final pictures of the burl slab and a question

[earl timmons]

Well here are the pictures of the burl slab I promised about a week ago. I have a question though. The finish is antique oil hand buffed. The question is, I did nothing with the "bark" The result is it is a bit dull and if handled roughly sheds small (like sawdust particles) I wonder if I should try to spray the edge with some shellac or perhaps apply CA or leave it ? Had I thought of it before I did the finish surfaces I think I would have sprayed the bark with three or four coats of shellac.

[Allen Neighbors]

Beautiful Job!!! If it were mine, I'd very carefully CA the bark and the cambium layer.
It'll keep the bark longer.
Keep a rag handy to very quickly wipe any runs from the beautiful grain.

[earl timmons]

Thanks Allen, I think I will get the CA bottle out. If I don't eventually the bark is going to deteriorate badly

[curtis rosche]

what kind of wood is it?

[earl timmons]

It is a cherry burl

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking piece Earl. I think CA will be the ticket to keeping the bark intact. Well done.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Earl - you did a great job on the cherry burl! Took a real nice finish! I'm sure the CA will work for the bark issue - just sure seems like it is going to be a lot of it! Hope it works out for you!