Scribbly notes from the shed

[springwater]

Out of a two day Liquid Nightmare bath ready for oil painting, eyes, legs and running out of time.
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[underfoot]

fine looking bird there Spring love it,
what's liquid nightmare again??

[tea lady]

fine looking bird there Spring love it,
what's liquid nightmare again??

Vinegar with iron disolved in it (from something like an old style pot scourer.), then applied to wood with tannin in it. If the wood doesn't have much tannin, you can soak it in tea. Works well well on Tassie oak or Vic ash, which is pale and uninteresting, but goes really black with this mix. Other woods go different colours.

Love the little bird too, Springy.

[underfoot]

Vinegar with iron disolved

ahhh, you mean ebonizing solution
you southerners have funny names for things

[springwater]

...Tassie oak or Vic ash, which is pale and uninteresting...

Give it some linseed oil and lots of use and it will develop more beauty. Here's a little box I use to house my little odd shaped sharpening stones, the sliding lid is Jarrah, the rest made from Tassie oak, oh and thanks for answering one of the only questions I may have been able to answer for someone, geez If anyone didn't know already Liquid Nightmare soaks in to Blackwood about 1mm after 2 days just in case you needed to know that
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[Iggy]

I think its Springwaters name that makes it, "Liquid Nightmare" so much more evocative than ebonising solution

[springwater]

I think its Springwaters name that makes it, "Liquid Nightmare" so much more evocative than ebonising solution

Nah, I can't claim it Iggy, belongs to someone else but I've just gotta use it, such a lovely ring to it

[Claw Hama]

Nightmare and the nest are looking very nice Springy.

[underfoot]

he he, just noticed when googling to find out the chemical composition of "liquid nightmare", (Iron acetate) how many products are available on the market to ebonize wood that contain Iron acetate as the main ingredient.
one even supplies it in 2 parts (a powder and a liquid) that you need to mix together( 250mls $18 plus postage and handling)

[springwater]

Attachment 115649The floor of the nest with bells underneath, sounds a bit tinny so I'm searching for a singular ringing bell.

Attachment 115650Temporarily wired in position on the nest more wrapped.

Attachment 115651First coat of oil paint, eyes in early stages.

[SPIRIT]

nice springwater

[springwater]

nice springwater

SPIRIT!...ya snuck up on me... ...um...yeah...it fell in red paint and I couldn't get it off How do you feel about nail polish eyes

[DsArt]

ME thinks the dutch pretty much worked it out a coupla yeeeaaaarrrs ago there springwater, check out some of their mills lots`a internal pics of the workings a vertical shaft ,a cog each end,and another on the blade shaft ,all wood ,and whala ze mill

[springwater]

ME thinks the dutch pretty much worked it out a coupla yeeeaaaarrrs ago there springwater, check out some of their mills lots`a internal pics of the workings a vertical shaft ,a cog each end,and another on the blade shaft ,all wood ,and whala ze mill

It's not as simple as it looks, I'm going to have to give it a go with badly lacking mathematical, physics and engineering skills, commonly known as trial and error mixed with gut feeling I just like the thought of it. I usually hire a cement mixer to do the job, so it's gotta sound better than that

[springwater]

Nearly finished nest, better do something blokey now
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