Rustication

tritrek · Post by **tritrek** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:51 am

Ok, so I've tried myself in rustication for the first time. I used Dremel bits 191 & 192. Also, I noticed that it is quite hard to put the carnauba on such surfaces. Do you have a trick for it?
Before:

Almost done:

After:

italdesign · Post by **italdesign** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:26 pm

I really like this finish. Did you use any shellac? I can't seem to get my rusticated finish as shiny as yours. Any tips would be appreciated.

tritrek · Post by **tritrek** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:01 pm

No shellac, just tripoli and carnauba. As you say... I'm thinking of shellac not being a bad idea at all!

kkendall · Post by **kkendall** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:05 pm

After carnuba, have you tried a heat gun to help the wax flow into the surfaces - then perhaps a clean buff.

tritrek · Post by **tritrek** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:26 pm

kkendall wrote:After carnuba, have you tried a heat gun to help the wax flow into the surfaces - then perhaps a clean buff.

Nope, but that very suggestion has been made a few minutes ago on another forum, so I guess I better believe that

No, for real, that makes sense...

Tsunami · Post by **Tsunami** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:45 pm

I really like the way that came out. Well Done! I have been experimenting with a hammered rustification like a hammered bronse.

tritrek · Post by **tritrek** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:48 pm

Tsunami wrote:I really like the way that came out. Well Done! I have been experimenting with a hammered rustification like a hammered bronse.

I'd like to see that! Sounds interesting...

ToddJohnson · Post by **ToddJohnson** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:04 pm

tritrek wrote:No shellac, just tripoli and carnauba. As you say... I'm thinking of shellac not being a bad idea at all!

It's not, and will do absolutely nothing to "seal" the pipe as the pipe lore claims. PM me if you want to know how most pipemakers do it.

Todd