LagniappeRob
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I've apparently started doing something wrong... A couple of pens lately with lighter wood have grey bands in them. So as you turn them by hand on the lathe, there will be a lengthwise grey band then natural color, then grey, etc. One to three bands on a barrel. I have a Kauri blank on there now and it did it, darker than the last (Ambrosia Maple which had almost a silver color band to it).
I don't know what I've done or not done to suddenly start getting these (last couple of weeks). I'm blowing the blanks with compressed air nozzle between grits. Tried different sandpaper. Tried using DNA to clean them. To get rid of them I have to re-cut them slightly. But they'd come back again when sanding.
Any thoughts? TIA! Rob
I don't know what I've done or not done to suddenly start getting these (last couple of weeks). I'm blowing the blanks with compressed air nozzle between grits. Tried different sandpaper. Tried using DNA to clean them. To get rid of them I have to re-cut them slightly. But they'd come back again when sanding.
Any thoughts? TIA! Rob