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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: yyyyyguy on October 29, 2013, 09:53:27 am

Title: Blo/mineral spirits and bookmarks?
Post by: yyyyyguy on October 29, 2013, 09:53:27 am

So I have made over 100 bookmarks, put the blo/ms (50/50) on them, wiped them down, let them air for 2 days and they still leave a bit of an oil mark on the book page.  Will this ever dry??  What have you done?

Pete

Title: Re: Blo/mineral spirits and bookmarks?
Post by: countryscroller on October 29, 2013, 10:03:53 am

Maybe seal them with a lacquer or shellac. I usually do that when I use Lemon Oil on projects to seal the oily residue.

Title: Re: Blo/mineral spirits and bookmarks?
Post by: GrayBeard on October 29, 2013, 11:15:08 am

Pete I would suggest a light coat of matte finish spray lacquer...
I use that combination very often and after a 24 hour drying time I just lightly give things a light spray of either Deft or Minwax matte spray lacquer..

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: Blo/mineral spirits and bookmarks?
Post by: Rapid Roger on October 29, 2013, 12:07:29 pm

I think that you put the BLO on a little thick. It will dry or cure eventually but if you just wipe on a thin coat and then wipe it off it really pops the grain and wasn't meant to be a finish.
I too would put a coat of shellac or poly or lacquer on it for a final finish. I know that BLO dries and cures because it does it on the top of my can when I get sloppy with it all the time.

Rog 

Title: Re: Blo/mineral spirits and bookmarks?
Post by: dunk on October 29, 2013, 12:25:05 pm

Wipe it down with some more mineral spirits, that should enhance the drying time.  Then clear coat it.

Title: Re: Blo/mineral spirits and bookmarks?
Post by: yyyyyguy on October 29, 2013, 09:15:44 pm

Thanks all, I went with the matte finish, put it in a book after it dried and will see how it looks in the morning.

Pete