Lou Gehrig Bat

[bnorth]

Got a decent start on cleaning it up. Have to go get supplies to finish it.

[ooo-ribay]

It already looks 100% better! 👍

[bnorth]

This is what it looks like now. In hand it looks and feels so much better than when I first got it.

[packs]

Wow. What a cool find and project.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by bnorth

This is what it looks like now. In hand it looks and feels so much better than when I first got it.

What was the finish that you used? Lemon Oil? My grandma made homemade finish of turpentine and tung oil. It's quite potent, but my mother and uncle swear by it. Every time I'm doing a wood product I hear, "Once a year grandma would open all the doors and windows and apply a new coat on the kitchen table."

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by todeen

What was the finish that you used? Lemon Oil? My grandma made homemade finish of turpentine and tung oil. It's quite potent, but my mother and uncle swear by it. Every time I'm doing a wood product I hear, "Once a year grandma would open all the doors and windows and apply a new coat on the kitchen table."

Just linseed oil and a lot of steel wool between coats. The wood was so old/dry the first couple coats dried really quickly.

I used goo gone to easily remove what was left of the old cloth black tape on the handle.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Just linseed oil and a lot of steel wool between coats. The wood was so old/dry the first couple coats dried really quickly.



I used goo gone to easily remove what was left of the old cloth black tape on the handle.

I just asked my mom and she said it was a mix of turpentine and linseed oil. I know what you mean about dry wood sucking up finish. Vanishes right before your eyes.

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[doug.goodman]

Wow! That's pretty great!