Chip Sutherland
04-07-2013, 1:47 PM
Without a single voice from my peers in favor of coloring this piece, I left it alone and only used Mahoney's Walnut oil. Here it is with 2 coats sitting in my carving vice. I will finish turn the bottom when I get a chance. It's just a utilitarian shape; anything else seemed to compete with the canvas God provided.
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I have a few more pieces of wood like this so don't be surprised if one shows up brightly colored. I have a persistent 18 yr old daughter who likes colored wood. She still loves me even though I did not succumb to the temptation. Plus I bribed her with a purple fiddleback maple piece in her school colors. The specks in the 2nd pic are from the dye being pulled thru by my vacuum chuck. Oops. My sanding sealer is old or I didn't stir it well so it didn't penetrate well. Plus I really didn't have to apply the dye on the vac chuck, either. Lessons learned. Forgot to sign it, too. Finish is 2 coats WOP...not buffed.
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Thanks for the unanimous vote to leave it natural.
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I have a few more pieces of wood like this so don't be surprised if one shows up brightly colored. I have a persistent 18 yr old daughter who likes colored wood. She still loves me even though I did not succumb to the temptation. Plus I bribed her with a purple fiddleback maple piece in her school colors. The specks in the 2nd pic are from the dye being pulled thru by my vacuum chuck. Oops. My sanding sealer is old or I didn't stir it well so it didn't penetrate well. Plus I really didn't have to apply the dye on the vac chuck, either. Lessons learned. Forgot to sign it, too. Finish is 2 coats WOP...not buffed.
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Thanks for the unanimous vote to leave it natural.