Bree
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Turned this one for a friend at work who helped me with a big project. The blank had some spalted sapwood which I thought would add some nice contrast. The cocobolo was strongly colored but when it was cut into blanks most of the color disappeared into a bland greyish color. So knowing the propensity of this wood to change colors in the presence of oxygen and light, I kept going despite the color. I turned it and then let it sit on the lathe for several days. You could see the color coming back slowly.
Anyhoo... this was sanded to MM-12000 and then given a very light touch of tung oil. It was then given 3 layers of CA/BLO and sanded to MM-12000 followed by a touch of 0000 steel wool to give it a satiny finish and degloss it a bit and then given a light buff on the wax wheel . Then it was Ren waxed.
Oh I was also trying out my new photo tent. Still have some work to do there!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
Anyhoo... this was sanded to MM-12000 and then given a very light touch of tung oil. It was then given 3 layers of CA/BLO and sanded to MM-12000 followed by a touch of 0000 steel wool to give it a satiny finish and degloss it a bit and then given a light buff on the wax wheel . Then it was Ren waxed.
Oh I was also trying out my new photo tent. Still have some work to do there!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: