best finish process for a peppermill
Can o.b. Shine juice be used on Mahoney walnut oil finish?
Could I use tough oil in place of the boiled linseed oil?
I love your projects Eddie,u are awesome,pls can u tell me how to mix Shellac flakes with BLO and DNA to make O.B shine juice,On your video i see u use solved shellac,but i have SHELLAC FLAKES.
thx u for answer
The Zinsser Clear Shellac he uses is a 3lb cut (meaning the ratio is 3lb of shellac flakes per gallon). Since he uses 1/3 oil, 1/3 Zinsser clear shellac, 1/3 denatured alcohol, we see that he has a 1:1 mix of the Zinsser to denatured alcohol. In other words, he’s diluting the 3lb cut to a 1.5lb cut.
So if using shellac flakes, make a 1.5lb cut mix. Then use 1/3 oil, 2/3 of your 1.5 lb cut mix! Hope that helps!
Captain, got the clear shellac yesterday. Have DNA and BLO. Best way to measure the equal parts? Looking forward to using the OBSJ.
@@knothead5 I use small mason jars, measure with folding rule. Seals tight, store upside down
@@eddiecastelin8341 Thanks. Wife has zillions of jars. Thought about the inert gas in Bloxygen to keep the DNA from evaporating.
Hi i can't fined clear Shellac in south africa can i use the flakes ?
Eddie, love the video's. I have a quick question. How well does this finish work on naturally oily woods like Cocobollo?
Hello Cap'n!
I've watched this video over and over again, just to check if I missed something but the result is the same.
I followed the recipe for the formula. (about four times) but when I apply it, I get shiny stripes all over the piece. I tried slow and fast speeds but I cant get it right. I was wandering if anyone had the same problem as me and if you can tell me what I am doing wrong.
Thank you for all the knowledge you share.
Ferrer R I know it’s been four years, but I have the same issue. Found a solution?
will come thru rubber gasket but not plastic gasket that is on the alcohol can as it appears
Cannot find denatured alcohol in my area can I use 99% isopropyl ?