ornaments sticking - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Paladin · 12-02-2008, 11:20 AM

I'm finishing a bunch of ornaments over the weekend with spray poly and my problem is they are sticking to the board underneath them when the poly dries. Do you guys put anything under your pieces when you spray them that so they don't stick? I was thinking maybe something like wax paper or something like that. Would this work or are there better ways?

Thanks,
Steve

sawdustus · 12-02-2008, 11:42 AM

Steve, I strung some string above my finishing area and hang the ornaments up to dry using bent paper clips although ornament hangers would also work. I also hold the ornaments by the clip when spraying them. No sticking that way. Here is a picture of what I do. Hope it helps.

george

drying system.JPG

Rolf · 12-02-2008, 12:19 PM

Make a bed of nails to put your items on.

Jr_Ranger · 12-02-2008, 02:23 PM

I use deft lacquer Steve, don't have any problems it dries quick, maybe you could hang them if not wax paper should work!
I made a hanging thingy, a long strip of wood held up by chains and unfolded paper clips to hang em. It is out of the way and they dry safely. Don't use a clothes hanger

bearfretworks · 12-02-2008, 03:12 PM

While I spray lacquer, I hang them with paperclips. For items I set down flat, I use a bed of finishing nails.

Paladin · 12-02-2008, 04:13 PM

Thanks for the help everybody. I have some wire shelves in the garage and I might try the paperclip idea and hang them from there. Then I can even spray both sides at the same time and get done that much quicker

Bill Wilson · 12-02-2008, 06:46 PM

I've used most of the ideas suggested. One other thing I do, depending on the size and shape of the piece, is to lay across either a couple small diameter dowel rods or thin, narrow table saw scraps. Try to minimize the amount of surface area that is in contact with the piece. I saved some small triangular shaped lengths of scrap from some other project that work pretty well. I try to have several so that I can rotate them so that the finish doesn't build up and get too sticky after multiple coats.

stonesthatrock · 12-02-2008, 08:19 PM

what great ideas, i will have to remember these.

Jim McDonald · 12-02-2008, 11:35 PM

I would not recommend the wax paper because I've had it stick to the cutting and then you have to clean off the paper scraps and the globs that have probably made it under the piece as well.

Lots of people on this board use the nails, hanging from clips and even make a spray bed out of hardware cloth.

minowevie · 12-03-2008, 12:13 AM

Hi steve, I have a nylon string tied across my shop. it has little loops tied all along the way. that way. you can make a fish hook type of thing to hook your ornament or even bigger pieces with. you can use only one loop and wire, or as many and as far apart as you might need. that way you can spray all the way around. I also have a big box, that I spray things in, then with the project on a wire, I hang them on a tomato cadge. your friend Evie

12-02-2008, 11:20 AM	#1
Paladin Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 72	ornaments sticking I'm finishing a bunch of ornaments over the weekend with spray poly and my problem is they are sticking to the board underneath them when the poly dries. Do you guys put anything under your pieces when you spray them that so they don't stick? I was thinking maybe something like wax paper or something like that. Would this work or are there better ways? Thanks, Steve

12-02-2008, 11:42 AM	#2
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,253	Steve, I strung some string above my finishing area and hang the ornaments up to dry using bent paper clips although ornament hangers would also work. I also hold the ornaments by the clip when spraying them. No sticking that way. Here is a picture of what I do. Hope it helps. george drying system.JPG __________________ A day without sawdust is a day without sunshine. George delta 650, hawk G426

12-02-2008, 12:19 PM	#3
Rolf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York Posts: 3,085	Make a bed of nails to put your items on. __________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can" Proud Member of the Long Island Scrollsaw Association

12-02-2008, 02:23 PM	#4
Jr_Ranger Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 861	I use deft lacquer Steve, don't have any problems it dries quick, maybe you could hang them if not wax paper should work! I made a hanging thingy, a long strip of wood held up by chains and unfolded paper clips to hang em. It is out of the way and they dry safely. Don't use a clothes hanger __________________ Sylvia Support Our Troops

12-02-2008, 03:12 PM	#5
bearfretworks Retired Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Buse Township, MN Posts: 1,354	While I spray lacquer, I hang them with paperclips. For items I set down flat, I use a bed of finishing nails. __________________ I love the smell of burnt gunpowder.....it reminds me of a full tummy

12-02-2008, 04:13 PM	#6
Paladin Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 72	Thanks for the help everybody. I have some wire shelves in the garage and I might try the paperclip idea and hang them from there. Then I can even spray both sides at the same time and get done that much quicker

12-02-2008, 06:46 PM	#7
Bill Wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Butler, PA Posts: 695	I've used most of the ideas suggested. One other thing I do, depending on the size and shape of the piece, is to lay across either a couple small diameter dowel rods or thin, narrow table saw scraps. Try to minimize the amount of surface area that is in contact with the piece. I saved some small triangular shaped lengths of scrap from some other project that work pretty well. I try to have several so that I can rotate them so that the finish doesn't build up and get too sticky after multiple coats. __________________ Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter. Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

12-02-2008, 08:19 PM	#8
stonesthatrock Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: mesa , az. Posts: 33	what great ideas, i will have to remember these.

12-02-2008, 11:35 PM	#9
Jim McDonald Sawdust Maker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Muncie, IN USA Posts: 1,116 Blog Entries: 9	I would not recommend the wax paper because I've had it stick to the cutting and then you have to clean off the paper scraps and the globs that have probably made it under the piece as well. Lots of people on this board use the nails, hanging from clips and even make a spray bed out of hardware cloth. __________________ Jim If it cannot be fixed with a hammer--must be an electrical problem. "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

12-03-2008, 12:13 AM	#10
minowevie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: california Posts: 6,297	Hi steve, I have a nylon string tied across my shop. it has little loops tied all along the way. that way. you can make a fish hook type of thing to hook your ornament or even bigger pieces with. you can use only one loop and wire, or as many and as far apart as you might need. that way you can spray all the way around. I also have a big box, that I spray things in, then with the project on a wire, I hang them on a tomato cadge. your friend Evie

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