Re: Homebrew wooden pick handles
manskirtbrew wrote:escher7 wrote:Elbow: French polish is normally done with shellac which shines up great but is not very durable. Moisture from the hands etc. would erode it quickly.
This is exactly what I was going to say. Shellac takes a gorgeous shine, but isn't durable for this sort of use.
For things that get handled a lot, I prefer a CA finish. Basically you just use superglue *as* the finish. My favorite example is this shaving brush I made for a friend. It gets handled daily, dipped in hot water and soap, and still shines like this picture:
You can really see how the finish shines in this picture of a straight razor I added new scales to:
For the picks, I was going to do a CA finish, but got totally lazy. Honestly, on exotic woods like this I'm okay with no finish. Plus it doesn't feel plasticky and slippery like many finishes can.
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