Rockets' Red Glare

[Steve Doerr]

Rockets’ Red Glare is my tribute to the 4th of July. The HF was turned from a piece of birch burl and dyed black, sanded back and then dyed red. The finial was turned from a piece of cherry and dyed black. Overall dimensions are 6 ¾”W x 9 1/”H. It has been finished with 10 plus coats of WOP. C&C welcomed.
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[Brice Rogers]

Very nice !

[Frederick Skelly]

Love it !

[Damon McLaughlin]

Steve, that is really beautiful! What did you use for the black and red dyes?

[William C Rogers]

No criticism here. Outstanding!

[Brian Kent]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful! How fine was the sanding between coats? Was the final coat left as is, or buffed or waxed?

[Robert Willing]

:) Beautiful :)

[CHARLES D Richards]

I like it Steve, very pleasing to the eye

[daryl moses]

Beautiful piece, very well done!!

[Harold Balzonia]

Very nicely done.... my favorite part is that it gives me some inspiration to try some new things! I'd love to learn a basic lesson on how to do the dyeing process. It's a skill I haven't tried yet but I think I would really like to...

one dumb(?) question... is the finial attached to the hollowed vase or is it a removable "lid"?

[Steve Doerr]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

David, I use Chestnut Spirit Stain. You can get it at either Craft Supply USA or Wood World of Texas. It comes in a variety of colors. I also really like the Teal and Royal Blue they have.

Brian, I would sand after about 3 or 4 coats. Depending on when I thought I needed to get ride of the flaws that were created during the finishing process. The can of WOP says to sand with 220. I did that the first time, next I used the green scotch brite pad and then once I tried micro mess to get a glass smooth finish. However, I sanded thru the finish in one spot and had to apply several more coats. The final coat of finish was not sanded. I did apply a coat of Ren wax to help with fingerprints.

Harold, the method I use is one that I learned from Jimmy Clewes. There are several articles out there that explains the process. If you PM me, I will send you one of those articles.

[Brian Kent]

Thank you very much.

[Jason Roehl]

Absolutely stunning.

[Lamar Wright]

This is a beautiful piece Steve and I love the title of your piece, it fits very well. What is WOP? I am a new turner when it comes to bowls, platters ect as I come from 4 years as a pen turner as I am not up yet on all the terms of finishes on bowls. Thanks and very well done!

[Steve Doerr]

Thanks Lamar. WOP is wipe on polyurethane.