[TheForge] Cheap clear finish question

[Barking Crow]

Hi,

Jeff Mohr uses watco oil on a routine basis and gets great results.  (I
wrote up his procedure here last summer)  He keeps a groody looking can of
watco with an old brush in it in a little finishing room off his shop and
works in front of a window fan (For Osha).  He sort of casually paints the
watco over the steel item and immediately wipes off the excess with an old
rag that's laying there for that purpose.  Then in less time than it takes
to describe he picks up his can of K-mart's cheapest clear spray paint and
sprays the lamp or whatever.  (note, he does not wait for the watco to dry
or take any pains to get it out of crevices, other than wiping with the old
brown rag that has obviously made a living wiping watco for some time).
After a minute or two he passed the slightly tacky  object around the group
of slack-jawed FABA affiliates and said that in a couple of hours it would
be ready to give to your mother in law.  The whole process is so easy that I
can do it, which brings this thread full circle since I was the one who
first asked about the best cheap clear finish, Duh.


Jeff Valentine

Barking Crow
http://www.barkingcrow.com
mail@barkingcrow.com