Something I Am Trying

[Scrappile]

On my last scroll portrait, I tried something I have been thinking about.  I had three pieces stacked.  On the second piece of wood I applied shellac, to the back of the board before taping the pieces together.  I wanted to see if that reduced the little chip out and some of the fuzzies.  It may have, but sort of inconclusive.  There were less fuzzies on the second piece than on the top piece, which had no shellac.  There was not chip out on either the top or second board.  But, keep in mind I had a third sacrificial piece of plywood on the bottom.  I'm going to try it again on my next cutting.  Shellac the back of two pieces of 1/8" BB, leave off the third piece of plywood and see what happens.   

 

Anyone tried or do this regularly?

It would really be nice to not to have all that fuzzy clean up after scrolling. 

 

[amazingkevin]

Brush a torch flame across the project helps but i've never done it.

[heppnerguy]

 

On my last scroll portrait, I tried something I have been thinking about.  I had three pieces stacked.  On the second piece of wood I applied shellac, to the back of the board before taping the pieces together.  I wanted to see if that reduced the little chip out and some of the fuzzies.  It may have, but sort of inconclusive.  There were less fuzzies on the second piece than on the top piece, which had no shellac.  There was not chip out on either the top or second board.  But, keep in mind I had a third sacrificial piece of plywood on the bottom.  I'm going to try it again on my next cutting.  Shellac the back of two pieces of 1/8" BB, leave off the third piece of plywood and see what happens.   

 

Anyone tried or do this regularly?

 

It would really be nice to not to have all that fuzzy clean up after scrolling. 

 

Did you see the post about using a stiff brush ? After i cut something I next sand it with my orbital sander and then I use a brush on whatever fuzzies are left. Seems to work at good as anything I have ever tried. Just to let you know, I did this with my Eiffel Tower, which has hundreds if not thousands of very tiny and small cuts and I never broke out a single part of it.

 

Dick

heppnerguy 

[Scrappile]

Yes I use a brush and an X-Acto knife.  It the piece is not too fragile, I use a ROS.   But like on the Raccoon, a Ros was not an option.  But wouldn't it be nice to come up with a easy way to miminumize the clean up in the first place?  It is worth a try to me.

[LarryEA]

It's worth a try.  I would hesitate on the Shellac in that I lack patience to wait for it to dry.

Sometimes fuzzies are just another step in the process.

How many ways are there to get rid of fuzzies? Maybe this is another.

[LarryEA]

Got me looking. These are the ways I found. But first, has anyone tried using a

Scotch Brite Lint Roller? Might get rid of some.

• Burning - better read up on technique first.
• Brush - still need to sand a little
• Sanding - Always sanding. Just bunches if different ways and tools to help.
• Nair and Fuzz off - ?????

[ike]

I have tried Scotch bight pads and they get rid of some , but you still have to sand,