To those people who use their swansdown mop for oil and/or wax finishes, do you use one for oil and one for wax; or one for both?
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To those people who use their swansdown mop for oil and/or wax finishes, do you use one for oil and one for wax; or one for both?
If buying from Neil get 4. Spares never go astray. :D
You need a dedicated mop for each finish you are using. i.e. One for Shellawax, another for oil, etc. etc. ( how'm I doing so far Neil?)
This is an unpaid commercial, but Neil has the BEST Swansdown Mops.
, here is a Reaper for you.
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Al :D
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Originally Posted by ozwinner
at least the eye colour is right ....get some sleep boss we behave ...really we will :D
Pete
Now why don't I believe that? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by fxst
Cynical bugger..;) . Don't worry Pete, his brew maker blew up today so he'll pass out shortly from lack of cuppa:D ..then we'll be right.Quote:
Originally Posted by
Cheers
The Red Mist has descended again!!! What the heck have the above four posts got to do with Swansdown Mops?
This is a prime example of a serious question from someone who wants a serious answer on a topic which is giving him some cause for concern being highjacked by the so called comedians for some unfathomable reason.
, unless I have completely missed the point, this should go to the 'Absolutely Nothing to do with Woodwork' or the 'Jokes' forums.
What the heck have the above four posts got to do with Swansdown Mops?
Now its 5, oh no, 6, counting yours
Lighten up Jack!!
I do beleive the question was answered, by you, as well.
Al :)
I think that this is pretty good for this BB. At least the question got answered before the thread was hijacked and there hasn't been any mention of pancakes. Oops, has now.Quote:
What the heck have the above four posts got to do with Swansdown Mops?
Grunt
You beat me to it Al but I'll add my thoughts..............Quote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
Please lighten up Jack. :)
So just to re-cap.
When we whip Jack into a lather we need a separate pancake for each of us, as well as each finish we use ,that's a stack of pancakes.
The best pancakes come from Neil, who lives near Swansdown. If we do the wrong thing will hijack our coffee, go to sleep, run off track, and cut off our mops with a red eyed sickle.
O.K. I think I've got it.
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Originally Posted by JackoH
See what happens when a lad gets out of his chair and goes out of doors, whilst wearing sunnies for the first hour or two as the light is a bit strong, and GETS A LIFE. He starts to see Red Mists descending. :eek:
Think I'll stay indoors and for some unfathomable reason post some more non serious (amongst all the serious ones) posts.
No need to appeal to as he was one of the so called :eek: comedians. :)
So JackoH relax and have a pancake or two. It might make the Red mist disappear. :D
Peter.
Hi all
There seems to be plenty of smart_ A on this BB. I purchased a swansdown mop at the last Brisbane Working Wood show and now all I get is Fluff stuck all over my work.Very disappointed in this item.
I use it on the lathe to polish carved pieces and am not happy with the results. Have followed the advice given on purchase about roughening the surface to remove the fluff but as I said above very disappointed.
That is the one and only purchase of a swansdown mop.
Thats is my dollars worth, you experts must have another opinion.
Regards Schaf
You must have done something wrong Scaf. We have used them for years and provided you "treat" it right the first time there should be no fluff at all.
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From Ubeaut web site:When these mops are new they will shed a lot of fluff the first few times they are used, to minimize and control this shedding it is a good idea to condition the mop before using it. This is done by running the mop at high speed then putting a piece of very course abrasive (16 grit is ideal) in contact with the edge of the mop that is used for buffing. This will drag off any of the loose fibres with a controlled action. This can also be done using a hacksaw blade and a bit of care.
We do, they are great!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by schaf
Seeing as how this thread is totally lost, I reckon I can't hijack it any more.
So , how fast is fast when you condition a mop, and how fast is just nice when you are actually using one to buff and polish?
Schaf,
I bought my first mop from Neil in October, so I'm not (yet :D ) an expert.
The first thing I did was to put the mop in the drill, take the B'n'D workmate outside, put the drill in the jaws of the workmate, lock the triger on, and went at it with the 16 grit.
I continued untill there was almost no more fluff being produced (about five to ten minutes) and about ten square meters of yard were covered in fine white fluff :eek: .
Then went straight to using it on a coffee table (which I brought outside, t'be sure, t'be sure) and had no problems at all.
Maybe you didn't get all the fluff out the first time?
Ben.
Ours are on the grinder shaft and run at 1750 RPM.Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
See! That worked well didn't it? :rolleyes:
By the way I bet Neil liked the idea of attacking the mops with 16??? grit(sounds like road gravel) Good for sales! :D
The sun is shining here in godzown and it's going to be 30C. I'm going to put on my sunnies and venture out of doors. :cool: There. I feel better now!
Geez ya go away overseas for a couple of weeks R&R and ya come back to find you guys playing havoc in my terriorty! Oh & I found the best pancakes ever! ;)
Well done! ;)
Mwahahahahaha :eek: :eek: :eek:
Thanks for the answers guys. So Shane, where are these pancakes?
I thnk we've missed one of the biggest benefits of the swansdown mop. That is the ability to be always polishing WITH the grain. :)
You're right again , I finished my bedhead with a swansdown mop and ever since I've been trying to get a bit of fluff on it. SWMBO says if I succeed and she catches me, I'm dead meat. :D
Another "Red Mist " attack coming? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JackoH
Termite: My wife says the same thing.
Thanks .Quote:
Originally Posted by
I really should getone shouldn't I. I mean theres nothing like polishing yer fluff on a swansdown bed.
Shave your fluffy Swansdown white boy (Where's the smiley for singing?):D
HH.
I say you should forget the mops and use pancakes instead.
If I had a pancake I'd flip it in the morning
I'd flip it in the evening all over this world
I'd flip out danger
I'd flip out warning
I'd flip out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over, all over this world
Do do do do, do do do do.
I didn't know pancakes had grain :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
But what about Hampsters????? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grunt
Pancake fuelled hamsters would spin way too fast, they would shed their fur all by themselves, no 16 grit needed.
They don't EAT them dummy, they wear them..... you need more that 16grit to knock that hat off I can tell you.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
There ya go Cliff...going off track again and not answering the previous posts properly:rolleyes: ...For the benefit of the serious members of the finishing forum that is Not a Hamster. Its a rabbit and pikelet so there :p and in actual fact a rabbit skin makes a reasonable mop if its not shedding, but they make better motorbike gloves:D ...an really good craybait;)
Cheers in pancake refereedum
Well it LOOKS like a hampster to me.... the pancake is a bit thin I supose but how do you know so much about these rabbits????? I've heard of people doing stuff with gaffer tape & hampsters but not rabbits & motorbikes.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by vsquizz
ROFL...lost it:D ...
Cheers
Whaddya reckon the flour comes from? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Slavo
Cliff, how did you find a picture of a rabbit (hamster) with a pancake on it's head? What do you Google on to find that?
The truth, no bull..... sometime ago there was a thread about slowing down the speed of a motor & ohms law & hampsters etc....Quote:
Originally Posted by silentC
I was trying to make the point that the R in ohms law is special when it comes to AC & I was Googling on AC theory & I got a 404 error with that guy on it so I used it as my answer & now I happily trot it out when ever I need it.:D
This thread is going to be a ripper for any new member who does a search on swansdown mops. ;)
They'll have no idea were all the other stuff fits in! :rolleyes: :D :D
Forget the new members, I have no idea where any of this fits in.Quote:
This thread is going to be a ripper for any new member who does a search on swansdown mops.
They'll have no idea were all the other stuff fits in!