"Bleed Over"

[ChrisinKC]

Is there a method for avoiding "bleed over" when sanding out a pen made of two differently-colored woods?

I make bases from maple and use ebony as inserted wood. I get quite a bit of "bleed" from the ebony into the maple.

Thanks in advance for the help.

-Chris

 

[LostintheWoods]

Compressed air and DNA

 

[its_virgil]

Sanding sealer and use it often to seal the wood.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by ChrisinKC
<br />Is there a method for avoiding "bleed over" when sanding out a pen made of two differently-colored woods?

I make bases from maple and use ebony as inserted wood. I get quite a bit of "bleed" from the ebony into the maple.

Thanks in advance for the help.

-Chris

 

[Dario]

After turning (before sanding) apply THIN CA. It should seal the light wood and minimize any "bleed over". You may have to re-apply thin CA if you have to sand a lot.

Basically the same use/concept as the sanding sealer...I just prefer using CA []

 

[ahoiberg]

i've had that same problem a few times and my solution was to use different pieces of sandpaper for each side and different CA applicators for each side and i had no cross-contamination of color.

and like they said above, once you get a sanding sealer coat or two or a few coats of thin CA, you should be OK to use the same.

 

[leehljp]

I recently started adding a brass or aluminum ring between segments and found that the bleedover is cut way down. But of course this doesn't work with lengthwise segments or inlayed segments.