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    Default This finish takes time.

    About 20 years of being in the weather.
    From this,
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    finally, the look you were after?

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    Looks like the first coat has raised the nap...

    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

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    Yeah, in retrospect I probably should have sanded it down to 240 grit instead of 180 grit.

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    A dramatic change! You'll have to excuse my ignorance, what the hell are they? Looks like a mermaids tail with a piston on top and an eyeball in a very strange place.

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    They are sculptures.

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    What timber are they? Held up extremely well, look great.

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    Foresight and patience. Love em!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baddabing View Post
    What timber are they? Held up extremely well, look great.
    They are made from huon pine.

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