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    Default Mechanical EEE application?

    After applying EEE followed by a coat of trad wax, my arm is tired.

    Noticed a video on the FWW site where a dude used a polisher (looks like a drill with a buffing attachment to me) to apply auto polish to a piece of furniture.

    Got me wondering if you could do something similar with EEE. Does anyone have any experience using anything but elbow grease for this?

    Thanks,

    Tex

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    AFAIK EEE is intended for turners for whom the lathe does most of the work.

    Is the buff you've seen like the Swansdown mop that Ubeaut sells?

    Might work. I've only used it for polishing out. Send Neil an email?

    Edit: under our noses; should work ... http://www.ubeaut.com.au/sdmops.htm
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    Used a polisher/buffer with lambswool pad for EEE and it works a treat.
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    Yeah, EEE on a buffer works well.

    For applying Shellawax this way, you want the paste (comes in a tub like EEE) and not the cream in a bottle.

    I found that lambswool doesn't seem to work well for Shellawax, tending to leave a "ridged" finish that takes more effort to flatten, but the felt pads work beautifully.

    The pad'll be useless for anything else afterwards, but it takes a while before the pad's conditioned properly anyway (it sorta goes crusty, which really increases the friction & brings up the polish nicely) so just reserve that pad for Shellawax & save yourself some effort.
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    I use EEE and ubeaut swansdown mop in the drill, works well, not hard work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben from Vic. View Post
    I use EEE and ubeaut swansdown mop in the drill, works well, not hard work.
    works a beautifully and gave beautiful results.

    (just a note:

    1. when applying EEE in a confined space with a cabinet already in place in a small room, remember the phone cord you saw and remember that you thought two seconds ago to move it before using the drill with s/mop to apply EEE. Forget and then you remember why you thought to move the cord when the drill gets caught and tangles you and the drill in a phone cord.

    2. curse and swear at your Hommer moment.

    3. refer to 1. and repeat Hommer moment for a second time. This time you busted yourself even more and rip the phone cord and socket out of the wall. )
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    What Cruzi, Ben & Waldo said.

    I have used it on furniture finished with Minwax Wipe-on Poly and also Ubeaut Hard Shellac.

    Rubbed on by hand and polished off with Swansdown mop in drill
    Tom

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    That's what I do too.

    In fact I have two swansdown mops each with a 6mm gutter bold through the centre for use in a drill - I use one with Trad Wax and the other with EEE. When the EEE one gets unuseable, I get a new one for Trad Wax and use the old Trad Wax one for EEE.

    How do I know which is which? I keep them in separate labelled plastic containers (the medium salad one from the takeaway works really well!). That also keeps them from going hard and crumbly.
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    Thanks guys. Guess it's time to buy a second swansdown mop ....

    So am I right that you:
    - rub it on vigorously with a rag in the normal fashion
    - remove with swansdown mop

    Or do you:
    - smear it on lightly
    - let the mop do the polishing
    - wipe off with clean cloth

    ??

    Thanks,

    Tex

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tex B View Post
    Thanks guys. Guess it's time to buy a second swansdown mop ....

    So am I right that you:
    - rub it on vigorously with a rag in the normal fashion
    - remove with swansdown mop

    Or do you:
    - smear it on lightly
    - let the mop do the polishing
    - wipe off with clean cloth

    ??

    Thanks,

    Tex
    Tex

    I combine your methods as follows:
    - rub it on vigorously with a rag in the normal fashion
    - remove with swansdown mop
    - final polish off with clean cloth
    Cheers

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    Tom

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    I just put it on the mop then used that on the piece. Worked fine.

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    think about a ROS with a buffing pad on it or an automotive polisher.

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