Category: Woodturning Suppliers

Make Your Own Polishing Wax For Wood Bowls and Other Turning Projects Like Yorkshire Grit

DIY Polishing Paste Like Yourshire Grit for Woodturning Projects

Earlier in my life I purchased everything I needed. I had the money to buy stuff and that’s what I did. Nowadays I have a need to make my own and I enjoy it immensely!

Woodturning provides plenty of opportunites to make your own woodturning stuff, tools, finishes, jigs and so on.

Wanted to Make My Own
Yorkshire Grit Polishing Paste

I’ve been wanting to make my own finishing wax/paste for wooden bowls. I’ve read and watched a handful of videos on how to make the sanding paste. It really didn’t seem to hard and others seem to get some awesome results with using these types of sanding and finishing pastes. Basically it is:

1. Beeswax
2. Mineral oil
3. Diatomaceous earth

Different Methods and Techniques to
Make the Polishing Wax

It seems that each formula has something a little different and in different amounts. Even the way they put the materials together are different. One guy boils, the next uses a microwave and the one I want to show you today uses a blender to heat and mix all materials together for a perfect finishing paste.

mixing and pouring the finishing paste that is just like yorkshire gritThe approach that is followed in this video is using the vitamix blender or any blender to generate the heat to melt the wax instead of doing a double boiler. Really makes it fast and simple

I stumbled on a youtube video by Kim Tippin where she explains her method of making her own sanding paste in some detail. After watching her video you will have enough info to make your own sanding/finishing paste that will take your woodturning projects to the next level.

applying the diy yorkshire grit sanding pasteThe nice part about using a sanding paste is that you can get a super fine finish that would be ready for a final finish of your choice ….or leave it as it is and just wipe some mineral oil on it when it starts to get dry.

This Sanding/Finishing approach is totally food safe.

At the end of the video I show you some of the better commercial sanding pastes, you might want to buy one just to see how similar yours is to something you buy off the market. In any case, enjoy the free information and make yourself some sanding/polishing paste.

I’ll give you a list of where you can purchase the materials needed to make the paste. Keep in mind, you can add essential oils to the mixture to make it your own special blend.

Kim Tippin Calls it DIY Fast Abrasive Paste

Her Recipe

32 OZ – Mineral Oil

8 OZ – Beeswax

8 OZ – Diatomaceous Earthfew drops of essential oil (optional)

Get all materials needed at the below links

BEEESWAX
https://www.amazon.com/Stakich-Pure-Y…

Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade
https://amzn.to/2YJNjzY

Mineral Oil
https://amzn.to/2GORaBu

And She Thanks:

Thank you, Daniel Vilarino, for sharing your recipe. I too have come across his method of making this sanding paste and can stand for his quality.
His link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zufgDTh3fis

Of course you could go out and get some Yorkshire grit 🙂

You might want to follow Daniel Vilarino ….he has some pretty good techniques and procedures to share when turning wood. Tell him I sent you 🙂

Woodturning Supplies and Tools From Ron Brown’s Best

Ron Brown’s Best
Supplier For
Woodturning Supplies and Tools

There are a handful of good suppliers of woodturning supplies. I’ve tried some orders on a few different online woodturning supply businesses but since I am sick and limited in budget I have to spend my dollars wisely. So…I end up ordering a lot from Amazon.

In my opinion Amazon provides good products, great pricing and quick delivery. It has to be almost impossible for other woodturning supply companies to compete with Amazon. That makes me sad, so I try to order and buy from small mom and pop type businesses, whether they be local or online.

woodturning suppliesAs a community of woodturners I think we should be aware of our options when it comes to buying our woodturning supplies and tools online. Take the effort and try to order from some of the small websites and if there is a local guy….give him a shot.

If money were not an option I would love to get a set of tools from Doug Thompson or Dave Dave Schweitzer from D-waytools.com but once again, my illness has left me broke so I either make my own tools or I have to buy cheap but effective woodturning tools.

Recently I discovered a supplier I did not know much about, Ron Brown’s Best…, I checked out his site and it seems like he has some really unique and affordable woodturning tools. Seems to me I heard of him a while back but I simply forgot to check out his site, a member of our facebook group http://facebook.com/group/woodturningbasics mentioned the site and a purchase he made. He was extremely happy with his order and service. As a community of woodturners I find it helful to acknowledge and pass on good sources of woodturning suppies, tools and equipment. So, as I don’t have first hand experience now….I wanted to let you guys know of a good woodturning supply source on a second hand basis….hopefully I can picke something up soon and let you know how it goes.

Anyway, the guy from our group spoke to Ron about which product to buy ..which one would fit his needs based on his experience and he couldn’t say enough good things about Ron ….so I recommend you check out https://www.ronbrownsbest.com for your woodturning needs!

Let me know if you order and what your experience was like!