Oldgreybeard
4th December 2013, 01:45 PM
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Oak Plate:
Size - 225mm x 30mm.
Finish - Sanded 240 to 1500 grit, 0000 steel wool, Ubeaut EEE, Ubeaut Tradtional Wax
295991 295990
Figured Jarrah Bowl:
Size 320mm x 45mm
Finish -Sanded 240 to 2000 grit, 0000 steel wool, Ubeaut EEE, Ubeaut Tradtional Wax
295994295993295992
Afrormosia Tray and Pine Bowl:
Size:
Tray - 275mm x 20mm
Bowl - 140mm x 60mm
The bowl needs an explanation. It is the result of 2 MISTAKES. Firstly what I thought was a Red Gum foot from a bed, turned out to be a number of pieces of pine (all different sizes and shapes) which had been glued together and stained / lacquer to look like red Gum. Deciding that the grain patterns looked interesting, I decided to go ahead and turn the bowl and then stain it dark Walnut (just because that was what I had available). Now the major mistake - in my enthusiastic haste, I applied the stain before i had completed sanding!!
Not to worry, I thought, I will wipe of the stain, complete the sanding and restain - simple. However when i wiped off the stain and the bowl started to dry, the grain patterns became exagerated and I like it so decided to just finish the sanding and not restain. However when sanding the insidde of the bowl I had another surprise - as I sanded away the scratches left by the 150 grit sanding before the stain was applied, I was getting concentric rings where the top of the scratch became lighter in colour and the bottom remained darker. It looks like a lousy sanding job, but is really very smooth. Now I was getting confident and decided to prove that I could produce the effect intentionally, so turned my attention to the ouside rim and sanded back the surface stain to show the original pine tone. I think it made my mistakes look like an intentional technique! Finish was completed with 2 coats Ubeaut Traditional Wax.
So over to you - a disaster or an acceptable salvage?
Oak Plate:
Size - 225mm x 30mm.
Finish - Sanded 240 to 1500 grit, 0000 steel wool, Ubeaut EEE, Ubeaut Tradtional Wax
295991 295990
Figured Jarrah Bowl:
Size 320mm x 45mm
Finish -Sanded 240 to 2000 grit, 0000 steel wool, Ubeaut EEE, Ubeaut Tradtional Wax
295994295993295992
Afrormosia Tray and Pine Bowl:
Size:
Tray - 275mm x 20mm
Bowl - 140mm x 60mm
The bowl needs an explanation. It is the result of 2 MISTAKES. Firstly what I thought was a Red Gum foot from a bed, turned out to be a number of pieces of pine (all different sizes and shapes) which had been glued together and stained / lacquer to look like red Gum. Deciding that the grain patterns looked interesting, I decided to go ahead and turn the bowl and then stain it dark Walnut (just because that was what I had available). Now the major mistake - in my enthusiastic haste, I applied the stain before i had completed sanding!!
Not to worry, I thought, I will wipe of the stain, complete the sanding and restain - simple. However when i wiped off the stain and the bowl started to dry, the grain patterns became exagerated and I like it so decided to just finish the sanding and not restain. However when sanding the insidde of the bowl I had another surprise - as I sanded away the scratches left by the 150 grit sanding before the stain was applied, I was getting concentric rings where the top of the scratch became lighter in colour and the bottom remained darker. It looks like a lousy sanding job, but is really very smooth. Now I was getting confident and decided to prove that I could produce the effect intentionally, so turned my attention to the ouside rim and sanded back the surface stain to show the original pine tone. I think it made my mistakes look like an intentional technique! Finish was completed with 2 coats Ubeaut Traditional Wax.
So over to you - a disaster or an acceptable salvage?