rtyuiop
23rd May 2015, 04:50 PM
Hi folks,
I have a few bits of mango which I'm planning to turn into pepper grinders. I'm made a few bottle stoppers out of it to figure out what finish I want to use, and it's coming up very nicely for the most part... However, I am getting occasional dull spots on end grain, which I can't figure out what to do with!
I haven't managed to get a good picture that shows the dull spot, but you can see it a on these:
http://rtyuiop.net/workshop/mango-stoppers.jpg
as compared to this (there is a little dull spot on this piece as well but it's not in the photos):
http://rtyuiop.net/workshop/mango-stopper-angle-1.jpg
http://rtyuiop.net/workshop/mango-stopper-angle-2.jpg
Anyone have any suggestions on how to improve this? All these were sanded pretty finely and had EEE applied and then finished with one or two of shellawax/glow/turners wax/aussie oil (thank you ubeaut!).
Cheers,
Danny
I have a few bits of mango which I'm planning to turn into pepper grinders. I'm made a few bottle stoppers out of it to figure out what finish I want to use, and it's coming up very nicely for the most part... However, I am getting occasional dull spots on end grain, which I can't figure out what to do with!
I haven't managed to get a good picture that shows the dull spot, but you can see it a on these:
http://rtyuiop.net/workshop/mango-stoppers.jpg
as compared to this (there is a little dull spot on this piece as well but it's not in the photos):
http://rtyuiop.net/workshop/mango-stopper-angle-1.jpg
http://rtyuiop.net/workshop/mango-stopper-angle-2.jpg
Anyone have any suggestions on how to improve this? All these were sanded pretty finely and had EEE applied and then finished with one or two of shellawax/glow/turners wax/aussie oil (thank you ubeaut!).
Cheers,
Danny