Well, I got home for a couple hours yesterday and got a little work done. There was a package waiting at the door - my package from Amazon containing the steel wool, Sellers marking knife and hake brushed I had ordered.
I looked at the knife first and found that it would not open up all the way.
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| What a joke! |
There was a large burr that had not been removed, so I took a small file and knocked it off.
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| File pointing to the removed burr |
It took about two swipes with a small file. Whatever that casing is made of, it is really soft. But the knife opens fine now.
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| Opening fully now |
I tried the knife out on a Doug fir board and it felt OK, but time will tell if I really like it.
The hake brushes were next up. They were only 1" wide and I thought I ordered 1 1/2". I tried checking my order, but can't seem to log in to Amazon today. Rrrrrrr!
The sandpaper is "long filament" 4/0.
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| Just out of the package |
It's about 3-4" wide and about 1/2" thick.
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| End view of a piece of the roll |
My intent in getting this was to knock down the shellac without leaving a blizzard of steel wool particles all over the place. Turns out it doesn't do that any better than the crappy (short filament) steel wool I've used before. There was steel dust all over the place.
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| Steel dust in corners |
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| Steel dust thick on the benchtop |
As much as I hate all that dust, I gotta say that the chair feels really nice. I used up about an 8" length of the roll on one stinking chair. Seems like there ought to be a better way.
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| Ready for waxing |
After a coat of wax, this chair is going to look great.
