French Polishing

[Donald A. Fortune]

I"m in the process of making a dred. and I'm looking for info on the french polish system.
I have already put on 24 spit coats and I've sanded with 400 grit in between every 6 coats.
Now here's my boggle -- I still haven't filled all the pores. how many coats are necessary to do this?
I saw a product called "Z-POXY" in LMII's cat. and it claims that it can be thinned with alcohol,
and was wondering if any one has had any experience with this product..
Any feed back will be appreciated----
Peace,Donald

[Donald A. Fortune]

Hi Rick- I'm in awww with your inlay work - It is beautiful :-)
natural looking wood is my style rather than a plastic look.
Peace,Donald

[Mark Dobbins]

HI Donald, i use the zpoxy it works well but it has an amber tint, so if u want clear u can use the mirror coat , i get my zpoxy at the local hobby shop where they sell rc airplanes. it can be thinned with denatured alcohol. i thin mine for the back and leave it alone for the sides. and i dont use it on the top, just shellac and ktm9. I used to use nitro ,but it stinks my wife out and i dont want to dye early so i switched to ktm9 from lmi and love it, its a great finish.
cheers Mark

[Donald A. Fortune]

Thanks Mark- I have zpoxy on my list of things to get from LMII, I'm going to give it a try and see if it works for me
The top isn't an open pore wood, so no need to fill it .......
Peace,Donald

[Mark McLean]

Rick, that is an exceptional, beautiful piece of furniture. I love the timber choices, the composition and the whole effect. Sitting at a desk like that I would never get any work done, I would just look at it all day!
cheers
Mark