Black Bowl with Liming Wax

[Mike Peace]

Here is a spalted Red Oak bowl I turned. I dyed the outside with black shoe leather dye, gave it a couple coats of gloss acrylic spray and then used liming wax to add some highlights to the grain pores inside and out.

All comments and critiques welcome.

[David E Keller]

I really like it. I would love to see more photos including close ups of the inside and outside to see what the wax does. Thanks for posting.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Mike that is a great looking bowl. Would like to see a pic's of the bottom.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Well that's different! Nice contrast between inside/outside of the bowl. The liming wax does break up the black and highlight the grain pores. The spalted wood on the inside of the bowl sure looks amazing! Nice work Mike!

[Bob Vavricka]

Mike,
I like the effect, particularly on the dyed outside. I have to ask "what is liming wax and where do you get it?" I'm being lazy because I know I could search for it and probably find the answer.
Thanks for sharing.
Bob V.

[Mike Peace]

Here are a couple more pictures as requested. This photography thing is still a work in progress. I just discovered the Auto Focus Lock feature to get better depth of field but still need some work with it. NOt sure how to add my name to the bottom since all of my archival pens are black!

Liming wax is simply a wax with a white pigment. I made some by mixing 50:50 of a paste wax and some white artists pigment from Michaels (recipe found by googling Liming wax). The local WC finally started carrying the Briwax Liming Wax so I bought a can for convenience.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Mike - these photos help showcase the bowl really well! Thanks!

On the hollow forms that I have dyed a dark color I use a silver fine tip paint pen. Works nice - just sign, wait a few minutes - then clear coat over it.

[Richard Madison]

Mike, I think your pictures look fine. Disagree with the finish though. Would have just done umpteen coats of lacquer and let the wood speak for itself.

[Jarrod McGehee]

Interesting piece. You could burn your name or use a small burr and engrave it then cover that with the liming wax also. I saw Dixie Biggs do it at a demo when she visited our club.