I've got a few pieces of now punky Sweet Gum, that has also gone spalted. Being southern variety sweet gum, it's a soft hardwood at best, but it 2 days away from just crumbling away to dust. I am really liking the mapping of the spalt fungus, so I was wondering if anyone has a safe and easy way to seal this stuff and get a reasonably glossy shine.
While this piece was a non-bowl, and just shaped on the outside, I applied a DNA/Super Blonde Flake Shellac mix to all surfaces. It was literally so porous the fluid practically ran right through from top to bottom. I then sealed it up in brown paper and went to eat dinner; came back and hollowed it out; then applied Doctor's Woodshop Friction polish (about 8 coats). I was thinking a couple of coats of either WOP or dilute epoxy to fill the grain and make it more gloss capable. What thinks you folks?
I know some folks would say, "Life's too short to turn punky wood", but I like to experiment.0628161352[1].jpg0628161352a[1].jpg0628161353[1].jpg0628161352d[1].jpg