What Is Your Personal
Shine Juice “Secret Recipe”

TheGlen OfDoom over at our woodturning facebook group  asked the question What is your personal Shine juice “Secret Recipe”

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I can say from experience that the amount of shine that comes from OB Shine Juice comes from a couple of different factors.

#1 type of wood
#2 how well you have sanded the project, don’t expect a piece to look like glass if you only sanded to 220grit
#3 How well you apply the finish. You need to develop a technique that works for you. Too much pressure and burn will make it dull, not enough will also make it dull. You need to develop just enough heat to make all the components work together.
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I’m always fascinated with the different ways woodturners finish their wood-turning projects. In fact, I go through states, I try one formula for a couple months, then the next, then I’ll modify a formula and then I must might use pure mineral oil.

Your finish all depends on what you are going to use the project for and if it involves food. Theoretically if food is involved you need a food safe sealing and finish project. However, most will tell you that once any finish “cures” it is ‘food safe’. Not hard but cured, that could take 30 days or more.

Captain Eddie and OB Shine Juice

Joe Duncan
Eddie Castelin has a video on his youtube channel. Eddie’s finish is actually a friction polish of which there have been many variations of over the years. Capn’ Eddie makes it nice and simple.

I started playing around with Capn’ Eddie’s basic formula after I first got started. OB Shine Juice is my go to finish for wood handles and other utilitarian projects. I never seem to get a great shine, but I’m getting better and by altering some of the basics you might discover something best. But watch Capn’t Eddie, please support his channel and website!

This next video is from RickTurns (utube channel) he goes into great specifics for all you geeks that want to know exactly what is in it and how it works.

David Fafford
David Fafford 1/3 boiled linseed oil 1/3 shellac 1/3 denatured alcohol works for me

Allen Grim
Allen Grim OB shine juice isn’t exactly “secret”. See both previous comments.

Trisha Johnston
Trisha Johnston Man….I saw shine and thought it was something else🤦🤦🤣🤣🤣…got a little excited lol

Stephen Vete
Stephen Vete Nothing wrong with that!

William McNabb
William McNabb I know this is unrelated. But when I read ‘SHINE’ I think of this :-)https://youtu.be/j9FcMIYatmI
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LOLO – Shine [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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LOLO – Shine [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
LOLO – Shine [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Nad Arn Have you dry to use mineral oil instead of linseed ?

Matthew Wilson
Matthew Wilson Nad Arn the problem is that mineral oil doesnt dry or cure at all but blo does which is one reason why it could be superior

Roger J Behnke
Roger J Behnke I haven’t tried it yet, but some people prefer tung oil instead of BLO in their Shine Juice. I’m going to give it a try when my current supply of Shine Juice is gone.

Andrew Vonderschmitt
Andrew Vonderschmitt Following

Paul L. Grimala
Paul L. Grimala If I give it to you it wont be a secret

Bob Ierien
Bob Ierien Depends on what I’m trying to make shiny. For a small piece that’s going to be handled a lot (like a pen), thin CA, usually with a coat or two of plastic polish on top. For a bigger piece that’s not going to be handled a lot, Myland’s High Build Fricti…See More

Ben Hall
Ben Hall Bob Ierien I make and use a
” wood butter ” 3 parts beeswax to 2 part mineral oil. I love this for my tools ( plane irons ect ) , old wooden hand planes and of course cutting boards. Other then that I like myland friction polish and or BLO and CA.

Bob Ierien
Bob Ierien Ben Hall I found a mineral oil/beeswax blend called Howard’s that I really like.

Bob Ierien
Bob Ierien I use it on spoons, cutting boards, bowls, pretty much anything that needs to be food safe.

Ben Hall
Ben Hall Bob Ierien I do the same. When I restore old plane irons or other tools I’ll rub this on thick and let sit overnight, then wipe clean. I have never had them rust after. This by far is one of my favorite rub on finish for utilitarian projects. I’ll have to check out the Howard’s finish.

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Donn Lee
Donn Lee 60,30,10. I went to this formula and got better shine.

Al Furtado Uses His Own
Blend of Ob Shine Juice

Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges Following

Mark Phillips
Mark Phillips I like to do a full coat of just blo before shine juice applications. Brings out more deep color

Original OB Shinejuice Thread

You can check out the thread over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/woodturningbasics/permalink/752679928478512/