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Offline kkbait

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predator calls
« on: January 21, 2008, 10:48:45 AM »
Here's a few that were done this fall.
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Re: predator calls
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2008, 10:52:10 AM »
Looking good KK. What kind of wood? Finish looks good.

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Re: predator calls
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2008, 11:32:11 AM »
thanks for the compliment. The first is cocobola and the next 3 are leopardwood. I finished them in oil and wax after reading a tutorial by AL.

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Re: predator calls
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2008, 11:36:16 AM »
Yep, nice looking finish on those calls. Following the master you can't go wrong. Nice work, and thanks for posting them.
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Re: predator calls
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2008, 01:02:15 PM »
Nice looking calls.  I like he design.  Simple, sweet, and right to the point.   Coyote Killers.  Yup - I have NO Doubt, those will put fur infront of you.  Good Job!


I am so alergic to Leopard wood is isn't funny.   First time I turned it, two days later I looked like a victum from a burn ward.   It is pretty wood though.  Wish I could turn it.  I don't even go near the bins where they store it when I buy wood.  Just a bit of the dust on me and I break right out.

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Re: predator calls
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2008, 12:02:47 AM »
Yep, those look real nice!!!!!!
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Re: predator calls
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2008, 07:46:41 AM »
What are you polishing the Coco with?
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Re: predator calls
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2008, 08:32:26 AM »
I am following a post made by AL on another site. It has several coats of teak oil and waxed with carnuba

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Re: predator calls
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2008, 08:54:26 AM »
Has anyone tried the resin based friction wax on the Coco.....I have and can't seem to get it shiny.  I sand with Micro to 12000 and then apply three coats of the wax and polish with denim.  Shiny but not like I have seen Coco...
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Re: predator calls
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2008, 11:24:06 AM »
There are a lot of different things that folks use for finishing, but to me, the final step, and the one that really makes it pop, be it coco, osage, dymondwood, etc, is the buffing system. Buff with the Tripoli wheel, then the white diamond wheel, and then the carnuba wax wheel. I just love the finish you get.
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Re: predator calls
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2008, 03:18:42 PM »
Just my opinion, but for Cocobolo, not much can beat a CA finsih.   Rock hard, easy to apply, and very quick.  I have a tutorial planned for how I do it.  And just lke Braz said, afterwards, the buffing system makes it pop - I mean REALLY pop.

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Re: predator calls
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2008, 03:40:57 PM »
I have not tried a CA finish on Coco, but have used it quite successfully on some of the more porous woods, like mahogany and purpleheart. It can really help seal up the call and fill in all those little voids that make for a crappy finish. And yep, buffing is the cat's meow!
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Re: predator calls
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2008, 03:44:16 PM »
I would really like to see the tutorial for a CA finsih

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Re: predator calls
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2008, 04:12:04 PM »
I will work it up this week.  It takes time.  Miostly to get my fingers unstuck  ;D

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Re: predator calls
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2008, 08:27:23 PM »
Hey Al,

I have one word for you

       DEBONDER



;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D