Thank you for all the great videos! I enjoy them, and figured I'd add a comment here to help the algorithm. I've made a few violins and I very much like the feel of a couple coats of tung oil finish (yes, the adulterated stuff) followed by a good rub with 0000 steel wool. To me, it feels like very smooth raw wood, pleasant to the touch and not "frictiony".
Thanks for the comments and the algorithm shifting comment - much appreciated!! Tung oil is a bit of a revelation to me, it's great. I must admit I've only used the pure stuff. I will definitley try the adulterated, because - even if it's only half as good as the pure - it'll certainly have a place in the workshop. Best regards.
White neck finely scraped, them gum Arabic with burnt umber, black brushed, burnished with paper. Then boiled linseed oil over a light flame, lots more paper burnish. Just what I do.
Yes, I was wondering how to break that to you....... or...... I can do the preparation and first coat and send you off with a small bottle of tung oil? To be discussed.
Nice Fiddles! Here’s possibly a blasphemous question. Have you ever tried Tru Oil (gunstock oil) as a finish? Zach Hoyt uses this. I particularly like the fact that you repurpose woods and think out of the box when choosing the type of woods. Zach and Beansprout Instruments do a similar thing. Thanks! 😎
Hi, I know of Tru Oil and it's great in some applications. I don't think it has a sufficiently interesting character for the violin bodies to be honest - I like the colours and also the philosophy of my own home boiled varnish. Also I think it actually has too much build up for the neck. Next time I have some about, I might try a couple of experiments just to confirm my thinking. I had a look at the two makers you mention, really interesting!
Thank you for all the great videos! I enjoy them, and figured I'd add a comment here to help the algorithm. I've made a few violins and I very much like the feel of a couple coats of tung oil finish (yes, the adulterated stuff) followed by a good rub with 0000 steel wool. To me, it feels like very smooth raw wood, pleasant to the touch and not "frictiony".
Thanks for the comments and the algorithm shifting comment - much appreciated!!
Tung oil is a bit of a revelation to me, it's great. I must admit I've only used the pure stuff. I will definitley try the adulterated, because - even if it's only half as good as the pure - it'll certainly have a place in the workshop. Best regards.
White neck finely scraped, them gum Arabic with burnt umber, black brushed, burnished with paper. Then boiled linseed oil over a light flame, lots more paper burnish. Just what I do.
Guess you'll be having the fiddle for a few days then Graham, looks the way to go though :-)
Yes, I was wondering how to break that to you....... or...... I can do the preparation and first coat and send you off with a small bottle of tung oil? To be discussed.
Nice Fiddles! Here’s possibly a blasphemous question. Have you ever tried Tru Oil (gunstock oil) as a finish? Zach Hoyt uses this. I particularly like the fact that you repurpose woods and think out of the box when choosing the type of woods. Zach and Beansprout Instruments do a similar thing. Thanks! 😎
Hi, I know of Tru Oil and it's great in some applications. I don't think it has a sufficiently interesting character for the violin bodies to be honest - I like the colours and also the philosophy of my own home boiled varnish. Also I think it actually has too much build up for the neck. Next time I have some about, I might try a couple of experiments just to confirm my thinking. I had a look at the two makers you mention, really interesting!